tamtam otm, but I imagine she'll be bulked out with armor and stuff: her gonzo height (six five!) is more visually striking than being jacked would be.
― g++ (gbx), Friday, 8 July 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
6'5" in heels, 6'3" in real life apparently
― thomp, Friday, 8 July 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno. i feel like hbo were never going to go with anyone actually unattractive, so it's at least better that they're at least putting onscreen someone with a non-standard body type and stuff
― thomp, Friday, 8 July 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
She's "TV ugly" basically
― Number None, Friday, 8 July 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha. which is "hot" by human standards.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 July 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
would smang
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
She's gonna have to lean way down for all the crotch grabbin' GRRM wrote for her.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
So Martin has taken twenty years to write the first five books. Is there any indication he will finish the last two before the show catches up with him, or indeed before he dies?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
no
― DJP, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Sanderson is going to be too busy to write his own fiction if this all keeps up
He was selected by Time magazine as one of the "2011 Time 100," a list of the "most influential people in the world."[1][2]
????
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently he's given the showrunners his notes and outlines for how the book series will end, in case something happens to him or he doesn't finish in time. Not that it matters, as I'd be shocked if the series ran for seven years.
― Gukbe, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
damn 6'3"
― ☂ (max), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
i hope she bulks up too
...
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
― ☂ (max), Friday, 8 July 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Just finished first book! Favorite POVs are Arya and Jon. Can't wait to get into new plot stuff (might have to wait because the first non-prologue chapter looks to be Arya falling in with Wall-bound scum).
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 9 July 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
I have been sworn to secrecy about G's casting - she is a friend - for the past three weeks and have been DYING to say something. Usually she looks like this:
http://www.ponystep.com/imagestore/large_2940.jpg
She is very popular with fashion and art people in East London and I think she's gorgeous. FYI the sort of heels G wears means she's more like 6'7"+ in them! Although many of you have not seen her in much, she's been in tons of performance art for people like Matthew Stone and Theo Adams and was in the revive of Breakfast at Tiffany's with Anna Friel.
― RMDEial studies (suzy), Sunday, 10 July 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
she seems taller than wolf in that video and he's pretty crazy tall O_o
― Roz, Sunday, 10 July 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
so finally caught up with all of this, it was totally great but i'll probably need to watch them all again pretty soon because i still don't know who everyone is. also i feel bad for the kid playing joffrey if he's got such punchable face in real life.
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 11 July 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
was wondering if these chose him cause he looks inbred
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
he's using his acting.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
Sat next to a dude on the train who was reading Clash of Kings on an iPad while reading my dead-tree copy, hah.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
Why do the younger Stark kids not have Northern accents? Not a major issue, but a lapse of attention to detail perhaps...
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 08:16 (twelve years ago) link
I have thought about this. I reckon it can sort of be explained away by the fact that they spent more time with their mother who is from the south. Certainly with the girls they would be around her a lot learning to be ladies and so on, while the older lads hang out with gruff soldiering types.
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
But overwhelmingly everyone in the world has the accent from the place yjeu grew up in, parents' accents irregardless. This is true. It's an error.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 09:16 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think it's a great explanation but the girls could have had elocution lessons or similar. Anyway, Jamie Lannister has a European accent and his brother Tyrion has some weird pseudo-English one so it's not like it's the only inconsistency.
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'd always rather hear a number of inconsistent accents within a show or film than have otherwise perfecly good actors compromise their performances because they're trying to mimic an accent they'll never manage.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
Tyrion reminds me of Eddie Izzard.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
Dinklage gets a well deserved Emmy nomination!
― Number None, Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
That's one of the only nominations the Emmy voters got right.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
wow Modern Family is the new juggernaut, huh
also ppl should not be rewarding Melissa McCarthy's hilarious "Bridesmaids" role by nominating her terrible, terrible sitcom
― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Isn't the entire premise of Mike & Molly "LOL, fat people"?
― online pinata store (Nicole), Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
from what I could tell, yes; I only made it through 10 minutes
― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe I am being unfair because I've only seen the promos for it, but that's what it seemed like.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
Melisandre will be payed by Carice Van Outen and Stannis will be played by Stephen Dillane.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
that dude looks like a perfect Stannis
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
zomg Van Houten is gorgeous
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
he was awesome as Jefferson in John Adams xpost
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch stage and film actress. She won four Golden Calves for her roles in Suzy Q (1999), Undercover Kitty (2001)..."
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
have they cast Davos yet? he seems like the best candidate for a "bigger" name actor out of the new main characters
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
he's going to die isn't he?
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
we all die, someday
― g++ (gbx), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
also btw many readers of this thread haven't read the books yet
― g++ (gbx), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
valar morghulis
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't read the books but just assume that any character in this show could die at any minute
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
just like life
right
i don't think i spoiled anything by simply naming a new character?! we've been talking about season 2 casting for the last 10000 posts
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link