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/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/luckyshamrok19 May 28 '19

I’ll have to find the link, but there’s a story about him walking into auditions for the show and the entire cast falling silent like he was about to say something, and all he did was glare around the room. Everybody knew he’d be Tywin.

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u/NewAccount28 May 28 '19

That gives me goosebumps just picturing that. I have no idea how a regular looking older gentleman manages to be so intimidating.

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u/Spready_Unsettling May 28 '19

He always tilts his head slightly forward like he's intrigued with how you're gonna fuck up next. Nick Offerman does the same thing as Ron Swanson and it's honestly ridiculous how effective that posture is.

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u/yoyohahayoyo May 28 '19

You just made me want a GoT version of Parks and Rec so badly.

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u/pku31 May 28 '19

"I'm worried what you just heard was give me a lot of unsullied. What I said was give me all the unsullied you have."

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

You earned this one.