#hotd casting

[deadonyouraccount]

I've missed a Hightower?!?!?!?! WHERE

ORMUND HAS BEEN CAST I REPEAT ORMUND HAS BEEN CAST

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

the casting of team green is always so hot and perfectly chosen.

[horizon-verizon]

As a reply to https://www.tumblr.com/horizon-verizon/757104628659863552/turns-out-ch-scrapped-sabitha-vypren-freys?source=share this ask, here's the source that's linked on the GOT wiki page for Sabitha's replacement character's name being Serena https://redanianintelligence.com/2023/09/30/every-new-cast-member-house-of-the-dragon-season-2/

Perhaps it was a mistake on their end, though curiously I struggle to find HBO's full list of S2 cast members and who they go for....

[horizon-verizon]

Huh? What of this then?

https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Serena_Frey

Anon speaks of this post.

That's a fandom site (and not even the one for the books, just GoT...sometimes even having less credible/many inaccurate entries), not an HBO or professional TV/Media company or anything affiliated.

This is the fan wiki for the ASoIaF books AND the shows, but it focuses more on the books. It also says that Woodward (the actor) is playing Sabitha Frey:

[horizon-verizon]

Turns out C&H scrapped Sabitha Vypren Frey's character completely. The lady who appeared with Show Forrest Frey's side is called Serena. Forrest on the show is nothing like his book counterpart either. They didn't even bother to remember her name.

I don't know whether to feel sad or disappointed that while we fans care so much for Planetos that we try to remember every detail about it, the ones in charge of adapting it onscreen care so little or none at all and aren't even trying.

But it's the fans who will be blamed at the end of the day for their complaints and grievances and not the writers for their blunders.

Both IMDB and TheDirect cite Sarah Woodward as "Lady Sabitha Frey", though, anon?

[horizon-verizon]

Hi i just want to ask something, recently i saw a lot of people calling Fabien Frankel brown, as someone who is brown i was so confused with this, he doesnt look brown to me? He look like he had fair skin maybe not pale like other actor And he still look european in general (italians or spanish) but brown like middleeastern, south asian, or southeast asian? I dont think so, maybe i m wrong i didnt do any research on him so im sorry. even his name sound european to me, this giving me Antonio Banderas all over again american love to make him "brown" in their movies but when you look at all of his pictures he actually had fair skin just like the king of spain or that tiktok influencer who just found out that majority people in spain is "white" after watching Semana Santa festival, hollywood did great job brainwashing people into thinking some European brown now, when people dislike his character now people calling them racist even though you dont talk about his skin color

Apparently, Fabien's paternal grandmother was born from Baghdad Iraqi and Mumbai Indian Jewish people. Paternal grandfather had Polish Jewish ancestry. So some people say Fabien is PoC bc of all this, which I say is weird and wrong. Emilia Clarke has PoC grandmother I think, should she be considered PoC, as well? And that actor who plays Sokka in the new Avatar Netflix series, he's claimed he's indigenous bc of some claim to indigenous ancestors...when he's not even recognized by those indigenous people. Plenty of people have PoC/Black ancestry but are racially white anyway, just look at many people from South America, the Caribbean, etc.

So yeah, ignore those calling you racist for hating Criston Cole. Dornish people are not PoCs, Crisotn Cole was never Dornish either in show nor the original story (yes, Alicent saying so still doesn't matter), AND Fabien is not a PoC himself. He just has dark eyes and dark hair.

[mejcinta]

About those Casting Rumors.

There's a rumor going around that hotd could be reshooting Blood and Cheese, which, although it is highly unlikely (GRRM has already watched the first 2 episodes), is not entirely impossible.

The descriptions in this casting call seem to point to Targaryen children, with emphasis on VERY blonde/white hair.

The ages of the children should be around Maelor, Jaehaera and Jaehaerys' ages... although this could apply to white haired Targaryen bastards as well, for all I know.

Watford, is where Leavesden Studios is located, going by this map that shows Watford Rd in Watford!!!

My only doubt surrounding this piece of quite intriguing news is that filming will take place in March, while officially it's been stated reshoots for hotd season 2 are scheduled for the entire month of February.

Maybe the scene being filmed, supposing this casting call is indeed related to Hotd, needs more time and preparation, and the extension is to ensure they find perfect casting for the children? Who knows?

I really don't know what's going on. Let's just wait and see what reports we'll hear next couple of days.

Reshoots are pretty normal for the most part. Hotd season 1 did reshoots few months to release as well.

I'm more curious about what has been changed in the story to prompt the reshoots.

@ceoofhelaegon @witheredoffherwitch @snowblack-charcoalwhite @bohemian-nights @blackcat419 @thephantomcasebook wake up! 🙃

[mejcinta]

Remember when people were convinced Alys would be cut out of the show just because there'd been no rumors of her casting???

Yeah, I remember the days. One thing that taught me is that just because there's no buzz of what's going on or who's been cast, that doesn't mean the character doesn't exist in the show.