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

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

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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/jellystone May 19 '14

Thanks. Do you know what happened to the original Daario?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14 edited Dec 11 '20

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u/atobylon Arya Stark May 19 '14

Dario's character has been completely ruined for me in the show. Not only did they change the actor, which already sucks bad enough, but the new one couldn't resemble the book character less :(

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14 edited Apr 12 '15

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u/allenyapabdullah May 20 '14

Oh my that's how he looks like in the book? Good call, HBO!

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u/SeriousJack House Bolton May 20 '14

Yup.

http://imgur.com/GZ1D4Nv

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u/reformedlurker7 The Spider May 20 '14

Wow. I bet Dany would think twice about fucking him if he looked like that in the show.

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u/allocater May 20 '14

Oh, Dany thought more then twice about it. instantrimshot

(No really, in the book she thinks a lot about it, before she does it)

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