GAME OF THRONES [Book and TV Discussion (US Pace)]

Paddy Samurai

Well lads and lassies,wat think you of the cast.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/


Sean Bean as Edward Stark ,i actually think he is a good choice for this role.

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion ,meets the height requirement,don't know about his acting ,even though i seen a couple of films he was in ,he was'nt memorable for me.
As one of my favorite characters in the story,this will be an actors dreams to play.Hope peter does'nt let us down.

Kit Harington as Jon Snow Have'nt seen him in anything so hes an unknown for me.

Anyone else got any opinions on the overall cast?


*Moderators the reason this is posted in literature,is because i am looking for the opinion of boardies that have read the book.

sxt

That is a very strong cast. Lena Headey as Cersei is great as well:)

Denerick

When will it be on TV?

sxt

They began filming the "pilot" on Oct.24 so it could be a long while yet. I think the plan is for 13 episodes per book.

sceptre

Scifi & Fantasy forum I reckon guys (yes I know there's less fantasy than sci fi but a general discussion of a specific TV series that happens to be adapted from a book doesn't go here in the Literature forum unless you're complaining about how much better the book was etc and even then on a case by case basis).

Hence, moved to the above forum from Lit.

I know you're looking for the opinion of people that have read the book but that isn't a good enough reason to have it in Lit where it's not going to be a primary discussion on the book (and probably not a discussion on the book at all). I will however, leave a permanent redirect to the thread from Lit to be nice about the move (I usually leave a redirect there for 12 hours or a day). Best I'm willing to do:) And not a precedent.

Zapp Brannigan

Bit concerned on the age of some of the cast, Aren't the Robb and Jon meant to be 14/15 in the first book? And Jaime and Cersei mid 20's?

Either way I'm looking forward to this, hopefully it won't be a travesty.

Greyjoy

Dinklage & Bean are good choices. I think Mark Addy is woefully mis-cast as Robert Baratheon however. He should have some echo of his former glory but has now gone to seed living the good life as king. There's no way you could picture cuddly Addy swinging a warhammer in the Trident. I'm not entirely sold on Headey as Cersei either, I think someone like Portia Di Rossi would have been a better choice.

5starpool

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Bit concerned on the age of some of the cast, Aren't the Robb and Jon meant to be 14/15 in the first book? And Jaime and Cersei mid 20's?

Either way I'm looking forward to this, hopefully it won't be a travesty.

And the actress that is playing Dany is 22, whereas the character is what, 12 or 13 at the start? Obviously it would be somewhat inappropriate to see a 12/13 year old get married and have babies, but Robb/Jon were only mid teens as mentioned above as well. I guess they will have Sansa being older too due to the nature of her storyline, and even Arya will be a few years older than she was in the books I presume.

Not ideal, but not totally unexpected either. I wonder will they leave the death/violence scenes as grapic as they are at times in the book? Being HBO I would expect less tinkering to fit with TV, but who knows, although I don't think the vioence will be watered down too much unless to save on budget in battle scenes, etc. I know George RR Martin is involved in the script and some sort of executive producer as well I think, so I'll have to let that and my faith in HBO convince me that it will be epic.

Demonique

Stargate Atlantis' Jason Momoa has been cast as Kahl Drogo, I've only seen him in SGA, he's competant as Ronon Dex, but only time will tell if he's any good as Drogo

Zapp Brannigan

Demonique wrote: »

Stargate Atlantis' Jason Momoa has been cast as Kahl Drogo, I've only seen him in SGA, he's competant as Ronon Dex, but only time will tell if he's any good as Drogo

He certainly looks the part!

Paddy Samurai

Did'nt take as long as the book took to write...thank god!...lol.

Another highlight of my time in Morocco was the wrap party.

For those not familiar with the term, it's a Hollywood tradition to throw a big party when you finish shooting -- or "wrap" -- on a movie or television project. I attended quite a few great wrap parties during my ten years in LA, but the GAME OF THRONES wrap party blew them all away. We held it in the Ouarzazate Museum of Cinema, a pretty amazing place itself, complete with local musicians, belly dancers, acres of Moroccan delicicacies, and lots of spirits to lubricate the exhausted cast and crew. And when the museum threw us out, we just adjourned back to the Berbere Palace, where the party continued.

Looking at some of the photos, Mr Martin seems to be enjoying himself............lucky Fecker!.

Now we have to wait till editing is finished and it's broadcast.
13 episodes to look foreward to.


http://grrm.livejournal.com/

ixoy

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Now we have to wait till editing is finished and it's broadcast.
13 episodes to look foreward to.[/URL]

They only shot the pilot though, not 13 episodes. They've to bring it back to HBO now and HBO will decide if they want to commission it - that's my understanding.

WindmillWarrior

ixoy wrote: »

They only shot the pilot though, not 13 episodes. They've to bring it back to HBO now and HBO will decide if they want to commission it - that's my understanding.

That would make sense alright. Unfortunately!
Can't wait for this tho. No way can HBO turn it down

Trojan

I just started reading it for the first time

Zapp Brannigan

Trojan wrote: »

I just started reading it for the first time

Jealous.

Try and avoid spoilers!

Lab_Mouse

Trojan wrote: »

I just started reading it for the first time

have you a genealogy degree cos you'll need one:pac:

good books all the same enjoy

Paddy Samurai

ixoy wrote: »

They only shot the pilot though, not 13 episodes. They've to bring it back to HBO now and HBO will decide if they want to commission it - that's my understanding.

Yea ,makes sense when you say it,can't remember where on the web i seen the 13episode thing,could'nt find the website when i searched......maybe it was wishful thinking.
Seems like they are packing alot into the pilot.

Trojan

I'm 15 pages in. I'd expect to be at least 150 if not 1500 pages down at this point. Is it just me, or is it a slow starter, or what do you think?

fitz

You're still on the prologue then?
It picks up pace pretty quickly from what I remember of a recent re-read.
It's not an action-packed start, but it's not slow.

Zapp Brannigan

Yeah there's a lot of groundwork to be done and the scene has to be set. Once they go to King's Landing, it really gets going.

Dades

There's still loads of signed copies of his stuff on the shelves in Easons, if anyone's interested.

I picked up a signed Game of Thrones for a mate of mine yesterday for just over a tenner.

WindmillWarrior

Dades wrote: »

There's still loads of signed copies of his stuff on the shelves in Easons, if anyone's interested.

I picked up a signed Game of Thrones for a mate of mine yesterday for just over a tenner.

Cool. Which Easons?

ixoy

Just an update - the pilot has been picked up and we'll now have a 10 episode season (9 extra + pilot)! URL="http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/02/hbo-picks-up-game-of-thrones-to-series/43654"]Link[/URL

Hopefully it'll live up to our expectations. Now the challenge is on for George to get book 5 out before Season 5 airs...

Vim Fuego

They're going to be filming part of this in Belfast:

http://www.u.tv/Entertainment/HBO-to-film-series-in-Belfast/672b46ca-3d4c-4283-80cf-dfe4cef72f70

Jumpy

Just started reading this again and now have the characters in my head. So disappointed that they didnt cast Ray Stevenson for the Hound though. He has always been my picture of Sandor.
Wouldnt mind seeing who they are going to get as Gregor though.

Sarky

What is it with Sean Bean and

roles that have him dying before the end of the film?

Interesting cast. I would like to remain skeptical, but I'm looking forward to this.

me-skywalker

Dont mind so muc hthe age of some of the characters as Ive always had a slight niggle about their ages to the relative story they are involved in.

Cant wait for this! Only he better finish the 5th book. Ild tell anyone wanting to start reading this to wait until he writes the 7th.. I got to the end of the 4th and just died inside :-(

Lena Headey from 300? nom nom nom nom nom gonna like Cersei now

c - 13

Pics of Arya were put up on the "Not a blog" a few weeks ago. I thought the casting was pretty good tbh.

Dades

Although I've read the books - I downloaded the audiobook of this last month.

I can't stop listening! It gives a new dimension to the books. Highly recommended.

Scruff

1st time hearing about this, hope its not a ****e book to screen conversion.

me-skywalker wrote: »

Cant wait for this! Only he better finish the 5th book. Ild tell anyone wanting to start reading this to wait until he writes the 7th.. I got to the end of the 4th and just died inside :-(

Damn right. Its been what, 3 years since A Dance with Dragons was supposed to be finished and still no sign of it I'm sceptical he'll ever finish them...

Dades

Scruff wrote: »

1st time hearing about this, hope its not a ****e book to screen conversion.

George RR Martin himself is drafting the screenplays for some of the episodes, so whatever it is you know it'll be true to the feel of the books.

me-skywalker

Audiobooks are a cop out!

Well HBO havea great history of making great series and periodical drama's. The Wire, ROME, Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Deadwood, True Blood. They will have the budget and also have the history of gritty raw programming that will defo be needed for this haha!

Martin himself is taking a role as an excutive producer and is writing 1 episode per season. In the 1st season he's writing the 8th episode.

One of the writers wrote 25th Hour( great book) and Great movie with Ed Norton. ALso has wrotea few screenplays like Brothers, X-MEN: Wolverine, The Kite Runner and Troy. SO some good and varied pieces in there.

Sean Bean as Stark isnt too bad and Lena Headey as Cersei :P

There will be 10/11 episodes per season and each season will be each book. SO tahts plenty of tiem to fit in most of the intricacies. Thats if the 1st season doesn't tank!!

Looking forward to it anyway.

TheBandit

I really looking forward to this series although a can't help but think that it'll distract George RR Martin and we won't see "A Dance with Dragons" any time soon....in fact i hope they don't make this show....suffering with post feast of crown jitters and need to read more NOW GOD DAMMIT NOW!! damn your procrastination George
Calm down.....
I'm really happy HBO took this up there shows are normally fantastic, ignoring Sex and the City. I watched five minutes of "Legend of the Seeker" and it looked atrocious so thankfully ABC aren't making it(From my quick look at the Synopsis of "The Sword of Truth" it looks poor so i probably can't blame ABC quality of the show)

Dades

me-skywalker wrote: »

Audiobooks are a cop out!

1. Why? Unless you need to practice your reading, what's the problem? The audiobook IS the book. It's not like just watching the movie.

2. When you have two kids under two, and spend 40 mins a day walking to work, they're ideal. We don't all have the luxury of an hour at bedtime . And reading a book while walking through town is a tad dangerous, I find.

3. FWIW, I've read all the books already.

c - 13

Daenerys has been recast - Looks a bit old IMHO.

WindmillWarrior

Dades wrote: »

Although I've read the books - I downloaded the audiobook of this last month.

I can't stop listening! It gives a new dimension to the books. Highly recommended.

wheres good for downloading audiobooks mate? I want to start the whole series again from the begining, so the audiobook option might be best!

WindmillWarrior

c - 13 wrote: »

Daenerys has been recast - Looks a bit old IMHO.

She looks pretty good to me! :P

Dades

c - 13 wrote: »

Daenerys has been recast - Looks a bit old IMHO.

I think GRRM had no issue with an older Danys. She doesn't need be that young anyway.

WindmillWarrior wrote: »

wheres good for downloading audiobooks mate? I want to start the whole series again from the begining, so the audiobook option might be best!

I wouldn't encourage piracy, but there are torrents floating about about (google em). iTunes also sells them and many of the big e-tailers offer audio downloads - though they are pricey.

Make sure you find the Roy Dotrice read versions. There a couple of different versions but he's the business.

c - 13

Dades wrote: »

I think GRRM had no issue with an older Danys. She doesn't need be that young anyway

Hmm, maybe not but IIRC from the books she would have been about 14 in the first books and about 16 about the time the

dragons

made an appearance ?

Dades

c - 13 wrote: »

Hmm, maybe not but IIRC from the books she would have been about 14 in the first books and about 16 about the time the

dragons

made an appearance ?

Could be true okay - though still not sure why she needs to be a certain age anyhow. More important that Sansa and Arya are kids.

Of course in an ideal world they'd all the be ages of the book.

TheBandit

Drogo getting forceful and funky with a very young looking girl might not go down the best on tv

sybiathriall

apparently game of thrones is coming out next spring more then likely in america so its possible it will be summer by the time it hits here....but the good ole internet can come in handy when that happens!

pljudge321

I think all of the children are going to look about five years older than they are in the book. Dany was 13 if I remember correctly, no way that actress looks anyway close to that.

Paddy Samurai

A Casting We Will Go

• Jun. 9th, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Auditions continue in Dublin, Belfast, and London for a whole bunch of parts, both major and minor, on HBO's GAME OF THRONES.

Sometimes it is a very hard job.

I've just reviewed the tapes of twelve young women reading for the part of Shae.

Anyone interested???

pljudge321

Its been a while but wouldn't Shae be in the 2nd season at the earliest if they are going by the books?

Zapp Brannigan

Teaser Trailer

Paddy Samurai

Only a small taste of whats to come.
But i for one can't wait for it to start.....................Roll on 2011.

Dades

pljudge321 wrote: »

I think all of the children are going to look about five years older than they are in the book. Dany was 13 if I remember correctly, no way that actress looks anyway close to that.

That's a slight exaggeration. Dany, maybe, but Arya doesn't look much older than what she's meant to be.

pljudge321 wrote: »

Its been a while but wouldn't Shae be in the 2nd season at the earliest if they are going by the books?

Shae appeared towards the end of A Game of Thrones at Lord Tywin's army camp.

Corsendonk

When has a movie ever been better than the book? The only time it really works is with short stories were the scriptwriter has space to work with.

AnCapaillMor

Movies maybe but its a TV show so it shows some hope if it goes to current form, Dexter tv shows far superior to book, same with true blood.

pljudge321

Good news if you have Sky.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/29/bskyb-buys-hbo-tv-catalogue