Kit Harington was born in London, England[3] and lived there until he was 11,[4] the son of Deborah Jane (née Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington. His paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, the 12th Baronet Harington.[5] Through his father, Harington descends from politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, bacon merchant T. A. Denny, clergyman Baptist Wriothesley Noel, merchant and politician Peter Baillie, peer William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, and MP Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet.[5]
So, erm, pretty upper class then.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
Given all that I'm assuming the difference in Stark accents is deliberate. The girl that plays Sansa is from Northampton although all the younger ones have a kind of generic thesp accent.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
The wildling girl with red hair and a northern accent in the show has one of the poshest RP voices i've ever heard irl.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:28 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
cor ur not wrong she makes most of the royal famalam sound like oiks
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
Her parents have two castles!
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
that's the trouble with castles, one is never enough
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
Arya has a slight twang to her accent which I can't quite identify - maybe west country?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:30 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
she's from somerset (so... yes? right?)
― max, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
Lena Heady (Cersei) is from Yorkshire, which you can detect from her normal voice on the audio commentaries. It isn't strong, but it isn't the soft RP she uses in the programme.
I love Ygritte's voice! I don't mean the accent, I mean the hoarseness.
― DavidM, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.rightmove.co.uk/51k/50090/37523146/50090_3482_IMG_09_0000_max_620x414.JPGhttp://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/b8/17/2a/warthill-b-b.jpg
Ygritte's ancestral cribs. Funny how she has been cast as lowly types in her TV work: a housemaid in Downton Abbey, and a wildling in GoT.
― DavidM, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
Given all that I'm assuming the difference in Stark accents is deliberateI never bothered reading any more into this than "the children couldn't do Yorkshire accents". They all use their real accents.
― gyac, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeah ygritte's voice is dead sexy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
She might be rich as hell, but she's still Scottish. To the maid's quarters/caves of the North with you
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
the bloke with the eyepatch in the brotherhood sounds irish, authentically so.
That's Richard Dormer, who also plays the central character Terri Hooley in the movie Good Vibrations. Saw his name and couldn't believe it was the same guy.
― Back to the Fuchsia, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Undergraduate students are already tackling these important issues of accent!http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-1882.html
― eindbestemming, Thursday, 2 May 2013 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
Excellent Rose Leslie / Ygritte accent action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPdPTY_-icQ
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, she's posher than Kate Middleton.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
Inordinately amused that someone is referring to her as Cersei Baratheon.
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Thursday, 2 May 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
My wife's co-worker Courtney made Game of Thrones cakepops. Big pic so link instead of embed:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJWWSG3CAAE6mmh.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
bravo
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 May 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Are they all Ned? :(
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Friday, 3 May 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
One is W.
― Gukbe, Friday, 3 May 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's Dallas, and she's not from here. They might all be W.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 3 May 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
awesome
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
are they red velvet cake inside? that would be an awesome finishing touch
I'll ask my wife.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 3 May 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nor/3725685022.htmlI'm looking for a Stark in the streets but a wildling in the sheets.
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 May 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/1459d64c64ced1c3fe7f7126c0c53ec5/tumblr_mm8llvNmHe1qcbs47o1_500.jpg
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Oops, maybe that should go into the spoiler thread.
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, I don't think that it's too spoilerific to reveal that GRRM hasn't actually completed the series yet tbh
― Windsor Davies, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Ros ;_;
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 May 2013 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SjH3Gg6.jpg
too subtle?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 6 May 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oooooh
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 May 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
otm. TT_TT
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
Also rmde @ Loras being all into weddings and brocade.
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
Meera vs. Osha was awesome though.
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
Would totally watch Ygritte doing her Jon Snow impression for a full hour.
― Gregor Sansa (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2013 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
Did you guys know gay men like fashion and parties? I heard it on got
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 May 2013 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
gillen finally goes off the deep end this week in his sinister hoedown with varys.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Monday, 6 May 2013 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
is it me or is it getting a bit cheesy? i mean i know it's cheesy anyway, but even by its own standards the last 5 minutes was very schlocky.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Monday, 6 May 2013 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
naw whats his faces speech abt ambition was tite
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 May 2013 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
also some good zings this ep
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 May 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
'chaos is not a pit. it is a ladder!'
littlefinger is becoming one of the only interesting people on this show. i mean, it's awesome, but everytone is always so 'honor!' 'family!' 'oath!' 'boobs!'
― Frederik B, Monday, 6 May 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
some good power convos, nice bit of spectacle with the wall, couple of plot clues, piece shuffling otherwise. interesting that hbo balked at corpse nudity w/ ros. more interesting than surprising maybe. or maybe not even interesting, i dunno *shrug*
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 6 May 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
i thought it was v good for a set up ep which are usually a snooze
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 May 2013 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
poor Ros
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
No more Theon torture porn, pls. Ick.
― schwantz, Monday, 6 May 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Do the non-book readers have any idea who the guy torturing Theon is or are you all totally in the dark?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know who it is but someone cleverly put a screenshot with a clue up there.
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Feel like we're never going o learn Podrick's secrets.
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
re: that clue. who is that guy to theon?
― cozen, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link