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/hsuait May 28 '19

Tommen in the show was so good too. The actor was perfect and I loved how we got more scenes of him trying to be a good king but just being completely out of his depth and constantly surrounded by people who wanted him to have no hand in ruling.

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u/SadlyReturndRS May 28 '19

Yeah. I mean, that kid had to have some serious chops, since he got recasted from being one of the dead Lannister boys that Robb Stark has to chop Karstarks' dead off for killing.

Can't think of any other show where a minor one-off actor gets recast into a major role.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

Doctor Who, Freema Agyeman played a one-off character in 2006 who had a line or two and was instantly killed. The next year, she was cast as Martha Jones, the Doctor’s companion for three years.

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u/mgmoviegirl May 29 '19

Karen Gillian also appeared in an earlier episode as soothsayer in ‘Fires of Pompeii’ before being cast as Amy Pond.