Figured this should get its own thread now

More casting calls went out today: http://watchersonthewall.com/more-casting-info-for-game-of-thrones-season-6/

most notably:

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- Arthur Dayne flashback looks VERY likely - Looking like Greatjon Umber might be recast :( Would suck, the first guy was perfect. But on the plus side, if they're showing him that means Rickon/Osha will be back - The outlaw band is likely either Brotherhood Without Banners or the Broken Men. Considering a Septon Meribald casting is likely according to the previous call, it's probably the latter. But if it's the former... Stoneheart sighting???

Simplton @ 19/6/2015 17:02

Boc @ 19/6/2015 16:00 Figured this should get its own thread now More casting calls went out today: http://watchersonthewall.com/more-casting-info-for-game-of-thrones-season-6/ most notably: Spoiler + - Arthur Dayne flashback looks VERY likely - Looking like Greatjon Umber might be recast :( Would suck, the first guy was perfect. But on the plus side, if they're showing him that means Rickon/Osha will be back - The outlaw band is likely either Brotherhood Without Banners or the Broken Men. Considering a Septon Meribald casting is likely according to the previous call, it's probably the latter. But if it's the former... Stoneheart sighting??? Spoiler + Is she even a big part of the books or [will] be a big part?

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Probably, but it's hard to say ADWD spoilers + The last we hear of her, Brienne is taking Jaime to her, presumably so he can be killed. Or if not, then some other major shit is gonna go down. It seems like a pretty big omittance no matter what But considering what the show did in S5, they don't really seem afraid of drastically altering characters' storylines, so it's possible that they just find another means to achieve the same end. Although Stoneheart is a cool twist, it's not something I'd be overly upset about them getting rid of honestly. I'm not a big fan of resurrections in general, it feels cheap

Pa Hupu @ 7/8/2015 11:00

MAX VON SYDOW

probably the first time I've been happy about a character getting recast

http://watchersonthewall.com/meet-the-tarlys-game-of-thrones-adds-three-more-actors-to-season-6

so McShane is playing someone who's not Euron OR Randyll?? Interesting. My best guess for him would be Marwyn then

I dunno, the guy they got to play Euron is in his 30s, it'd be pretty weird for Victarion to be more than twice Euron's age

where do you see that?

lol it's not their fault GRRM hasn't released Winds of Winter yet. The show must go on

And as far as changing the character's plots, it's an adaptation. Unless they wanted to make a 10 season show with 20 hours per season, they were never gonna follow it completely. And even if they did, there's a lot of problems with converting one medium to another with no alterations which is why pretty much any good book-to-movie adaptation out there make at least some significant changes from the book. That's not to say that I've agreed with some things they've cut/truncated/altered, but it comes along with the territory really. I'm hoping now that they breezed through AFFC/ADWD that they'll let things breathe a bit more this season, but we'll see

holy shit

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http://watchersonthewall.com/ian-mcshane-provides-intriguing-hint-about-his-game-of-thrones-role/

isn't that just speculation at this point?

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I would hate if they cast a different actress. People wouldn't even realize who it was until someone said "FORMERLY CATELYN TULLY" or whatever, which would ruin the twist's effectiveness