If he's one of the Greyjoys, then maybe their late inclusion to the show will be bearable. However, I still wish they remained omitted.
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^ I hope he's not one of them, for the simple reason that he's done the pirate thing already in POTC and one of the Shrek movies. It'd be a little unimaginative (albeit still pretty good casting). I'm hoping he's Lord Tarly or a Northerner.
Didn't George RR Martin once mention the need for a Walter White type character in GOT? This could be it.
Yes, that would be phenomenal. He might even get to throw in a cocksucker or two and no one would blink.
There have been rumors that we'll see some kind of confirmation for the R+L=J theory this year. I read a couple of weeks ago (I think in io9's "morning spoilers" articles) that they'll be filming in Spain at a location that would be ideal for the Tower of Joy.
He was making a joke.
Max Von Sydow has been cast for season 6:
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/03/game-thrones-max-von-sydow
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/03/game-thrones-max-von-sydow
Hi there. Haven't visited this thread in months, and the last few pages seem to be all HBOThrones news, so no one may be the least interested in this, but - I'm doing the great re-read in prep for Book 6, which recent rumors mark as possibly finished and into the publishing process. "Martin posted [on his blog] that he will be going to New York and New Jersey, and that "while I will be travelling, my army on minions will be here at the old homestead, toiling in the paper mines."
Some interesting things are emerging while reading - I pop in and out of SoIaF forums to see what the speculation is, but my knowledge is in no way thorough, so pardon me if my ideas are old hat.
1) While I've seen more than a few comments of people anticipating a final battle between the Others and the dragons, in Book One, Old Nan tells Bran that it was the children of the forest who defeated the Others the last time they rose. This certainly illuminates Bran's storyline.
2) Sansa's transformation into Alayne Stone (particularly striking in The Winds of Winter excerpt on Martin's site) has seemed a sort of nowhere plot line, but we all know Littlefinger has designs on the Iron Throne himself. Two or three times in A Game of Thrones, Ned mentions that Robert Baratheon's first bastard child (and thus his truest heir since the Lannister children are not his) was a girl, born in the Vale when Robert was quite young. Could Littlefinger be after turning Sansa into this missing bastard so that she has a claim to the throne? He could then marry her and be king. Quite a gamble, but then - it's Littlefinger.
This of course would be completely irrelevant to HBOThrones, which has taken Sansa in a different direction. Though, they've been know to take some circuitous routes to the same spot.
Just a few thoughts...
Some interesting things are emerging while reading - I pop in and out of SoIaF forums to see what the speculation is, but my knowledge is in no way thorough, so pardon me if my ideas are old hat.
1) While I've seen more than a few comments of people anticipating a final battle between the Others and the dragons, in Book One, Old Nan tells Bran that it was the children of the forest who defeated the Others the last time they rose. This certainly illuminates Bran's storyline.
2) Sansa's transformation into Alayne Stone (particularly striking in The Winds of Winter excerpt on Martin's site) has seemed a sort of nowhere plot line, but we all know Littlefinger has designs on the Iron Throne himself. Two or three times in A Game of Thrones, Ned mentions that Robert Baratheon's first bastard child (and thus his truest heir since the Lannister children are not his) was a girl, born in the Vale when Robert was quite young. Could Littlefinger be after turning Sansa into this missing bastard so that she has a claim to the throne? He could then marry her and be king. Quite a gamble, but then - it's Littlefinger.
This of course would be completely irrelevant to HBOThrones, which has taken Sansa in a different direction. Though, they've been know to take some circuitous routes to the same spot.
Just a few thoughts...
Robert's first bastard isn't missing - she's Mya Stone, Sansa's new friend in the Vale and someone fairly well-known within the Vale. Replacing Sansa with her would be nigh-impossible, even for Littlefinger.
Ah - thanks. I see that is established in A Storm of Swords - I'm only into A Clash of Kings on the re-read, so I'll keep an eye out for it. Back to trying to figure out what Littlefinger is up to with Sansa then...
Meh. The omission of the Greyjoy conflict was the best thing the show did in regards to changing/leaving out material. There's no need to include them now.
If this actor is playing Euron, he seems remarkably young to be the uncle of Alfie Allen and brother of Patrick Malahide.
I've seen him in Borgen (Danish political drama) but I've not heard his English-speaking accent (though he was in The Borgias and Lucy). I wonder is he more like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau or like Mads Mikkelsen?
He is rather young (and rather boyishly handsome) compared to the Euron of the books, but it's been confirmed by Variety that that's who he's playing. Maybe the genealogy will be different, or maybe they'll just make him up to look a bit more grizzled.
I don't mind the ironborn chapters in the books, but I do wonder to what extent the decision to adapt them now was influenced by changing plans about how many seasons the show will run.
