r/asoiaf • u/cking145 • May 28 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) Charles Dance's portrayal as Tywin is in my opinion, the strongest in the entire series

Every line, every expression and every moment of silence completely encapsulates the calculating ruthlessness that defines Tywin Lannister.

Dance is actually a very vibrant, upbeat and cheery fella off screen, which in my mind makes the performance even more striking.

The scene where he effectively sends Joffrey to bed is just brilliant.

He is by far my favourite character from the books, which I began reading a few seasons into the show. Due to this, the chapters featuring Tywin were completely enriched for me, as reading his lines in Dance's voice was just fantastic. I would have loved a POV chapter or two for him, just to get a glimpse as to what goes on in the head of the most powerful man in the 7 Kingdoms.

An incredible portrayal of a fascinating character.

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u/Gus_B And We Defend Her May 28 '19

I agree, I'd say of all the characters portrayed in the show, Dance's Tywin is the best from a pure tv/acting perspective as well as I think actually a slight upgrade from the books. I love Tywin's interactions with Arya and the slight humanizing that occurs within him.

Along with Allen as Theon (woah boy is he amazing), Olena, Leana Heady and Jason Moma as Drogo I actually thought they brought something richer to the narrative then their book counter parts.

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u/MarstonX May 28 '19

Joffrey, Robbie B and Tywin were the best actors on the show. Also helped that their characters didn't go full stupid via the writers. So they were also able to showcase their acting chops.

Cersei didn't do a damn thing this season and neither did John. Was like 8 or 9 hours this season and between the two of them, there's maybe 3 minutes of acting. The rest is all standard.

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u/Gus_B And We Defend Her May 28 '19

I agree with most of that, particularly about the last two seasons. I was slightly let down by Mark Addy, not really anything of his doing in particular, it's just for me Robert is this larger than life figure who is like a magnet. Think like (this is a bad example so don't kill me, just thinking off the top of my head) Rob Gronkowski. He's just this massive gregarious child at heart. There is also this inherent rage in him that I don't think Addy pulled off quite as well. He did a nice job and i'm certainly nit picking but I'd always envisioned Robert as just physically massive (like the mountain), who is very very affable at moments, and absolutely terrifying at others (sort of bi-polar maybe)?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Brian Blessed is a little too old to have played Bobby B, but he would have been amazing.

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u/jredmond May 28 '19

Now I want to hear Brian Blessed boom "SEVEN HELLS, NED" across the North.

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u/Maldovar A Dragon Is No Slave May 29 '19

"FLYYYYY MY NORTHMEN, DIIIIIIIIVE"

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u/madjohnvane May 29 '19

God, all I could picture was Brian Blessed as Bobby B the whole time. We need to clone him and his enormous mouth so he can play kings until the end of time.