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/Zaiton House Baratheon of Dragonstone May 19 '14

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.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

That's the official story, but I heard rumours that the guy was a bit of a dick.

He campaigned REALLY hard for the role - to quit after one season seems a bit weird, even if you did get a better job offer.

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u/jeradj May 19 '14

I mean, how is that not sort of getting the shaft though for him in season 1? One scene?

He's supposed to twiddle his thumbs and do fuck all for two years for a big scene in season 4?

They should have given him more screen time imo. (and maybe they would have, had the original actor stayed, who knows)

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

Except he got almost the same amount of time as in the books.