# Lena Heady cast as Cersei Lannister **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592 "2009-09-02T02:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/1 "2009-09-02T02:11:35Z")
From [ign](http://tv.ign.com/articles/102/1020669p1.html). Good casting, I like it. Can’t wait to see Sarah Connor as a blond. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/2 "2009-09-02T02:13:21Z")
I agree! I was hoping for Tricia Helfer, but Lena is great and I can’t wait to see her play Cersei. She’s certainly gorgeous and strong-willed. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/3 "2009-09-02T02:34:19Z")
Looking at the page on imdb, most of the casting choices are visually excellent. I can’t believe they got Sean Bean to play Eddard Stark! ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/4 "2009-09-02T20:06:35Z")
Not familiar with this girl’s work but she looks like she could do Cersei justice. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/5 "2009-09-02T20:28:04Z")
Picture of the cast so far: [http://www.liftingfaces.com/2009/09/game-of-thrones-cast-so-far/](http://www.liftingfaces.com/2009/09/game-of-thrones-cast-so-far/) Brian ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/6 "2009-09-03T04:41:22Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Can’t wait to see Sarah Connor as a blond. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![justafriend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@justafriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justafriend)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/7 "2009-09-03T06:40:42Z")
It’s strange. Most of them, especially the kids, aren’t as good looking as I imagined. Joffrey especially. And Dani’s too old. I think I like the adult cast, though. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/8 "2009-09-03T10:21:10Z")
It’s Headley! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/9 "2009-09-03T10:28:57Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > it’s headley! hahaha!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/10 "2009-09-03T11:08:28Z")
> [@justafriend](#): > > It’s strange. Most of them, especially the kids, aren’t as good looking as I imagined. Joffrey especially. And Dani’s too old. > I think I like the adult cast, though. Dani is older than shes in the book because they are keeping the sex scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/11 "2009-09-03T11:22:22Z")
I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/12 "2009-09-03T11:37:36Z")
Incidentally- There’s something very maternal and vaguely psychopathic about Lena Heady, isn’t there? First _300_, then _Sarah Connor_, and now this. She seems to specialize in mothers willing to do \*anything \*for their children. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/13 "2009-09-03T12:25:18Z")
Arya and Joffrey are fugly. Arya’s supposed to be ugly (with a long face though), but Joffrey is supposed to be good looking. It’s just one picture though, maybe it’s not representative. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/14 "2009-09-03T16:00:19Z")
I’m going to assume they’re going to fix the hair color of…well, most of them. Joffrey and the Lannisters NEED to be blond/ish. The haircolor is a major “tell” to Ned discovering the childrens’ paternity. Oh, and I agree…the Joffrey actor looks like an extra from a particularly gritty stage production of one of Dickens’ orphan chronicles. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/15 "2009-09-03T18:02:16Z")
Yeah, same issues with Joff here. And Jamie’s gonna have to work on the shoulders a lot if he’s going to pass as the uber-combatant he’s supposed to be (not saying it can’t be done; just saying the work needs to happen). Beyond that it looks pretty darn good, and may I say that I’m sorta happy that I -don’t- recognize a lot of the names? Always wanted the cast to be at least somewhat fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/16 "2009-09-03T18:16:25Z")
I could not STAND her in _The Sarah Connor Chronicles_. I don’t know how to feel about this. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/17 "2009-09-03T18:22:30Z")
> [@Elysium](#): > > I agree! I was hoping for Tricia Helfer, but Lena is great and I can’t wait to see her play Cersei. She’s certainly gorgeous and strong-willed. Tricia Helfer might make a good Red Lady, though. Mellisandra? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/18 "2009-09-03T18:55:23Z")
Iain Glen doesn’t look nearly old enough to play Mormont, does he? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/19 "2009-09-03T19:10:33Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Iain Glen doesn’t look nearly old enough to play Mormont, does he? Mormont the Younger - not the Old Bear. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592/20 "2009-09-03T19:16:04Z")
I would swap actors for Theon and Viserys. Even though Theon is a traitor he is more vulnerable. He wants to belong to someone’s family but is always in the wrong place - not a true northman, and when he goes home,he’s spent too much time in the north to fit in with the ironmen. Viserys, on the other hand, is completely self-interested, venal, and heartless and completely deserves what he’s gonna get. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lena-heady-cast-as-cersei-lannister/508592.md?page=2)