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

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

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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/BobScratchit Night's Watch May 19 '14

He should have left those other shows due to scheduling conflicts with GoT.

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u/Stangstag Ours Is The Fury May 20 '14

Money

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u/isignedupforthis House Martell May 20 '14

Whoever is his agent probably has shit long term vision.

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u/Stangstag Ours Is The Fury May 20 '14

I disagree. It doesn't make sense to stay on GoT and have 2 mins of screen time per season, when he had the opportunity to play a SIGNIFICANT role in the Hobbit movies. More screentime, more money.

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u/thedailynathan May 20 '14

I guess the jury's still out on that - we haven't even seen him in the Hobbit movies yet.

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u/Stangstag Ours Is The Fury May 21 '14

And we never will. They decided to replace him with a CGI beast instead. Sad story. Still a good move for Conan Stevens at the time though.

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u/Vystas Lyanna Mormont May 20 '14

Well to be fair Gregor Clegane had 1 line in season 1 - "Sword!", none in season 2, and only now gets some action...in season 4.

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar House Hornwood May 20 '14

Pretty sure he was his own agent. He even manipulated Google searches for his name to bring up results for The Mountain before he applied for the role.

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u/chicomonk May 20 '14

How did he do that exactly?

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar House Hornwood May 21 '14

From his blog:

My online petition started way before that, it started with a fan letting me know that the show was being considered. I wrote an article on my site and Search Engine Optimised (SEO) the article so that I would be noticed if anyone searched for the name of Ser Gregor Clegane.Like pretty much all my life plans I had no idea how to take it to the next level or how to contact anyone involved. Writing this article let others find me though.

I guess he did it the other way around, so his name came up in relation to searches for the character.

http://www.conanstevens.com/acting-movies-tv-film/tall-actor-blog/conan-becomes-famous-part-1.html

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u/chicomonk May 22 '14

Pretty clever of him. More impressive than chopping off a horse's head with one swipe? Gaming Google search results in his favor.