A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Spoiler-Filled Discussion

Julian Bashir is Dorian Martell. Okay, so he's not clinically obese, but otherwise, this kicks lots of ass. As does the casting generally.

 

Doran wasn't obese. He just had gout.

 

Alexander Siddig and Jonathan Pryce? Bloody fantastic.

 

Trystane is the heir of Dorne. Ugh. So, they're definitely cutting Arianne.

 

Not really. None of the four younger Sand Snakes even appear "onscreen" in the books (until TWOW, when one of them will have a small role), so there would be no reason to cast actresses to play them. The only one who can really be said to be missing is Sarella, and that's obviously dependent on how-- and if-- the show is playing the Citadel storyline.

Considering the show's general attitude toward prophecy, I doubt they'd include Quentyn solely to make sense of the Mirri Maz Duur bit.

 

[happydance] Jonathan Pryce will go a long way towards making up for no more Charles Dance. [/happydance]

 

Brilliant casting with Siddig, he has the acting chops and he is perfect for the part - I actually pictured him as the perfect casting a year or two ago and its how I see him in the books.

 

Absolutely! I've wanted Siddig as Doran for a long, long time.

Hopefully Arianne isn't being excised. That would be a very poor move.

 

They won't cut Arianne. She'll be there for sex scenes, if nothing else. More likely they've just made her younger than Trystane, or ignored the bit of lore about firstborn inheriting regardless of sex in Dorne. Can't risk confusing the "unsullied", after all.

 

As much as I love Siddig, the apparent strategy of "just cast brownish people, no one will notice the difference." is a bit underwhelming.

 

Why is that more likely? The evidence for Arianne being cut has piled up recently. She's not in the casting announcement with the other Dornish characters (nor are the characters most associated with her alone in AFFC, like Arys Oakheart). The casting video for Tyene shows the plot to crown Myrcella coming together without Arianne being involved (and with Ellaria participating, instead of being a pacifist like the book). The casting video for Trystane shows him seemingly being involved in the plot as well. And now Trystane is referred to as the heir to Dorne, meaning he has no older siblings.

 

What would be the point of including her if everything important about her is changed?

They can use anyone for sex scenes.

 

Yes, and?

 

Season 4 blooper reel!

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-7Fs9HJvs0[/yt]

 

I wonder will the new actors playing Dornish characters imitate Pedro Pascal's Chilean accent or will they do their own thing?

 

Was the accent Pascal used for Oberyn actually Chilean or just a generic Hispanic accent? His natural accent is American.

 

It sounds Spanish to me.

 

I don't actually know. I know I must have seen him before because he's been in The Good Wife and I watch it, but I don't remember his role in it! I just assumed that this was his own accent in GOT.

If he was adopting that accent for Oberyn, then I imagine it must have been the decision of the showrunners to have him speak like that. If so, presumably the other Dornish characters will speak similarly.

 

Seems a lot of the cast have arrived or are starting to arrive in Belfast for filming. I'll have to do some stalking:

http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/28/game-thrones-cast-arrive-belfast-film-season-5/