ASOIAF casting

[liaku]

So for those of you that don't know (ie, everybody that's got me friended that likely doesn't care), HBO has greenlighted a pilot for A Song of Ice and Fire, which is only my favoritest fantasy series ever. Actually, it's probably my favorite series of anything regardless of genre or medium.

I know most of the people over at westerosorting don't really frequent Ran's board, but I do, mostly because I play mafia there. Anyway, there's this guy (a stage actor in NY) who's been trying to get himself casted. Iirc, he said he'd be happy if he landed a role as one of Craster's wives. Anyway, I thought he was alright until today where I finally bothered to check out the newer audition clip he's posted up on youtube. I got floored.

A Philip monologue from Lion in the Winter:

So yeah. I just wanted to post the vid since it's pretty awesome and say that I fully hope they give him a legit audition if not an actual role. I'd love to see him as Theon or Jon, though I think Waymar would be a likelier bet if he were to have a named character.

Comments

[wolef.livejournal.com]

Oh. Haha. I just realized it was A Lion in Winter. Mr. Krauss showed it to us in Medi History. But I missed the days when they were playing the Richard/Phillip parts. D:

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

Hey girl, this is quite interesting news indeed! Can't watch the video, as I'm at work, but that ASOIAF will actually be screened after all is indeed something excellent to start your day with ;-)!

[liaku.livejournal.com]

You hadn't heard yet? It's almost old news by now, but I'm glad I started your day off with a smile!

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

Philip! Oh, I love that scene *loves* He's pretty good, yeah!

I must've missed this on the board when I was checking out all the Peter Dinklage clips they kept posting.

[liaku.livejournal.com]

You know, the Peter Dinklage obsession is just weird. Out of all the roles least likely for any decent actor to mess up, Tyrion's pretty much the simplest. He doesn't require any great subtlety to act, just an ability to act (and to not overact) is pretty much good enough.

I'm not sure why there isn't nearly as much discussion on who should act Ned or Robert. I mean, those are roles that're easy to screw up. I'd hate for Ned to come off as an idiot rather than an intensely noble man.

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

I did get a laugh out of all those clips, Dinklage is pretty funny. Anyway, it seems like quite a lot of dwarf actors would be good choices. Not many of them have the large arms or anything, but that can't be a big deal.

They keep suggesting people like Gerard Butler for Ned. Yeah, right, that fits >_> (I kind of like the suggestion of Kevin McKidd)
And you're right about Robert, a lot of actors people suggest are way too old too. Robert is like 30 (and he's rather tragic too). I love Brian Blessed, and he is as loud as Robert but he's practically 60.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, he is good. For some reason, he seems like he'd be especially awesome as a villainous sort, but I suppose he's too young for the likes of Petyr.

[liaku.livejournal.com]

He does seem like he'd play a great villain or any sort (Petyr isn't even that old, I think he could pull it off), but if you haven't yet, check out his Romeo audition. Quite a different sort of performance, which makes me reasonably confident that he could play a host of different roles.

(His Lion monologue is better imo.)