Wicked Woodpecker of West Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Bad for HBO for not signing him for next few seasons.Anyway both suck. Give Daario blue hair you bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal-a-bunga Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 HBO has been doing this for decades. Regardless of what we hear from any official source, it's all but guaranteed that Skrein was replaced for issues beyond the fact that he wasn't 'signed up' for multiple seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tommen Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 The previous actor, Ed Skrein, got a lead for Transporter franchize. That's probably the reason Ed chose to leave the show, rather than getting fired. My understanding is Ed signed up for multi-series of Transporter movies. Probably pays hell of lot more money than what he was getting in GOT. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2014/02/game-of-thrones-ed-skrein-to-replace-jason-statham-in-transporter-reboot.html That agreement came many months after he was booted from GoT. One has little to do with the other (aside from the fact that he was looking for work and has now found it). I guarantee you that he was booted because he was unprofessional in one way or another and we will never know (unless Skrein wants to burn bridges and talk about it) because producers don't kiss and tell about these kind of decisions. Better to accept the fact that if they could have kept him around, they would have as it's incredibly disrupting to re-cast a semi-regular character on a show like this. Just like with the other actors who disappeared from the show before they should have, it's not the show, it's them who were the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shk12344 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 That agreement came many months after he was booted from GoT. One has little to do with the other (aside from the fact that he was looking for work and has now found it). I guarantee you that he was booted because he was unprofessional in one way or another and we will never know (unless Skrein wants to burn bridges and talk about it) because producers don't kiss and tell about these kind of decisions. Better to accept the fact that if they could have kept him around, they would have as it's incredibly disrupting to re-cast a semi-regular character on a show like this. Just like with the other actors who disappeared from the show before they should have, it's not the show, it's them who were the problem.If Ed was unprofessional, I would have doubted the producers would have hired him for Transporter franchize. Remember he wasn't just signed to one movie, but for a trilogy of Transporter films. I have hard time imagining any producers giving such pivotal role to a little know actor with history of unprofessional-ism and unreliability. It would literally cost them millions of dollars. I'm more inclined to believe Ed and GOT producers had disagreement about salary and work schedule. Like Conan Stevens before him, Ed sought greener pasture elsewhere. And it worked out for him. Money wise he would be making significantly more money being a lead in movies than in a supporting role in a TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Agreed, the director of episodes 7 and 8 said very positive things about him. She was quite enthusiastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piles Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Treme is an excellent show and Huisman is pretty good in it. I didn't have strong feelings either way about the last actor (or the character in the books, to be honest) so I'm not that upset about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tommen Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Agreed, the director of episodes 7 and 8 said very positive things about him. She was quite enthusiastic. Doubtful whatever happened took place during filming, he got canned 6-8 months after they had wrapped. I hate speculating without the information but if I had to guess, they handed out the shooting schedule for S4, he came back and told them it didn't work for him and wasn't being flexible at all so they had no choice but to re-cast. And I would imagine that for them to come to that significant a decision, would mean he was being especially unprofessional about it. I don't think it's a coincidence that after S4 was completed filming they bumped up Michael Huisman to regular cast member status for S5. You get a lot more money but you also don't get to pick and choose when it is you can work for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 As far as the change, there is some early feedback from Sepinwell, who says that 1) the transition wasn't handled gracefully, and 2) the new Daario is a better and more charming actor: http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/firewall-iceberg-show-episode-8-game-of-thrones-the-100-doll-em-more. Also: http://winteriscoming.net/2014/03/michiel-huisman-says-confusion-over-a-new-daario-naharis-in-season-4-is-not-a-concern/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tommen Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 In terms of which of things I'm more concerned about: 1) They re-introduce the new actor gracefully 2) The new actor's performance is much better than the old one's the latter trumps the former x10 to infinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Oh, totally agreed. Just was pointing it out as a data point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tommen Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I still think they should have just done the soap opera thing and have a voiceover come out of nowhere the first time we see him: "The part of Daario Naharis will now be played by Michael Huisman". They could have Charles Dance be the narrator because he makes everything sound awesome. Failing that, they should have him walk into a tent and everyone there yell out "DAARIO!!!" Cheers-style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody_mummer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 More likely: Dany: Daario, I see you have grown a beard and cut your hair since I sent you to gather supporters to our cause. I miss the hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody_mummer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I still think they should have just done the soap opera thing and have a voiceover come out of nowhere the first time we see him: "The part of Daario Naharis will now be played by Michael Huisman". They could have Charles Dance be the narrator because he makes everything sound awesome. That frequently happens in the theatre as well: Tonight, the part of hamlet is being played by [lucky understudy # 1] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Guardian Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 First clip of new Daario at the end of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBov-5gP1Vs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody_mummer Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Love how you can see the swords are totally props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlame Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Ok, that clip is pretty cute. We need some cute moments amidst FIRE AND BLOOD. New Daario has won me over on voice alone...didn't feel like a Zorro pantomime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koi No Yokan Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Some people are already complaining about that scene, because "it doesn't further the plot" or "isn't funny". Amazing. Anyway, I like what I've seen of Huisman so far! It's never nice having to deal with recasting, but I already feel like this could turn out for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaario Starkharis Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Some people are already complaining about that scene, because "it doesn't further the plot" or "isn't funny". Amazing. Anyway, I like what I've seen of Huisman so far! It's never nice having to deal with recasting, but I already feel like this could turn out for the better. Besides, it's fucking 30 seconds long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 If it's not funny, it's not funny. Not really sure why someone can't criticize an attempt at humor if it misses the mark for them. Every scene doesn't need to further the plot, though. Especially in the first episode when you're re-introducing people. And, more notably, re-introducing a character you just recast. The only thing I'm concerned about on that front is how well they handle sort of filling viewers in that this is the same character as from last year, just a different actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlame Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 To me it's kinda funny because it seems less Daario "proving" something than the appearance of proving something, while Grey Worm is all "imma free man dammit imma gonna do stupid stuff if I feel like it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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