A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

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]

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]

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]

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?

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

You cast Brienne as The Rock?

LMAO! Somehow I missed that the first time reading through the list...

 

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

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...

Hmmmm I seem to notice quite a few other out of place choices rather. The Hound and the Mountain are two. Also Hodor and Varys. All of them are played by actors with quite a different racial background to what I pictured .
I thought Varys was described as being pretty damn pale and powdery looking. Gregor and Sandor are both knights of the westerlands and are therefore no darker than the Lannisters or even the Tyrells. The stormlords, dornishmen and lords of the dornish marches I pictured to be darker though. Houses like Dondarrion and even Tarly.
Also Hodor has giant blood in him supposedly and I guess we can expect that the blood in him that isn't giant is northern and I always imagined the northerners to have a very pale complexion.

You haven't mentioned a Littlefinger yet but I thought Gary Oldman would suit that role better than he would Davos.

 

[Qhorin Halfhand]

You haven't mentioned a Littlefinger yet but I thought Gary Oldman would suit that role better than he would Davos.

I think Gary Oldman is too old for Davos. I think Edward Norton would be a good Littlefinger, he does sardonic pretty well.

 

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Bear with me here because I know King Leonidas and Eddard Stark are very different characters but what about Gerard Butler for Ned? Don't know if someone has mentioned it already but...

Eddard Stark

...Tell me that isn't a true Eddard Stark!

Oh I think so

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I love Gerard Butler, and now that you mention it I agree, I think he could make a very nice Eddard Stark.

I would like to see him though as one of the characters who survives...you know...so he could be in the following movies

 

[Tansy]

I was actually thinking Gerard Butler would be good and that actor who played the Prince in A Knights Tale, James Purefoy I think, but not sure in what role

James McAvoy might be good for Robb or Jon Snow

After watching Balck Snake Moan I imagine Christina Ricci as Shae

just a few ideas

 

[Boaz]

Christina Ricci as Shae? Isn't Shae supposed to be the epitome of sexpot? I personally find nothing, absolutely nothing, attractive about Miss Ricci.

 

[devilsgrin]

if you want Gerard Butler in the following films, cast him as Ser Jorah Mormont. the only disimilarity to the descrition of Ser Jorah is that he's balding... having said that tho... he does love (lust more like i suppose) Dany, and how could she turn Gerard Butler down?

GB as Garlan Tyrell perhaps?
Stannis even? or Davos?

Have to agree with you Boaz, Christina Ricci isn't all that... she certainly plays, doll-faced wierdo very well, but sex-kitten? i don't think so.

 

[vervain_ashe]

Bear with me here because I know King Leonidas and Eddard Stark are very different characters but what about Gerard Butler for Ned? Don't know if someone has mentioned it already but...

Eddard Stark

...Tell me that isn't a true Eddard Stark!

Oh I think so

Oh man, if this date is correct, it'd be the best Christmas present ever! (Gerry is my number 1 ) Of course, I would like him to play a character that does not end up getting his head lopped off, but he would make a good Eddard.

 

[Boaz]

If that date is correct, I'll eat my keyboard and wash it down with nitroglycerine.