Game of Thrones Season 3 casting news (minor spoilers)

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well hell I'm worse than that, I pointed out how many actors with terminal cancer try an make a serous impact with their last projects.
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Love that song.

Invitation to the Set - good look at Ciaran Hinds as Mance

Sad - and really odd - news:

James Purefoy says he won't ever do Game of Thrones, because HBO did it instead of Rome, which would've just finished if it had gone seven seasons, wow that's bitter. And apparently he says Kevin McKidd agrees

That makes ... no fucking sense. Rome was cancelled well before GoT began.

EDIT: according to comments in that thread, HBO got the rights back in 2007. So if Rome was cancelled back in 2006 - ok, maybe. But as the comments also note, Rome being cancelled was a mistake by HBO, and they changed their season renewal policy after because they came to appreciate ratings whilst airing weren't everything.

Another interpretation is that its a tongue in cheek remark, since in the past he said he'd like to be on the show and he loved it and HBO. I dunno.

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It probably was a tongue in cheek remark. His schedule is probably full or he doesn't want to rehash anyway.

Or he just may be mad at HBO *shrugs*
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I think it's a tongue in cheek remark. If The Following fails to launch, he'd probably leap at an opportunity to be on the shoe (particularly since they'd probably pay him very well). I always imagined him as playing Oberyn Martell extremely well, although it would be mild race-bending.

As for McKidd, I hope he's not serious, either. The guy would probably make a great Spoiler
Jon Connington, particularly since we know he can play the "self-righteous prick soldier" role very well from Rome
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Honestly, I don't think that there are that many big roles for them anyways.
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Honestly, I don't think that there are that many big roles for them anyways.
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Along with McKidd playing Jon Connington, Purefoy could play either Victarion or Euron Greyjoy.
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Do we have to spoilerize Euron?
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Victarion always seemed like a more hulking, quick to anger type. Purefoy has always seemed...slinkier than that. Euron would be better. But as it stands Euron is irrelevant at this point.
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Scrib wrote:It probably was a tongue in cheek remark. His schedule is probably full or he doesn't want to rehash anyway.

Or he just may be mad at HBO *shrugs*
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Since both McKidd and Purefoy are on other shows right now (and probably don't want to live in the ass end of nowhere 6 months out of the year) it's not a surprise to me.
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Elfdart wrote:
Scrib wrote:It probably was a tongue in cheek remark. His schedule is probably full or he doesn't want to rehash anyway.

Or he just may be mad at HBO *shrugs*
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It was. Purefoy tweeted when asked about it that:

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Hines looks awesome.
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Here's the new trailer:

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I know it's not the intention but the still image looks so much like Danny just called in a napalm strike behind her.

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Dragons are Westeros' A-1 Skyraiders :)
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You laugh, but there's a decent case to be made that dragons are more like cannon- the invention that killed the feudal system and centralized power.
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Just gorged myself on all the histories and lore videos on the season 2 blu-rays. Just fantastic stuff, even better than Season 1's offerings.
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Extended Season 3 trailer

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wait I'm added to the cast of Game of thrones?
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Heh.

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The Yosemite Bear wrote:wait I'm added to the cast of Game of thrones?
Yes Bear, you get to hang out in Harrenhall and screw with Jaime. It'll be lots of fun.
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Press release:
EMMY®- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES

GAME OF THRONES RETURNS FOR THIRD SEASON MARCH 31



As Blackwater Bay cools, the victors consolidate their power and rebuild King’s Landing. But new challengers for the Iron Throne rise from the most unexpected places. Characters old and new must navigate the demands of family, honor, ambition, love and – above all – survival, as the Westeros civil war rages into autumn.

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As season three begins, the Lannisters hold absolute dominion over King’s Landing after repelling Stannis Baratheon’s forces. Yet Robb Stark, King in the North, still controls much of the South as well, and has yet to lose a battle. In the Far North, Mance Rayder has united the wildlings into the largest army Westeros has ever seen. Only the Night’s Watch stands between him and the Seven Kingdoms, but nobody knows what happened to its Lord Commander and the force he led beyond the Wall.

Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen – reunited with her three growing dragons – ventures into Slaver’s Bay in search of ships to take her home and allies to conquer it.

Returning series regulars on GAME OF THRONES this season include: Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Richard Madden (Robb Stark), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon).

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Returning recurring cast members on GAME OF THRONES this season include: Natalia Tena (Osha), Joe Dempsie (Gendry), Oona Chaplin (Talisa Maegyr Stark), Julian Glover (Maester Pycelle), Kristian Nairn (Hodor), Finn Jones (Loras Tyrell), Esmé Bianco (Ros), Gemma Whelen (Yara Greyjoy), Hannah Murray (Gilly) and Art Parkinson (Rickon Stark).

New cast members for the third season include: Ciarán Hinds (Mance Rayder), Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna Tyrell), Mackenzie Crook (Orell), Clive Russell (Brynden “The Blackfish” Tully), Nathalie Emannuel (Missandei), Kerry Ingram (Shireen Baratheon), Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed), Ellie Kendrick (Meera Reed), Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Philip McGinley (Anguy), Tara Fitzgerald (Selyse Baratheon), Tobias Menzies (Edmure Tully), Anton Lesser (Qyburn), Ian McElhinney (Barristan Selmy), Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton) and Noah Taylor (Locke).
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