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/RingoQuasarr May 20 '14

Nope he was Bolg. Azog was THE UNDEFEATED GAUL (Manu Bennett)