Oh, believe me, Jaime is one of my fave characters too. I just finished re-reading the entire series again last night. I love Nicolaj Coster-Waldau in general and so am really excited to see what he can do with the role. He's not conventionally PRETTY but he's hardly ugly, and believe me, the man has serious sex appeal. If you can find any episodes of New Amsterdam (short lived Fox series he did about a year ago), check it out. He's also sexy and funny in The Baker (a film he did with Damian Lewis) but it's harder to find since it hasn't been released in North America yet.

Jaime doesn't stay pretty for that long either so it doesn't bother me that much. I'm a little more concerned about Lena Headey since I've never seen her in anything, but she is very pretty, so I'm assuming the makeup dept will make them both the gorgeous golden twins we know and love/hate.

Overall, the casting has got me really excited. There's honestly no one who makes me cringe (unlike David Thewlis as Remus for example). The hardest roles are going to be the kids, esp since they're unknowns.