Attention 'A Song of Ice and Fire' Fans

[themostepotente]

GRRM's 'A Game of Thrones' Casting for HBO

The Starks look pretty awesome, save for Catelyn who looks a little like Joan Cusack to me. But Cersei and Jaime? ALL WRONG. Fuck you very much for ruining my pretteh canon incest :P

What does everyone else think of the casting?

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Comments

[matitablu.livejournal.com]

Idk, I knew that almost none could match my mental image of the characters so I sort of created a new folder for tv verse XD a bit like with the HP movies. So far I'm really pleased, most of the cast, while not being the spitting image of my "design" for the characters, seems to give off the right vibes. The only thing that left me a bit taken aback was casting Lena Headey as Cersei, because my pal misstopia made such a good case for her as the perfect Catelyn casting. But I guess she wanted to change from the stark (ha!), determined mother of TSC and go for more ambiguity - while probably the casting people decided to "twinfy" Jaime and Cersei by giving her a sharper/more androgynous look instead of softening him.

If you want more tl;dr, I wrote down some other casting reaction back in August (http://pojypojy.livejournal.com/260913.html#cutid1).

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm very pleased with like 90 percent of the casting. It's that 10 percent (my favourite characters, of course :P) that's bothering me; Jaime, Cersei, Sandor and Theon. I pretty much love everyone else. I am curious to see once they progress to the next book who they cast as Littlefinger. He's another favourite of mine.

I voted for Cate Blanchett for Cersei, but then I have a MAJOR crush on her. Plus, she's a terrific actress. And if they can cast Sean Bean, why not her?

Totally bookmarked your post. I love to read other peoples' thoughts on the casting :-)

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

I voted for Cate Blanchett for Cersei

OMG yes this!

Theon. Just... no. That's not how I picture him at all.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Not that I have a problem with girly men, but I just didn't picture Theon so girly lookin'.

[moonlite-tryst.livejournal.com]

Probably because she's more expensive. Sean's been a bit quiet lately.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

A girl can dream, though. *happy sigh*