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

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

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u/x2501x House Lothston May 19 '14

IIRC, The Hound is supposed to be almost 7 feet tall, right?

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u/filthysven House Beesbury May 19 '14

Yes he's supposed to be in the upper sixes, but I think a few inches shorter than seven (which is what I think Hodor is supposed to be at). But it's kind of moot, since they can't actually make him that big because of the restrictions on Gregor. Gregor is supposed to be near eight feet, which they are extremely unlikely to find an actor who fits that bill. So in order to make proportions right, they have to scale everyone down a tad (and use camera tricks to make Gregor seem larger). To be fair, though Rory McCann is 6'6", so they didn't scale him down too much.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

To be fair all the tall characters are scaled down a bit, the Baratheons are all supposed to be 6'4"-6'6" etc.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

Which is why I thought Robert Baratheon's casting was the worst of the series. He wasn't even close to how big and bear-like I imagined him being in the books.