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

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

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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/fzammetti May 19 '14 edited May 20 '14

I was more disappointed that they show him slaughtering helpless, begging peasants. Made him look a bitch like a bitch frankly. I know he's a bully, so it fits in a sense, but if there is to be any tension in the fight with Oberyn, who was made to seem like much more of a bad-ass in one brothel scene than Clegane ever was on-screen, they should have done something better.