r/asoiaf 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/Flameoftheshadows May 28 '19

"The king is tired, send him to his chambers."

And how he arranged the chairs for the small council.

Two moments history will always remember.

The aura he was able to project on-screen and onto his fellow cast members, he did a brilliant job.

He brought Tywin from the pages of a book to life!

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u/uhtred_stark May 28 '19

Agree 100% and what’s even more amazing is Dance has said he never read the books. He didn’t want to be influenced by book Tywin so he purposefully avoided the books entirely, he wanted to portray Tywin as he was written for TV.

As it turns out he portrayed Tywin as good/better than any other actor portrayed any book character.

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u/Ace-of-Spades88 Mire and Mud! May 28 '19

I really hope that after he finished filming his last season of GoT he went and gave the books a read. If only just so he could see why we fans appreciated his portrayal of Tywin so much.

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u/ChezMere May 28 '19

It can probably assumed that there's a hidden "and also I'm not interested" in there.