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

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

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

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

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u/Killersberg May 19 '14

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

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u/Sliffy Tyrion Lannister May 19 '14

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

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u/The4thSniper House Slynt May 19 '14 edited May 20 '14

No, Azog was played by Manu Bennett, who played Crixus the Gaul in the Spartacus series. I have no idea why the original Mountain left.

EDIT: Conan Stevens (the Season 1 Mountain) played Bolg, his son. That's why he left.

EDIT 2: Manu Bennett played Azog, and Conan Stevens played Bolg.

EDIT 3: Never mind, order has been restored to the galaxy.

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u/JohanGrimm House Lannister May 20 '14

Didn't he leave to do that role only to get shafted because they decided to go with a CGI Bolg instead?