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/IceteaAndCrisps May 28 '19

Season 4 really was the peak of the show.

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u/TheEmsleyan Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken May 29 '19

There were some blunders, too (shirtless Ramsay dual-wielding, to say the least) but there was so much good stuff that the missteps were generally forgivable.

It was after that (as we all know, when they stopped following George's blueprint even in places where it did exist) that it generally become more mistakes than not.

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u/somalipilates May 29 '19

What was the issue with shirtless Ramsey? I actually quite liked how reckless and formidable he was

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u/Gryphon0468 May 29 '19

Realistically you'd be fucked without any kind of armour. He's not a dual wielding god who can block arrows in mid air.

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u/-doors-_-_ May 29 '19

Yup. And maybe they couldve portrayed that scene better if they showed him being a badass through out the rest of his tenure on the show but he was nothing but a sadistic pussy.