A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

[devilsgrin]

I have to say... i detest Jeremy Irons in fantasy themed films. Dungeons & Dragons and Eragon for instance... he is ghastly in both. No matter how bad a director or script, an actor of Irons supposed talent should be able to still perform... he fails miserably in both - indeed in DnD he was upstaged by Marlon Wayans of all people, and then in Eragon by a CG dragon with Rachel Weisz's voice...
Also, The Rock... he seems far to bulky to play a horseman. Khal Drogo may be huge, but my image of him is more rangy with long arms and legs, strong yes, dangerous looking yes, but not bulky... thats not the type of warrior the Dothraki are... also, i saw them being of more mongol appearance (obviously just bigger), the Rock's polynesian features are almost right... shame about the overly massive musculature..

[Doug-q]

Eddard Stark - Gary Oldman
Littlefinger - Elijah Wood
Robert Baratheon - Brian Blessed
Tyrion Lannister - Warwick Davis (by default)
Jon Snow - Garrett Hedlund or Kris Lemche
Theon Greyjoy - Christian Slater
Renly Baratheon - Johnny Depp
Bronn - Jason Stratham
(that guy Bronn fights as Tyrion's champion) - Bill Nighy
Jaime Lannister - Josh Lucas
Bryndon Tully - Kris Kristofferson

...Not so confident with some of the later ones there.

[Musky]

I think for HBO to make this series they would have to change some of the characters ages. Half the cast would be children. Jon, Robb, Sansa, Renly/Joffrey/Tommen's wife, Dany, etc. That's an awful lot of minors to be having or almost having sex for American TV. Littlefinger's creepy on the mouth kisses with Sansa, Dany and Drogo, Jon and the wildling girl, the bedding scenes?

Loras is also just a boy. Theon is like 20 I think?

When reading the series, I sometimes forgot how young some of the characters are. If you put them on screen as teenagers the general audience may have trouble becoming interested. The series seems like a very complicated project to bring to the screen and appeal to a mass audience.

Like most here, I would be interested, but HBO wants millions of viewers. I would expect the characters in the script to not be the children they are in the books.

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Patrick Stewart for Randyll Tarly without a doubt.

Also there is a British comedian/director/tv show panelist called Andy Hamilton who would make a great Tyrion I think. I've always had him pictured in mind whenever he says something. You can google him for a picture but they don't do him justice really. To know what I mean you have to see him talking so try youtube or something.

Heard a few people suggesting Eric Bana for Eddard Stark but Eddard has a longer, plainer face. Bana would make a better Brandon Stark or something for flashbacks.

[TK-421]

I do not believe that Loras and Renly are children but more like young men in their early 20's.

Theon is closer to Robb's age.

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Originally Posted by TK-421

I do not believe that Loras and Renly are children but more like young men in their early 20's.

Theon is closer to Robb's age.

Actually Theon is nineteen throughout AGOT and Loras is about seventeen or eighteen in ACOK because you hear Catelyn say something about him only having a few years on Robb. Renly is in his mid twenties I think.

Also for the people saying the cast should be older and the ages should be changed, although it says Robb and Jon are about fifteen/sixteen throughout most of the books, that is the age you become a man in Westeros. Eighteen year old actors should suffice. Robb even has a beard from the second book onward so he won't be looked at as a child by the audience. And why would Jon's Sex scene with Ygritte have any problems? It's not like ANY of the love scenes are going to be so graphic that they border on porn. Everything will be controlled accordingly. Loads of films are full of sex but you never even see the woman topless and it doesn't make it any less real.

[devilsgrin]

Renly is supposed to be around 20-22... not very old at all... same age as Beric Dondarion (who was iirc 22 in AGOT?) i'd say, but no older.
Loras - 16-17 at most... by the time he's a Kingsguard he'd be 17 - as Jaime makes note to him of Jaime having been a kingsguard before Loras.

[JDP]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Harrenhal

Patrick Stewart for Randyll Tarly without a doubt.

Surely Patrick Stewart should be Tywin Lannister? All he needs is the sideboards.

I think the whole thing should be acted out by thunderbirds-style puppets, and all characters voiced by GRRM himself.

You heard it here first.

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Originally Posted by JDP

Surely Patrick Stewart should be Tywin Lannister? All he needs is the sideboards.

I think the whole thing should be acted out by thunderbirds-style puppets, and all characters voiced by GRRM himself.

You heard it here first.

No doubt this will be the last place I'll hear it too
Patrick Stewart seems too narrow to be Tywin Lannister in my opinion. I imagined him to be broad shouldered and physically impressive. Randyll Tarly on the other hand I imagined to be slender and sinewy instead of big and bulky, more of a hunter or outrider than a plate-clad warrior. I know he is the best soldier in the Seven Kingdoms but that doesn't mean he has to be a meaty wall of muscle does it?

[JDP]

I'd always pictured Tywin to be slimmer than that; commanding more through the strength of his willpower than physical attributes.

I'm not sure if Stewart's getting on a bit for Tywin now, anyway - as was said before, it's hard getting the ages right, eh? How old would Tywin be?

[JDP]

Sorry for double post!

'Unknowns' would probably be best for the series (especially the younger characters), but in the spirit of good fun (and debate!) here's the definitive character/cast list:

Ned: John Corbett
Jon: Daniel Logan
Robb: Zachery Ty Bryan
Arya: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Bran: Freddie Highmore
Sansa: Kristin Kreuk
Rickon: Nathan Gamble
Catelyn: Cate Blanchett
Theon: Tom Welling
Robert: James Gandolfini
Cersei: Nicole Kidman
Jaime: Josh Holloway
Brienne: The Rock
Tywin: Patrick Stewart
Tyrion: Tim Roth (avec CGI)
Shae: Megan Fox
Bron: Viggo Mortensen
Gregor: Temuera Morrison
Hound: Cliff Curtis
Renly: Johnny Depp
Loras: Orlando Bloom
Dany: Hayden Panettiere
Drogo: Adam Beach
Varys: Sanjeev Bhaskar
Selmy: Robert De Niro (Yeah, you read it right. Go back and reread it. Go on. Yeah, Bobby De Niro. Bam.)
Stannis: Ben Kingsley
Davos: Gary Oldman
Hodor: Jonah Lomu

Looks like I've missed out on a career in casting!

[Lady of Winterfell]

That list isn't half bad JDP. Nicole Kidman would definately be my first choice for Cersei as well.

[the smiling weirwood]

I think you cast the younger characters too old.

[devilsgrin]

keisha castle-hughes? for Arya? she's Maori... Arya's a pale northern european type of girl...i mean as much as she and jon are meant to look alike, they are still brother and sister (or at least cousins if we believe the R+L=J theory) and they are still the same race as their other siblings...
Hayden would make a far better Sansa i think - little, innocent looking, can play clueless-but-not-stupid well... she's a little heavy looking to play Dany (and i don't mean fat - Dany should be a slip of a girl, and Hayden is not a slip of a girl - besides, Sansa needs to be as beautiful as Cersei was as a girl, and likely to surpass her as an adult Hayden is gorgeous)
Johnny Depp is far too old to be Renly.
so is Zachary Ty Bryan for Robb - he's also got a white-trash thing going on that wouldn't sit well with the King in the North.
as much as Kristin Kreuk is gorgeous, i think she looks too old to be the innocent idealistic Sansa, however she would make an even better Shae than Megan Fox. her colouring matches my image of Shae better than Megan Fox (who would likely make a great Margeary)
Orlando Bloom is WAY too old to be Loras.

For Jon Snow, i believe the only young actor who could portray him well atm is Shia LeBeouf. He's a little old, but he plays 16 well in most things he's in anyway...

Nicole Kidman for Cersei for sure (this goes against my usual practice of not choosing actors who've been in Fantasy films before - since NK is in Golden Compass and Mrs Coulter is not too disimilar a character than Cersei - but she was floated as best to be cast as Cersei before she was in Golden Compass... so its a great idea).
If your casting Nicole Kidman as Cersei than the very best choice to play Jaime is Daniel Craig - they have the most electrifying chemistry on-screen.
Viggo as Bronn isn't a bad choice either - at least looks-wise, i detest Viggo as an actor - though i may reconsider that position after i've seen Eastern Promises (i've heard good things of him in it).

overall your casting is way too old for most of the younger characters, and is made even more apparent when you cast actors who look as young as Daniel Logan or Keisha Castle-Hughes do beside them in roles that are essentially the same age.

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Originally Posted by JDP

Sorry for double post!

'Unknowns' would probably be best for the series (especially the younger characters), but in the spirit of good fun (and debate!) here's the definitive character/cast list:

Ned: John Corbett
Jon: Daniel Logan
Robb: Zachery Ty Bryan
Arya: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Bran: Freddie Highmore
Sansa: Kristin Kreuk
Rickon: Nathan Gamble
Catelyn: Cate Blanchett
Theon: Tom Welling
Robert: James Gandolfini
Cersei: Nicole Kidman
Jaime: Josh Holloway
Brienne: The Rock
Tywin: Patrick Stewart
Tyrion: Tim Roth (avec CGI)
Shae: Megan Fox
Bron: Viggo Mortensen
Gregor: Temuera Morrison
Hound: Cliff Curtis
Renly: Johnny Depp
Loras: Orlando Bloom
Dany: Hayden Panettiere
Drogo: Adam Beach
Varys: Sanjeev Bhaskar
Selmy: Robert De Niro (Yeah, you read it right. Go back and reread it. Go on. Yeah, Bobby De Niro. Bam.)
Stannis: Ben Kingsley
Davos: Gary Oldman
Hodor: Jonah Lomu

Looks like I've missed out on a career in casting!

You cast Brienne as The Rock?