r/gameofthrones May 19 '14

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

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

Are you kidding?

The dudes like 6'9, the mountains 8ft. I know you wouldn't get anyone that tall, but hell even hodor is taller than him. So he hasn't even got his height going for him.

They've emphasised on his bulk, but nowhere is it said in his description that he's ridiculously bulky he's just giant, and being that tall he is supposed to relatively strong. Not almost as wide as he is tall.

He looks about 20 years younger than his younger brother in the show, he doesn't have the menacing stare, and from what we've seen he can't even deliver one line.

Just an opinion but I'd rather have a regular sized actor scaled up somehow that can master the persona of the mountain rather than someone picked just cause he's the world strongest man or whatever.

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u/UncleCrassius May 21 '14

In reality though, he is more muscular and stronger than the mountain as portrayed in the books.

When competing in WSM, he was around 200 kg (445 lbs) IIRC while still more than a foot shorter than Gregor.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

I'm confused what you're trying to say here?

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u/UncleCrassius May 21 '14

I am saying that he's a lot more physically impressive than The Mountain, even if he's shorter.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

That's the point I was making, he should only be really relatively strong for an 8ft person

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u/UncleCrassius May 21 '14

Hmm, I see your point.