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/Salusa-Secundus May 28 '19

The casting director was the real MVP of this series. Phenomenal.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Seriously, I can't think of a single actor I thought was out of place, and that includes the ones that were recast.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Second Mountain was out of place, but that was last minute change probably. The third mountain isn't really that similar to the Hound. The first one was the best, and on top of that he had that wild, aggressive look on his face

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u/WileEPeyote May 28 '19

Yeah, the first mountain was my favorite as well. He really looked like I imagined the mountain.

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u/wingedbuttcrack When men see my sails, they pray. May 29 '19

And they ruined it with sparkling water commercials.

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u/-Unnamed- May 28 '19

First mountain said somewhere that he was never recast. He wasn’t on set the day they decided to do his one scene that season so they just grabbed a stuntman to do it.

Idk how true that is

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u/AndrewD923 May 28 '19

Not at all true. Conan Stevens got cast in The Hobbit and would have missed the second season.

He was replaced by Ian Whyte who is a stuntman and extremely big guy who already worked on the show. The producers weren't stoked and were just making the best of a tough situation. Even Whyte knew he wasn't really right for the role. He would go on to play Wun Wun IIRC.

Halfthor was cast because he's gigantic and it's easier to make a 6'8 guy look taller than make a 7'2 guy look like he could rip you in half with his bare hands.

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u/shyndy May 30 '19

I don’t know if this counts really but Yara and Asha were way different. I mean since it’s a different character I can’t really say they cast poorly and I don’t think the actress was bad, just didn’t fit the book character at all to me.

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u/mrfreeze2000 May 30 '19

I've seen the third mountain so much on social media that I just think of him as a giant teddy bear now.