Anyone know how many episodes make up a season? Isn’t it only like 10-15? That doesn’t sound like it will work out very well. And they’ll almost certainly catch with Martin if they start it any time in the next few years. I wonder what they’ll do if that happens.
Considering most shows don’t run for seven seasons, I’m afraid that’s something we don’t have to worry about 
I do wonder who they’ll cast for Littlefinger. I’m not even sure how I picture him.
Was 15-16 really absurdly young back in the days? People grew up a lot faster back then, but I’m not sure how old noblemen usually were before they became knights.
It wasn’t that Jaime was knighted that young. It was that he was made a Kingsguard, which is above and beyond. He was the youngest ever chosen for the Kingsguard.
And for Petyr, I’d pick someone who played another Piter…Brad Dourif, if he weren’t too old for the role. Littlefinger is supposed to be the same age or slightly younger than Catelyn or Lysa. A Brad Dourif type, perhaps.
I don’t know, Littlefinger is polished, charming and superintelligent. He’s more of a Paul Rudd than a Brad Dourif.
That’s true. Which means he had to be knighted a while before that.
I really need to re-read them all.
Someone in that direction, maybe 
I’ll have to think about it a bit more.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again - Ian McShane as Roose Bolton. Played similar to his mob boss character in Sexy Beast. Nobody does calculating, dead-eyed, terrifyingly cold-blooded as well as McShane.
Jon Snow is about 14 when the series starts. They need a kid actor. Now, Alexander Skargard as Jaime Lannister, that I can imagine.
Someone on LJ suggested Halle Berry’s partner, Gabriel Aubry, for Jaime. I dig it. (“But can he act?” Who cares?! Look at that smirk and those green eyes!)
Terrific! This means GRRM has to finish Dance with Dragons in the next three years to meet the shooting schedule! (Dragons is book 5 and is actually more like book 4.5 since he couldn’t fit everything he wanted into book 4.)
$5 says he never makes it.
I’ve always had the impression that GOT years are a bit longer than earth years. And I’m *really *intererested in seeing this.
It just came to me now. I propose Bradley Whitfordfor Littlefinger. But that might just be since I’ve just finished season 7 of the West Wing.
I think he’d be a darn good fit.
Very interesting choice. One reason Petyr’s character is so great is that he’s the most *modern *character in the series, even more so than Tyrion - in many ways, he’s a 20th-century political operator caught in a world of knights and warlords. The reason he always ends up on top is that he cares as little about such medieval concepts as personal loyalty, honor and the warrior code as today’s politicians. Casting an actor associated with the modern political machine would perfectly encapsulate this sort of character…
That’s a lot better put that I could manage, but I agree completely!
He´s even played a bastard at times. I like this idea more and more…
now, where did I put that producers number
While the characters may be young don’t expect them to be cast that way. The older Stark children will by necessity be cast at their young twenties and might be playing late teens. Yes it’s both more faithful and more realistic to have them younger but viewers wouldn’t accept a fifteen year old doing those things.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the public isn’t quite prepared to see a 13-year-old Dany having sex with a 30-something Dhrogo. In fact, I think there are laws against showing that kind of thing.
I suppose I’d be willing to accept these kind of changes as neccessary. Different medium and all that.
I will be disappointed at not seeing a preteen Arya stabbing dudes with a rapier, but I won’t be too surprised if they cast someone older. If nothing else, it will be difficult to find kids of the proper age (or at least look it) who can act well enough.
The shooting schedule might be an issue as well. Supposedly, the first four novels all take place in a period of roughly two years (last entry here). Cast a 15 year old now, and then shoot four seasons on an HBO schedule. The last four seasons of Sopranos spanned 6 years in real time. So your “15 year old” is now actually 21. Think of what happened with Waaaaaalt on Lost…
Anyway, I’m gonna watch it. I’m less concerned with casting then I am with the look and feel of the thing. I wanna see blood and sex and violence and grit, I don’t want it softened in any way. When some of the characters died, I had a genuine, non-metaphorical gut reaction. I better get at least that from the series.
But as long as we’re casting… Kari Matchett as Cersei.
thwartme
How did they make not one but two movies of Lolita? It’s TV, not real life. I’m sure the actress won’t be 13 but will play 13. Also, it won’t work if Arya is not credibly played by a kid, and yes, she kills people.
I think Tony Shaloub would be great as Davos.
Nicole Kidman would do a great as Melisandre.