Arkash Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I'm surprised by the lack of support for Simon Fisher-Becker. Face it, people, they're not going to go for a big name like Brian Blessed. Becker is a talented character actor who has already been on the show (as The High Septon, someone no one will remember), and he looks perfect for the role. And we know from Doctor Who that he can deliver a great monologue. I entirely support the idea ! Dorium Maldovar was a great character in DW and I can totally see the actor being an amazing Wyman Manderly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown ben romney Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 the thing about wyman (if he is included) is how theyre gonna do the davos plotline and the winterfell plotline. wyman cant be in white harbor and winterfell at the same time and it seems unlikely theyd do what they did in the books and have davos's storyline end halfway through the season, and the winterfell scenes to start right after that. they could have davos meet with wyman's son or something like that i guess. also i think brendan gleeson would be perfect for wyman, but ive never heard of a lot of these other actors like brian blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolai Arryn Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Jim Carter would be the ideal choice. He's got the voice, presence acing chops and build. Not to mention, he'll definitely nail "The North Remembers" monologue. But I fear that that the Umbers will take his role(which I don't mind) since: -Jaime in Dorne, and prolly his Riverlands campaign being cut.-Freys on Riverrun, which means no indication with Blackfish holding the castle(I dunno what the showrunners will do on his role, maybe have him join BWB or the hooded man in Winterfell.)-No Freys in the North, meaning it'll be just be Stannis vs. Boltons only = No Frey pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mop Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Jim Carter would be the ideal choice. He's got the voice, presence acing chops and build. Not to mention, he'll definitely nail "The North Remembers" monologue. But I fear that that the Umbers will take his role(which I don't mind) since: -Jaime in Dorne, and prolly his Riverlands campaign being cut. -Freys on Riverrun, which means no indication with Blackfish holding the castle(I dunno what the showrunners will do on his role, maybe have him join BWB or the hooded man in Winterfell.) -No Freys in the North, meaning it'll be just be Stannis vs. Boltons only = No Frey pies. Why are we sure no Freys in the North? Just because there aren't any right now doesn't mean they won't show up for a Bolton/"Stark" wedding. There were no Dornish in King's Landing before the Purple Wedding, but we got Oberyn all the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodooqueen126 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 My vote would definitely be for Brian Cox, IF THEY CAN GET HIM. He'd be great at convincing everyone that he's a despicable Frey sympathiser, before turing out to be a real badass. Brian Cox has been forever typecast as Goerring for me. Shudder. Brilliant acting... He portrays a genial fat man... but the cracks of inner sociopath/unrepentent nazi come through. Really very repellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Jim Carter would be the ideal choice. He's got the voice, presence acing chops and build. Not to mention, he'll definitely nail "The North Remembers" monologue. But I fear that that the Umbers will take his role(which I don't mind) since: -Jaime in Dorne, and prolly his Riverlands campaign being cut. -Freys on Riverrun, which means no indication with Blackfish holding the castle(I dunno what the showrunners will do on his role, maybe have him join BWB or the hooded man in Winterfell.) -No Freys in the North, meaning it'll be just be Stannis vs. Boltons only = No Frey pies. Jim's got a great voice but he's also very employed right now. He's great on Downton Abbey. Not sure how the shooting schedules run. It might be possible to do both. He's tall too, so if they give Wyman's stuff to an Umber (giant lore and all that) he still fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sertravisredbeard Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I just thought of another reason why they can't or probably won't cut Wyman. Why else would they specifically include Wendel Manderly in the Red Wedding scene if they didn't plan on having his father show up later? There weren't any other guys that were cast as specific characters only to get killed in the next scene without any lines or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofcombos Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I just thought of another reason why they can't or probably won't cut Wyman. Why else would they specifically include Wendel Manderly in the Red Wedding scene if they didn't plan on having his father show up later? There weren't any other guys that were cast as specific characters only to get killed in the next scene without any lines or anything. ....Your reading too much into things. He's gonna get cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go joff go Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I just thought of another reason why they can't or probably won't cut Wyman. Why else would they specifically include Wendel Manderly in the Red Wedding scene if they didn't plan on having his father show up later? There weren't any other guys that were cast as specific characters only to get killed in the next scene without any lines or anything. But it might work the other way too. They may have cast the guy and then decided not to use him because they decided to cut the storyline. Personally I don't think so because we got a white harbor mention. I suspect whenever that part of the story first shows up the shot of the manderley at robbs wedding will be used in the precap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sertravisredbeard Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yep. I can't think of any other characters who got cast but didn't even have a line. Must have been for a reason. Or I'm just being hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Harbors Wrath Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Id agree that they may have decided to play down the Manderly stoyline after casting the guy. Hence the reason all you get is a shot of him as an extra with a Merman pin instead of at least a name drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadwood Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 He was just a background artist wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sertravisredbeard Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm pretty sure he was a named character on IMDB at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadwood Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm pretty sure he was a named character on IMDB at least. Might have been the extra trying to get a named role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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