#*jojen reed

[the-khaleesi-sucks-at-acting]

Hi! Love the blog and your humor, I have an ask, but it's not about Emilia, so it's ok if you don't answer: are there any actors you really want to see in season 3? I'm talking about the ones who joined for season 3

Hi anon.

Any GOT/ASoIaF related asks or comments are always welcome! :)

I'm really interested to watch Mance's storyline. Ciaran Hinds is one my favourite new cast members, so I want to see what they wrote for him, and how other actors worked with him. I know many people (in the tag anyway) were annoyed by his casting, mainly because he was older than what they had pictured. Frankly, I don't care about the age thing. As long as the actor is good, I really could care less about it. And people tend to forget that ageing characters like Jon, Dany or Robb, obliges them to change other characters' ages. 

Thomas Sangster as Jojen Reed. Jojen is an interesting character, and I'm excited to see how they are gonna make things work, since the books had Bran with the Reeds, and Rickon with Osha, and away from the view of the readers. So there are a lot things they are gonna change in that storyline.

The Tully family: I missed their storyline on season 2, and I want to know how the producers are gonna fill some holes in the plot, bringing these characters now, and not sooner. I like the actors who got the parts, but I'm not so familiar with all their work. I know some of the stuff they've done, and Tobias Menzies' work on Rome was quite good, and is somehow playing a similar "my daddy doesn't love me" character. 

Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell. OMG I love this character, and this actress is really good. I'm not so familiar with her line of work, but I know she's quite good. The only thing I ask for, is that the writing does justice to the character, and allows the actress to shine.

Thanks! Loved your question!

[the-khaleesi-sucks-at-acting]

I'M SO EXCITED FOR JOJEN REED'S CASTING! Although I imagined him to be more crannog-looking than Thomas Sangster (who I only know as the cute kid from Love Actually). JUST SAYING. <3

Hey anon.

I'm excited too. From my part I'm really happy with the casting choice. I've seen Thomas in 3 or 4 movies, and I liked his performance. I think he's a talented young actor, and I'm definitely looking forward to his scenes with Isaac Hempstead-Wright. 

I saw Bright Star and didn't realize that was Thomas for example. He was also in Nanny McPhee and Nowhere Boy. He's got a good resume, but he's still young and definitely needs this big break to expand himself as an actor. I think GOT will give him the notoriety he needs to be more popular, cause the talent and experience he's already got it. Looking forward to his performance. :)

Thanks!

[the-khaleesi-sucks-at-acting]

What about the new castings makes you think they will be good in their roles for Storm of Swords? I haven't seen most of them so I don't know their other roles?

Hey anon, well I don't really know it, all I know is that some of those actors have had good performances in some shows/movies I've watched, and I hope they can bring some of that to the show. I think the casting so far is really good, cause there are a couple of actors whose work I liked and also because they physically fit the part. 

For example Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen): I think this young actor has a pretty good resume and I've seen him in "Nowhere Boy", "Bright Star", "Nanny Mcphee", "Love Actually" and many other things I can't recall right now. But in general he gives good performances. I haven't always liked the movies he was in, but his performance is always good, actually GREAT. He's talented, no doubt about it. So I'm just really really excited to see what he does with this character. And actually Jojen and Meera were ok for me in the books, never really paid much attention to them, and now I'm like wow I want to see them right now. I hope both actors get good stuff to work with, cause I'm definitely excited to see Jojen and Meera now!

Tobias Menzies (Edmure Tully): Excellent casting! He already worked for HBO on a show called "Rome", that only lasted two season, but it was an amazing show, the detail, the magnificence of the story telling, acting and cinematography of it, are just reasons enough to watch it. If you haven't anon, I definitely recommend it! He played Brutus on Rome, his character had a great impact n the story, and his performance was great. He also had a small part in "Atonement" and one in "Casino Royale" as M's assistant or something like that. (Also this casting and the Blackfish casting brings me hope that Benioff and Weiss are gonna add some Riverrun in the story, cause is definitely needed).

Diana Rigg, I don't know much about this actress, but she seems great for the role and I can only recall seeing her in "The Painted Veil" (movie that I love).

And Mackenzie Crook, he was in the "Pirates of the Caribbean", in all 4 of them I think. He was also in City of Ember as Looper (movie that I love as well). 

"It’s the bible, you get credit for tryin’"

Just to name some of the new cast members. To be honest these casting announcements has made me forget a little bit about some of the mishaps season 2 had. 

And to be more honest I'm already stanning for some of these actors and their characters. :)

Thanks for your question. (Sorry it took me so long to answer)

J.