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.

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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.