# Rumor - Sean Bean cast as Eddard Stark (HBO Game of Thrones) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375 "2009-07-17T19:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 17, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/1 "2009-07-17T19:12:00Z")
Good casting if true [http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/2009/07/insider-sean-bean-cast-as-ned.html](http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/2009/07/insider-sean-bean-cast-as-ned.html) Here is casting round up [http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/search/label/Casting](http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/search/label/Casting) WIC looks to be a pretty good site IMHO Brian ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/2 "2009-07-17T19:14:59Z")
And Sean Bean continues down that ol’ typecasting road. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/3 "2009-07-17T19:43:23Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And Sean Bean continues down that ol’ typecasting road. Hm? Oh, for sword and cape type stuff. I thought you were talking about “bad-guy” stuff and wondered what you meant, since Ned is probably the “goodest” adult character in the whole series. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/4 "2009-07-17T19:44:37Z")
want want WANT How much longer shall we wait ? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/5 "2009-07-17T19:47:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Hm? Oh, for sword and cape type stuff. I thought you were talking about “bad-guy” stuff and wondered what you meant, since Ned is probably the “goodest” adult character in the whole series. Yeah, just the whole Fantasy Warrior thing. Granted, he has the perfect look for it. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/6 "2009-07-17T19:59:33Z")
Mmm, Sean Bean with a sword and a cape is just fine with me. I hadn’t heard the rumor about Gillian Anderson, that would be cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/7 "2009-07-18T00:17:43Z")
To quote my reaction when i read the selfsame rumour on another website not 5 minutes ago. “SWEET!” also for the record i would like to add “Whoot!” ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/8 "2009-07-18T02:31:43Z")
I agree with **jayjay**. Ned Stark is about as naively lawful stupid as you’re going to get in that series. Bean’s always playing the untrustworthy backstabber. Not to say he couldn’t play Ned - if you’ve seen the extended version of LOTR you’ve seen him in full-on hero mode after the retaking of Osgiliath. Poor bastard’s still gonna die, of course, but he’ll do it like a sappy hero with his poor kids looking on. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/9 "2009-07-18T02:35:59Z")
Heh…“lawful stupid”. That faded out of my vocabulary a long time ago. I think I need to put it back in again… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/10 "2009-07-18T08:30:22Z")
> [@Gorgon\_Heap](#): > > I agree with **jayjay**. Ned Stark is about as naively lawful stupid as you’re going to get in that series. Bean’s always playing the untrustworthy backstabber. Eh? He’s the heroic protagonist of _Sharpe_, the randy gardener in _Lady Chatterley’s Lover_, a villain motivated by revenge in _Patriot Games_, the flawed Boromir in _LOTR_, and many more. The only untrustworthy backstabbing role I can recall is in that James Bond movie. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/11 "2009-07-18T09:05:50Z")
I can never decide if I want to pronounce that guy’s name like Shawn Bawn or Seen Bean. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/12 "2009-07-18T13:12:41Z")
Not a great casting, but OK IMO. He’ll _look_ good in the role, which is a big part of it, but he’s too one dimensional for Ned. Ned has a cerebral, phlegmatic side that will get lost in Bean’s doughty warrior performance. Think Bean would be better as Robert, although he’s maybe not physically big enough. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/13 "2009-07-18T14:12:33Z")
Better the one Mr Bean than the other Mr Bean. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/14 "2009-07-20T07:24:22Z")
Now [confirmed](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i7c23ccda60974aa21b3bdee7a644c3a8). Plus other casting news in that article. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/15 "2009-07-20T09:45:18Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I can never decide if I want to pronounce that guy’s name like Shawn Bawn or Seen Bean. I believe the correct pronunciation is Shawn Bawn. No, I really believe that. Really 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spectralist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Spectralist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectralist)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/16 "2009-07-20T11:18:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Better the one Mr Bean than the other Mr Bean. Heh. I could so see Edmund Blackadder as Petyr. If he was younger at least. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/17 "2009-07-20T12:07:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Better the one Mr Bean than the other Mr Bean. Whenever I saw this thread I immediately thought of the other one. I kept going 😕 I guess I don’t know Sean’s work, so I don’t recognize his name. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/18 "2009-07-20T12:40:39Z")
Mark Addy is certainly an interesting choice for Robert. I like the actor, so I think I like the news… -Joe ---
**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:** [July 20, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/19 "2009-07-20T12:54:37Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Mark Addy is certainly an interesting choice for Robert. I like the actor, so I think I like the news… > > -Joe Ooh…that could work well. Robert’s supposed to be a husky type of guy, from my mental picture of him, and Addy’s body type is about right. And Addy’s not a bad actor, actually, so I don’t have any reservations about it. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375/20 "2009-07-20T14:06:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Ooh…that could work well. Robert’s supposed to be a husky type of guy, from my mental picture of him, and Addy’s body type is about right. And Addy’s not a bad actor, actually, so I don’t have any reservations about it. I wonder if they’re going to do some Robert-In-His-Fighting-Prime flashbacks, and if they do I hope Addy doesn’t look silly. -Joe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-sean-bean-cast-as-eddard-stark-hbo-game-of-thrones/503375.md?page=2)