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[StoOgE]

so, I am assuming we won't see a thing until 2010 even if they pick the series up for a season?

 

[Dan]

Yeah, 2009 is completely out of the realm of possibility.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Not nearly enough creaming over the Peter Dinklage megaton. My loins are soaked tonight

 

[Brian Fellows]

He made me hate his face on The Wire, but I enjoyed The Visitor quite a bit. In less related news, HBO has picked up episodes for David Simon's Treme

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003242.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&TheWireHBO

Sounds very uninteresting.

 

[Cornballer]

Great news about Dinklage.

The Station Agent is a good film, but I haven't seen The Visitor.

 

[Salazar]

Agreed: awfully good news about Dinklage.

Simon more than deserves the benefit of the doubt, regarding Treme. I'd pre-pay for the box-set right now.

 

[Azar]

I love The Station Agent. It's about as different in terms of scale as you could possibly get, but the two of them have done great work together in the past. This gives me high hopes.

 

[Mike Works]

with the obvious (and awesome) casting of peter dinklage now confirmed, here's an interesting question for you guys:

who do you think will be the most important character to cast?

this isn't necessarily a "who is the most important character in the series", but some characters could require a more diverse range of performance than others.

so, who will be the most important and why? you can only pick one.

 

[Dan]

Simon more than deserves the benefit of the doubt, regarding Treme. I'd pre-pay for the box-set right now.

Word. Plus, it's got an amazing cast. I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Also, it seems that as of mid-April when the pilot was wrapping HBO was expecting to give an answer on its pickup by mid-June. It's happening now, so I'd hazard a guess and say they quite like what they've seen and the additional scripts that were written.

 

[Brian Fellows]

with the obvious (and awesome) casting of peter dinklage now confirmed, here's an interesting question for you guys:

who do you think will be the most important character to cast?

this isn't necessarily a "who is the most important character in the series", but some characters could require a more diverse range of performance than others.

so, who will be the most important and why? you can only pick one.

Arya

Its going to take a special little girl to pull that character off.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Arya

Its going to take a special little girl to pull that character off.

The same can be said of most of the child actors though. I'd say it's Ned. He's going to have to carry the show through its first season.

 

[Uncle]

Awesome news about Dinklage. But WTF at them doing a remake of Death at a Funeral. Why..?

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Awesome. I only read half of the first book (waiting for a few more books to release). From what I read so far, Peter Dinklage seems like an amazing pick.

 

[Tubobutts]

Awesome. I only read half of the first book (waiting for a few more books to release). From what I read so far, Peter Dinklage seems like an amazing pick.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[PhoenixDark]

Awesome. I only read half of the first book (waiting for a few more books to release). From what I read so far, Peter Dinklage seems like an amazing pick.

If I were you I'd leave this thread and not come back until finishing the 4 books...

you don't want stuff ruined for you lol

 

[C.Dark.DN]

:lol :lol :lol

Dude... i have three months of no school or work. If I read all the books released so far... I'll die waiting.

I recently watched lost from episode 1 to current in the past few months.

But, come to think of it, I need to at least finish what the tv show would cover.

 

[Dan]

Awesome news about Dinklage. But WTF at them doing a remake of Death at a Funeral. Why..?

It's pretty much Death at a Funeral but substituting black people for British. I had no idea Dinklage was in the remake too though... That's pretty wacky.

 

[Brian Fellows]

The same can be said of most of the child actors though. I'd say it's Ned. He's going to have to carry the show through its first season.

None of the other child actors are gonna be as young and hard to play as Arya. She's a 20 year old in a 9 year olds body. The other young kids are pretty typical.

 

[Learn2read]

They'll all be cast older than the books, he's even said before the show came up that he would've made them a bit older (there was supposed to be a timeshift of a couple years that didn't happen)

 

[Brian Fellows]

They'll all be cast older than the books, he's even said before the show came up that he would've made them a bit older (there was supposed to be a timeshift of a couple years that didn't happen)

Yes I realize all that and my vote for Arya stands whether she is 9 or 13.

 

[Mockingbird]

Agree with Arya being difficult to cast. She's also one of the most well-liked characters in the series, so fans are going to be very critical.

 

[funk0ar]

I also agree on Arya being the hardest to cast, she's a little pocket rocket and to find a young actor with that much fire will be hard.

Great news on Dinklage, you you think they will ugly him up a bit or what?

 

[StoOgE]

with the obvious (and awesome) casting of peter dinklage now confirmed, here's an interesting question for you guys:

who do you think will be the most important character to cast?

this isn't necessarily a "who is the most important character in the series", but some characters could require a more diverse range of performance than others.

so, who will be the most important and why? you can only pick one.

I'm going to cheat and pick 2:

1) Little Finger - must be sufficiently hated and somehow slightly likable but extremely devious all at once.

2) Tyrion - knocked it out of the park though so no worries.

 

[StoOgE]

I also agree on Arya being the hardest to cast, she's a little pocket rocket and to find a young actor with that much fire will be hard.

Great news on Dinklage, you you think they will ugly him up a bit or what?

I have my doubts they are going to make some of the charachters as ugly as they seem to be in the book. Reading about some of the characters

Spoiler

the dog, Dondarion post multiple deaths, Cat post death, Tyrion post nose loss

is one thing, seeing it is another. I'm sure a lot of that will be toned down.

 

[KingGondo]

I also agree on Arya being the hardest to cast, she's a little pocket rocket and to find a young actor with that much fire will be hard.

Great news on Dinklage, you you think they will ugly him up a bit or what?

I'm sure they will a bit (different-colored eyes), but they'll probably save the big shock for when he

Spoiler

gets his nose chopped of in A Clash of Kings

.

Edit: Now that I think about it, Jaime could be difficult to cast as well. They need to find a pretty boy who can pull off arrogant asshole and dignified victim in turn. I also agree with everyone re: Arya.

I'm happy for Dinklage, if everything else falls into place, this is a career-defining role for him. The Tyrion role has serious Emmy potential, for sure.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Awesome news.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I have my doubts they are going to make some of the charachters as ugly as they seem to be in the book. Reading about some of the characters

Spoiler

the dog, Dondarion post multiple deaths, Cat post death, Tyrion post nose loss

is one thing, seeing it is another. I'm sure a lot of that will be toned down.

This is HBO we're talking about here. They don't tend to pull punches when it comes to this kind of thing.

 

[Scrow]

found this image when googling peter dinklage

http://grahamwords.files.wordpress....rted-red-dwarf-an-honest-and-loyal-friend.jpg

he will certainly be able to pull off the role, but he's going to need to put on some weight.

 

[Shirokun]

Dude... i have three months of no school or work. If I read all the books released so far... I'll die waiting.

You're likely to die waiting anyway at this rate. Better to just read them now, IMO. Besides, if you like them as much as the rest of us here, you'll end up reading them several times between releases.

Great news about Dinklage, BTW.

 

[whytemyke]

There's some awesome characters and to say who would be most important to cast, you really have to know how far the series will go. If it goes the length then Jamie Lannnister becomes more important. If it's short you steer towards Ned/Cat.

You know who'd be sweet to play Barristan the Bold? That guy with the eye patch from BSG. That'd rule. "YOU FRAKKIN LANNISTERS!!!"


Dream casting for Jamie: Jason Isaacs.
Tywin Lannister: Stellan Skaarsgard

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I would say the casting of Jon Snow becomes increasingly important the further the show goes on as well.

 

[sooperkool]

with the obvious (and awesome) casting of peter dinklage now confirmed, here's an interesting question for you guys:

who do you think will be the most important character to cast?

this isn't necessarily a "who is the most important character in the series", but some characters could require a more diverse range of performance than others.

so, who will be the most important and why? you can only pick one.

Robb - I think that his performance will be the key and it will take a young but charismatic actor to pull him off. He will be important as Henry on The Tudors. It's a shame too because Jonathan Rhys Davies would be ace in this series.

 

[StoOgE]

Robb - I think that his performance will be the key and it will take a young but charismatic actor to pull him off. He will be important as Henry on The Tudors. It's a shame too because Jonathan Rhys Davies would be ace in this series.

It depends how they wind up filming the series. Robb isn't actually *in* the books that much. You hear *of* Robb doing stuff, but you very rarely actually see Robb compared to other major charachters.

I agree Jon Snow is going to be critical as well.

There are a lot of very hard to cast parts in this. Bran and Hodor will be difficult to cast right as well I think.

 

[Scribble]

They definitely have to ugly him up. He's quite good looking, despite the dwarfism.

 

[YYZ]

I think Tyrion is also fatter than Dinklage looks to be normally.

 

[Mike Works]

i totally forgot that

Spoiler

Tyrion got his nose cut off

:lol

 

[Revengeance]

They definitely have to ugly him up. He's quite good looking, despite the dwarfism.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Manics]

with the obvious (and awesome) casting of peter dinklage now confirmed, here's an interesting question for you guys:

who do you think will be the most important character to cast?

this isn't necessarily a "who is the most important character in the series", but some characters could require a more diverse range of performance than others.

so, who will be the most important and why? you can only pick one.

Tough to say, I'm gonna skip the child actors and go with Jaime. He started

Spoiler

out seeming to be a prick early on in the series but turns into a likeable character

as the books move forward. For that reason I think they need to choose a solid actor.

 

[TheExodu5]

I'm only a little past halfway in A Game of Thrones so far, but it seems Cersei might need some acting talent and diversity to pull off. She was really shining in a different light in the past chapter, where she has her outdoor chat with Ned. She's actually one of my most liked characters at this point.

 

[aceface]

Ladies and Gentlemen, your Tyrion Lannister:

 

[TheExodu5]

I think the best character to cast as my Tyrion would be my WoW toon, Prinny.

Just fatten him up a bit.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Ladies and Gentlemen, your Tyrion Lannister:

That looks perfect actually lol.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Tough to say, I'm gonna skip the child actors and go with Jaime. He started

Spoiler

out seeming to be a prick early on in the series but turns into a likeable character

as the books move forward. For that reason I think they need to choose a solid actor.

Jaime would have been my second choice for the reasons you mention but we were limited to one.

 

[Scribble]

I'm only a little past halfway in A Game of Thrones so far, but it seems Cersei might need some acting talent and diversity to pull off. She was really shining in a different light in the past chapter, where she has her outdoor chat with Ned. She's actually one of my most liked characters at this point.

 

[Manics]

I'm only a little past halfway in A Game of Thrones so far, but it seems Cersei might need some acting talent and diversity to pull off. She was really shining in a different light in the past chapter, where she has her outdoor chat with Ned. She's actually one of my most liked characters at this point.

Ah the joys of reading the first book for the first time.

 

[TheExodu5]

Man, it was such a good chapter...the best so far. I just read one chapter after that, when Viserys gets a molten belt of gold poured over his head. :lol I'm looking forward to continuing tonight.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Is he referring to the chapter where Cersei tells dumbshit "when you play the game of thrones you play to win"?

 

[Manics]

Man, it was such a good chapter...the best so far. I just read one chapter after that, when Viserys gets a molten belt of gold poured over his head. :lol I'm looking forward to continuing tonight.

Enjoy! Try to resist the urge to read any of the spoiler stuff for the upcoming novels so you don't ruin shit for yourself. I didn't do any research on the series while I was reading the books, I just let all the ups and downs come naturally and I said "WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!" so many times and dropped the books a few times I can't even begin to tell you. :lol

 

[bengraven]

My GOD at the spoilers in this thread. Some are my own fault for highlighting, some just don't care. :lol

I'm still halfway through book 1 and was hoping to get some ideas of who to cast these characters as in my head.

Dinklage I already had, funny enough, and I'm glad to see him there. I agree that Rachel would be great as Sasa as well.

I'm also picturing Brian Cox as the King, Tom Hollander (Becket from Pirates 2 and 3) as Littlefinger, and I keep picturing Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart, Saw 3, 4, 5) as Ned.

 

[Brian Fellows]

HAHA Brian Cox? He's old enough to be Roberts Grand Pappy.


Not that I have room to talk. I always pictured Littlefinger as Palpatine from the Star Wars movies. Thats just the face that always popped in my head when reading him.