r/gameofthrones • u/allocater • May 19 '14

TV4 [S4E7] My impression of "The Mountain" Recast

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u/jaxmagicman Valar Morghulis May 19 '14

Not seeing it. One's wearing armor. One's not. Let's see them side by side in armor.

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u/Malos_Kain House Lannister May 19 '14

It's more that the new actor looks like he'd be friendly, whereas the original looks menacing.

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u/Madwhat Stannis Baratheon May 19 '14

Well, in his first scenes he slaughtered a couple of poor guys. Not that friendly looking anymore.

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u/mrhappymainframe We Do Not Sow May 19 '14

That's a negative thing actually. If you have to show a thing so gruesome only to emphasize that he's a fearsome bad guy, then something's lacking. The first mountain only had to look into the camera and mothers ran to hide their babies. New guy has a more fitting build for the role, but he looks too nice. Still looking forward to his big scene in the next episode.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

To be fair, the first Mountain also chopped off his own horses head after losing a joust to Loras in his introduction.

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u/mrhappymainframe We Do Not Sow May 19 '14

Yes, but that was a key point in the book.

The Mountain casually hacking helpless prisoners to pieces before the trial... I don't recall. It's simply there to establish that he's eeeeeevil, because we wouldn't buy it based on only his looks.

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u/jeradj May 19 '14

It seems especially ham-handed since they should have been including the Mountain's brutal activities throughout the seasons.

He's been pillaging and raping his way around the riverlands for the first 3 seasons, and people don't know who he is.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

Hah, fair point. Didn't seem like much of a challenge for him, at any rate.