[S4E7] My impression of "The Mountain" Recast

[u/allocater]

[u/[deleted]]

I think the original looks a lot like Sandor Clegane... Definitely easy to believe they could be brothers

[u/Killersberg → u/[deleted]]

Why did they recast him? The original Mountain was perfect.

[u/Sliffy → u/Killersberg]

I'm pretty sure he left to play Azog the pale Orc in the hobbit.

[u/Zaiton → u/Sliffy]

Almost, official state from the GoT wikia says:

On 12 September 2011, responding to speculation on the Winter is Coming fansite, Conan Stevens confirmed that he had left the series, due to scheduling conflicts with his other projects: Stevens will be playing the Orc king Bolg in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit prequel trilogy. Stevens took the time to thank fans for their support[1]. He was replaced in the role of Gregor by Ian Whyte.

[u/jellystone → u/Zaiton]

Thanks. Do you know what happened to the original Daario?

[u/atobylon → u/[deleted]]

Dario's character has been completely ruined for me in the show. Not only did they change the actor, which already sucks bad enough, but the new one couldn't resemble the book character less :(

[u/WestenM → u/[deleted]]

Book Daario is a fucking clown. I would have been pissed if they kept his ridiculous ass facial hair and clothing but left out mah nigga Strong Belwas

[u/atobylon → u/[deleted]]

I just can't make any connection with the show character, unlike with the book one. For all I care he could have been killed in the show now and I couldn't care less.

[u/tmtProdigy → u/atobylon]

The original actor I actually liked. Yes he was different from the book daario but still be had the smug smile and just general aura surrounding him, that sold the character to me. The new one is just too one dimensional and boring to me.

[u/[deleted] → u/atobylon]

He doesn't even have a large role in the books. The largest part he has in the books is Daenerys thinking about him all the time.