Westeros Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Oona Chaplin, grand-daughter of Charlie Chaplin and a young actress of some note (she’s presently appearing in the BBC’s high-end period drama, The Hour), writes about what her perfect weekend would be, and in the course of it she dropped this tidbit:I’ve got a part in Game of Thrones…By her looks (she’s half-Chilean), she’d pass for a Dornishwoman, wouldn’t she? Or someone from the Free Cities. Someone from other parts of Westeros, too, sure, depending on how make-up goes. Suggestions that have been put forward: the mysterious Quaithe of Asshai, Jeyne Westerling (she’s one-quarter Eastern, after all), Meera Reed (“Too tall!” the inner fanboy cries), Jhiqui, and, rather intringuingly, the dead Elia of Dorne. Is the show relenting on flashbacks, after strenuously avoiding them last season? We can only hope.Thanks to The Rabbit for pointing out the article. Visit the Site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raksha the Demon Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 She could play either Ellaria Sand or one of the Sand Snakes. Maybe Arianne (I can't remember what Arianne looked like). Definitely an attractive young woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Été Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I've just been watching The Hour and was thinking about how good she is. She'd make a good Arianne, for sure, or any of the Sand Snakes really. Even Taena Merryweather, though she's probably too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monday Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I've just been watching The Hour and was thinking about how good she is. She'd make a good Arianne, for sure, or any of the Sand Snakes really. Even Taena Merryweather, though she's probably too young.I don't think she is too young for Taena. All that matters is that Taena is exotic, sexy, and old enought to be a mother to a young son. Oona is 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf of the North Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The show wouldn't have to resort to flashbacks for her to play Elia -- Dany sees Elia and Rhaegar in the House of the Undying. However, given that would be a small role with only a couple of lines (and late in the season, at that) it seems unlikely to be the case. It also strikes me as unlikely, given we missed out on meeting the Blackfish, the Tullys, Podrick Payne, Roose Bolton, and other northmen such as the Karstarks in season one, that they would move characters like Taena, Arrianne, and the sand snakes from AFFC all the way into season two. They would have even less to do than the missing characters from season one did in AGoT.I kind of hope she's not Jeyne or Meera, purely because that's not how I pictured either of those characters, particularly Jeyne. Fingers crossed for Qaithe or someone else in Dany's orbit in Qarth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monday Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'll bet they are merging Margaery's entourage into a couple easy to keep track of characters. Taena and a very young cousin or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1982 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm thinking that Jeyne is probably the most likely candidate. I'm assuming that they're going to show Jeyne-Robb sexy time rather than just hearing about it secondhand. For me the most important thing is to breathe some life into the character. I never bought into the Jeyne-Robb relationship and thought that she was very bland as a character. Considering that they've aged Robb up a bit and inferred that he is probably more sexually experienced than in the book (if Jon found his way to the brothel, I'm sure that Robb did as well), there has to be more romantic tension and more of a reason as to why Robb would break the Frey marriage contract. I expect TV viewers to smack Robb numerous times, but understand why he may have broken that agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm thinking that Jeyne is probably the most likely candidate.Yes. I'm fully behind that idea. :) Of the few remaining uncast female characters that are likely to appear in S2, Jeyne tops the list given her apperance.Quaithe is a non-role really. Act mysterious very briefly and dissappear. I'd say the same about hangers on around Margarey or Dany (why would she bother?) and Elia seems wildly optimistic. :P Given that Oona Chaplin seems like an actress on the rise, Jeyne can offer something more, especially if D&D get creative with that story. :) I liked the whole Jeyne-Robb relationship but GRRM didn't give it a lot of time. That can change here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benadgatemusic Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I don't think she is too young for Taena. All that matters is that Taena is exotic, sexy, and old enought to be a mother to a young son. Oona is 26.Especially when you take into account the age women were married and made children in the time period in which Soiaf is set (although technically since it's not Earth it's not medieval, blah blah blah). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monday Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Especially when you take into account the age women were married and made children in the time period in which Soiaf is set (although technically since it's not Earth it's not medieval, blah blah blah).We know it works like that with nobles in Westeros anyhow. Cat, Sansa, Lysa, Cersei, Margaery, etc. all married young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhDanyBoy Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 She is Jeyne Westerling.http://www.accesshollywood.com/confirmed-charlie-chaplins-granddaughter-joins-game-of-thrones-season-2-as-jeyne_article_52018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elenya Westerling Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Oh wow, really didn't expect her to be, she doesn't look how I imagined her at all. Oh well, I'm sure she'll be amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Cool. :) Fits her foreign ancestry. Another of the essential characters cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 She is Jeyne Westerling.http://www.accesshollywood.com/confirmed-charlie-chaplins-granddaughter-joins-game-of-thrones-season-2-as-jeyne_article_52018Lord! That is the daughter of Geraldine Chaplin !Gee they ought to cast Drew Barrymore so they have a full dynasty of cinema aristocracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing tree knight Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Honestly not how saw her. I quote Jamie Lannister "not a woman to lose a kingdom over" OTOH maybe that wasn't Jeyne Jamie saw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmaster Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Honestly not how saw her. I quote Jamie Lannister "not a woman to lose a kingdom over" OTOH maybe that wasn't Jeyne Jamie saw?Are you saying that Oona looks like a woman to lose a kingdom over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing tree knight Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Are you saying that Oona looks like a woman to lose a kingdom over?No. I'm agreeing with Jamie. Just speculating on what he saw though. I thought jeyne was a woman to lose a kingdom over. Or why else succumb to screwing up all the arrangements. I'm saying not how I saw her but if that's how she looks I would have married the the least ugly Frey and found a good mistress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Été Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 No. I'm agreeing with Jamie. Just speculating on what he saw though. I thought jeyne was a woman to lose a kingdom over. Or why else succumb to screwing up all the arrangements. I'm saying not how I saw her but if that's how she looks I would have married the the least ugly Frey and found a good mistressOona Chaplin is much hotter than I imagined Jeyne (those pictures on the article are really not good). In my head, Jeyne is a cute girl-next-door type: pretty, but not a Helen of Troy kingdom-wrecker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmaster Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 No. I'm agreeing with Jamie. Just speculating on what he saw though. I thought jeyne was a woman to lose a kingdom over. Or why else succumb to screwing up all the arrangements. I'm saying not how I saw her but if that's how she looks I would have married the the least ugly Frey and found a good mistressI never got the impression that Jeyne was supposed to be a knockout. I don't think anybody is all that much awestruck by her looks. Not even the young wolf. It was his sense of honor that caused the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBloodravenI Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Actually Oona Chaplin is just playing "Jeyne" they specifically didn't mention the last name. So it could be Jeyne Westerling or Jeyne Poole, or maybe another new Jeyne (Though I doubt that's the case). Either way, she's not how I pictured either Jeyne Westerling or Jeyne Poole, definitely has the more exotic Dornish look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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