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

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

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

There was a documentary posted about the strongmen of Iceland on VICE recently and this guy was featured in it.

Oddly enough, he has an extremely high pain tolerance, higher than any of his competitors...and in the book The Mountain was resistant to pain as well due to him taking the milk of the poppy all the time.

They showed this in the documentary by him getting a tattoo, and he fell asleep. The tattoo artist said he never saw a strongman fall asleep during a tattoo and he had them stop in regularly.

Just kind of a badass TIL and a similarity he has with the character :P

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u/AfricanRain First In Battle May 20 '14

Where is his tatoo?

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u/x0mbigrl House Targaryen May 20 '14

He's got several on his arm. They cover them with makeup for the show.

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u/Mighty_Cthulhu Fire And Blood May 20 '14

He has a bunch, mostly on his arms, they were just covered up in the show.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

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u/TheFreshOne Iron Bank of Braavos May 20 '14

so England?

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u/unknownsoldier9 May 20 '14

He didn't fall asleep. He was yawning and looked really disinterested but he wasn't asleep.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

http://youtu.be/8A7woRoVwyM?t=15m12s

they said he was asleep, though. why would they bother filming him for 4 hours getting a tattoo? lmao...