Rangers30 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Probably don't want the new fans to get her mixed up with Osha. Hell, even I get her mixed up with Osha sometimes at least when I see the names thrown in somewhere at random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha—Not Yara! Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I wouldn't mind them changing her name, but Yara seems kind of ugly sounding to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. peasant Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Could be worse... imagine if they had renamed her Helga. :PViking jokes aside, the name's probably subject to change if the show can think of a better name. Personally, I do agree that Yara doesn't quite sound 'Ironborne' to me. If they were going to change it, I would have thought the obvious choice would be to use her mother's name (Alannys) instead since I doubt the latter will get mentioned much given the compressed nature of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayuk83 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I also saw a casting for 'Captain's Daughter' and 'Dolorous Edd'. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotthammer Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I wouldn't mind them changing her name, but Yara seems kind of ugly sounding to me.Yeah. I wouldn't like a name change, too. That and it seems unlikely. I mean, the HBO viewer's guide still lists Asha as Theon's sister. Yara could just be a new character. Maybe 'fake' Arya? (wouldn't it be too early for that?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayuk83 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Well, the casting description of the character is that she must bear (or is it bare?) a resemblance to Theon, and is his sister. I would list the description here, but I fear that may be breaking some sort of rules and I don't want to be black-listed by the casting director or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemontine Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Well, the casting description of the character is that she must bear (or is it bare?) a resemblance to Theon, and is his sister. I would list the description here, but I fear that may be breaking some sort of rules and I don't want to be black-listed by the casting director or something.I've seen the casting description for Brienne and Melisandre posted before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrigan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I believe they're changing the character's name to 'Yara' in the series, judging from a casting which came in recently.WTF? Any source for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melicorn Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 She looks way too pretty and delicate to me. Guess they could change that sort of thing, but it's not a particularly good warrior woman, IMO.Jaime Alexander would be a pretty good choice for me. Oddly enough, I thought she was way softened up in Thor, despite playing a warrior goddess, but she was tough and crazy and occasionally bitingly mocking in Kyle XY, so I could easily see her as Asha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasha Pook Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Why not go with Tasha or Sasha or Dasha or something like that? Would make it different enough from Osha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha—Not Yara! Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Totally agree! I do wonder if this rumor is based on anything though? I haven't been able to find this cited at a more credible source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howland_reed Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Wooooow, the name change pisses me off, cause Asha is one of my favorite characters in the series.And it's not like casual viewers even know Osha's name from the series (ask any of your friends if they know what the wildling's name is on the show -- and their response will be: "what's a wildling?"). :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurble Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 HBO thinks viewers are retarded or something, changing Robert Arryn's name, and now Asha's. Or at least this show's. I mean shit, I didn't realize Snoop was a girl until like the end of the Wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imladolen Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 I mean shit, I didn't realize Snoop was a girl until like the end of the Wire.Seriously? Wow!Maybe I could tell right away since I know that type of woman (not the violent gangster aspect of her, just the style and carriage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sega AM2 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 HBO thinks viewers are retarded or something, changing Robert Arryn's name, and now Asha's. This isn't HBO changing the names, this is D&D doing this, and this is not even close to the first change from the books. There were no flashbacks or reminders on The Wire with the exception of the first episode. Beyond that you had to remember everyone and everything on your own basically. The show, The Wire, was enormous, sprawling, and complex, and didn't baby viewers. And shows like The Sopranos have dozens of characters with similar sounding names. Even Boardwalk Empire's first episode had a joke about people not being able to keep track of people with similar names and faces. Why is Game of Thrones getting treated like an inferior show with inferior viewers? Are Game of Thrones viewers not as sophisticated as viewers of other HBO shows? D&D have really dumbed down GRRM's work for television and it's laughable for me at this point. It's as if they are deliberately creating the idiot's version of ASOIAF. "Hey you're too dumb to read the books so let's dumb it down for you". Do they not notice that the books are flying off of the shelves at record sales for the series? People really can't distinguish between old King Robert and the child Robert Arryn? Or the young viking styled Asha and the Wildling Osha who don't even appear on the same piece of land at first? And White Walkers instead of Others....they removed all of the "The Others take them" lines as well...To quote the great Casey Kasem..."ponderous man...fucking ponderous". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flou Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 I really hate the name changes. Is it really that hard to keep up with different names that sound similar? Unless your a hermit, pretty much everyone knows multiple persons with the same damn 1st name in real life as well. "Sorry, we can't hire you. We already have a George at our company. But if you are willing to change your name to any of the names from this list, give us a call." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadiva Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Confirmation that it's going to be Gemma Whelan and her name is being changed to Yara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW Deserter Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Strange name aside, I really like the actress they chose. She's got the sharp-featured face and slender physique I associated with Asha/Yara, plus she definitely looks like she can pull off a "wicked smile". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auska Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Strange name aside, I really like the actress they chose. She's got the sharp-featured face and slender physique I associated with Asha/Yara, plus she definitely looks like she can pull off a "wicked smile".Yes, I remarked on another thread that she's killing the mischievous look even in her general publicity photos. So long as she can get the hard steel underneath correctly, she'll be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipsmom Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I also saw a casting for 'Captain's Daughter' and 'Dolorous Edd'. :-)Look for the producers to change the name from Dolorous Edd to Dolorous Donald or something to prevent viewers from confusing him with "Edd"ard Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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