He was the best actor on the show, right?

Ian McShane was

But Tywin might be the most accurate and best casting

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>>85879874
wrong

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His performance was complex, normies can't understand

>>85879874
Sean Bean?

Top casting. Top performance. And Dumb and Dumber mostly got shit right with him.

>>85879979
Probably.

Impossible to argue that he was better/worse than Stephen Dillane and Michelle Fairley, his character was the best represented onscreen though.

>>85879874
Best? Probably not but he was and still is the best portrayal of any character from the books.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRrV1ff33iM

name a better scene in the entire show

>>85879905
I wish mcshane was in it for more than five minutes.

dance and bean were the best of the main cast.

tyrion is by far the best actor on the show

anybody else and you're memeing

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>>85880085

>>85879874
Tied with Diana Rigg
Jim Broadbent
Sean Bean
Ian McShane
Jonathan Pryce
and probably a couple of others I'm forgetting.

>>85879874
His death killed the show for me. Everybody else was just playing compared to Tywin. Charles Dance is a phenomenal actor that just oozed a grizzled, calculating intelligence.

>>85880044
I miss Joffrey, he was so fun to hate

ned, joff, theon, tywin, sparrow, lysa arryn and my nigga lord commander mormont were all 10/10

>>85879937
>HELLO SANSA, HUMAN SISTER
top tier acting

>>85880067
All the original castings from S1 were pretty good minus the children.

>>85879874
He was the best cast.

I'd argue Jorah being one of the best actors. His performance is pretty damn good, considering he carried the Daenerys plotline pretty far.

>>85880226
actors for lysa and theon were amazing at playing the role but didn't really look the part
still top-tier casting though

>>85880283
Jorah is good but he's too good looking, it would be better for the story if he was uglier to show why Dany would straight out reject him

>>85879874

Whenever Danse and Riggs are on screen together the very existence of reality around my TV shits itself because the acting is so good.

>>85879874
>>85879905
Show died with Tywin and Stannis.

>>85880351
I make a distinction between performance and casting.

The casting for Jorah doesn't align well, but he gives an excellent performance.

>>85880351
>he's too good looking
wat

>>85879874
Who was the better fit for their book counterparts, Tywin or Ned?

>>85880044
>varys trying to keep a straight face while tyrion roasts joffrey and joffrey throws a tantrum

fuck i love him

>>85880441
They were both phenomenal and picking one over the other would just be nitpicking. Tywin because screentime

>>85879874

None of you faggots care but I was on set during Tyrion's trial and Danse was the best actor in the room. Julian Sands was a close second. Professional at all times and never fluffed a line.

Danse has a minor bitch about the food at one point but I let him off that because it was a bit shit.

The worst of all was the guy playing Trent: he swanned about the set acting like he was best friends with every camera operator and A.D. and fucked EVERY line up trying to get a laugh. Useless.

There was a moment when Jaime and Tyrion danced their way down the aisle singing "it's friday!" and I regret not joining in because even if they'd kicked me out I would have been paid for 4 days work.

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>>85880412
He has that sexy old gentleman look on him, in the book Jorah would look more like the Hound without the scars

OMG
arya is such god tier performance this season
her fencing scene was like leagues better than any melee combat shown so far, fucking god tier

>>85880491
but ned had more screentime. he was basically all of season 1

Why aren't there scenes like this anymore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47MazYDnmaU

>>85880518
thats pretty cool, did you get to meet any of the actors

>>85880567

man, I wish I had standards as low as yours. I'm not even being mean - I really do. I'd enjoy stuff so much more.

>>85880626
show ended his comfyness after season 4

>>85880651
Wow, fuck you.

>>85880518
>Julian Sands
he was never on the show you lying faggot

>>85880635

Took a piss next to Jaime but that's about it. You're told to not interact unless it's out of politeness.

Did not look at wang.

I have a picture of myself in full Eyrie guard costume on the iron throne when me and a lad snuck in on another shoot.

>>85880685

*Glover

my mistake. Simmer down, autismo.

>>85879874
Really wish he'd had a conversation with fat Rob on the show, the power in that scene would be unbelievable

Charles Dances acting was a bit weaker in S4 in my opinion.
In general the acting is great, but Emilia is fucking terrible.They should have bitten the bullet and recast her after S2.

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>>85879874
you dont like mini downey junior ?

>>85879874
To this day he remains the only character who was better in the show than he was in the books.

>>85880651
>passive aggressive cuck spent too much time among other sociopaths in group think hive mind of reddit

okay? instead of actually counter arguing, you make a broad sweeping negative shitter statement because that feeds your low self esteem

real world people talk and discuss things, rather than being a little cucked bitch who thrives on group think

come back when you know how to discuss shit, instead of dictating a narrative like a cuck

>>85881056
What about Joffrey

>>85880807
She was not actually that bad first season as she was playing a raped scared little girl. That she can do. She however can not do a majestic queen and a leader.

>>85881181
joffrey had no subtlety, not that he wasn't a shitbag in the books but he seemed more like a caricature

still pretty good

>>85881188
She's also better looking in the first season. That perfect shaped ass but now she's got like 4 chins.

>>85881207
Ned?

>>85881188

Thats why I said after season 2, it was obvious she cant play anything else.

>>85881114
I think you are WAY too thin skinned to be on 4chan, lad.

The fact that noone else bothered to even reply to your original opinion should be a clue of what a minority you are with it. What exactly is there to discuss? You like crap. Amazing. Good for you.

>>85881267
not him but Sean Bean seemed less imposing and more refined than I imagined Ned, he also had really light hair

>>85881267
it's hard to have pov characters being "better" in the show just because they actually have thoughts that broadens their character quite a bit that can't really be expressed in the television medium. Bean still did a fantastic job though
>>85881361
how did ned ever come off as imposing and less refined in the books? just curious

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>Tywin will never be your father/grandfather
>Tywin will never berate you for being a failure at life

Why even live?

Nope. Joffrey.

>>85881405
I always thought of the North men like Vikings or Celts, more barbarous than the Southerners

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>>85881423

>>85880085
>Tyrion
>actor

kill yourself

>>85881438
seems like a weird interpretation
ned is supposed to be pretty unimposing physically and has a quiet/reserved character
never got the barbarous vibe from him, a bit from some other northerners for sure, but he was supposed to be different

>>85881360
ad hominem after being called out for being a red dit cuck

then trying to further dictate a narrative, the same way a red dit cuck would go, because he cant into the first thing about actually discussing the quality of a show

run along back to red dit and stop pretending youre legitimately here to discuss the show and not to inflate your pathetic deflated sense of self worth

im sure your cucked ass is trying to spam flag reports on my posts, because you cant handle anyone actually disagreeing with your dictation of a narrative, you fucking sociopath

>>85879937
Unironically this. His performance this year is excellent. He stole the scene with the three kids.

>>85880085
Dinklage once upon a time acted in the show now he doesn't care. He stopped acting after he season 4 when the writers stopped developing his character.

>>85879874
Top 3, at least

>>85881549
who's your top 3 out of interest anon

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I don't think there's one best actor on the show, I think there's a bunch of great actors who played their roles perfectly.

In no particular order, the best actors were
Sean Bean
Charles Dance
Mark Addy
Stephen Dillane
Alfie Allen
Isaac
Jack Gleeson
Rory McCann

Everyone else was average, shit or an overacting retard.

>>85881114
do you understand where you are right now?

>>85881776
Sexest much?

>>85881360
Stop responding to mental illness

>>85881776
>no actresses
shitlord please

>>85881521
>STOLE
>THE
>SCENE
BIDF please go

>>85881853

I have done. I'm donanting the (you) to your good self...

...you're not mental are you?

>>85881181
A little too cartoony and over the top. But he was still really good.

When I was watching the show I always felt like I was the only person who actually liked Joffrey.
He was a complete shitbag of a person but he was such a great villain. He was such a nicely put together cunt, and the actor was perfect for it.
He's one of the show's most underrated characters.

>>85882210
I think he wasn't cartoony enough. Or to rephrase that, I think he wasn't as unhinged as Joffrey was in the books.

>>85882210

I don't think people say they hate Joffrey in the way you think they do, to be honest. At least not in my circle of friends - we all hate him BECAUSE he was so good at being a cunt.

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>>85882094
>Everyone I don't like is one person
>Obsessively calling other people mentally ill
Could it be projection?

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>>85879874
Yes he was

>>85880704
>Did not look at wang.
faggot

#85882341

No more (you)s for (you), lad.

We're talking ABOUT (you); not TO (you).

>>85879874

Cersei is wearing his outfit. It's like pottery.

>>85881730
Danse, Bean, and Glen

>>85881507
I actually thought Sean Bean was too big and aggressive for Ned Stark, he's supposed to be a bit of a beta cuck

>>85879874
Sean Bean easily, he could put a thousand words into just a stare, Tywin was just kind of doing the same thing for 4 seasons and didnt really get a chance for range

>>85881859
Diana Rigg and Natalie Dormer were both pretty excellent.

>>85880905
>you dont like mini downey junior

So just Robert Downey Jr?

>>85882611
Eh, he still got physical with LF just the same
I guess the swordfight with jaime took a bit of a different route though

>>85881434
This. The actor did a stellar job.

Jonathan Pryce was pretty underrated, because everyone hated the High Sparrow, and his scenes were all dialogue under the Sept of Baelor, but holy shit did he ever own the screen whenever he appeared.

I'd say it's tied between Charles Dance and Sean Bean, though.

>>85882611
The thing about Ned Stark is that he's better than he thinks he is. He has self-esteem issues and he thinks Brandon was much better than him at everything, but he's not as quiet and unimposive as he thinks he is, as seen from other characters monologues regarding him.

He would've gotten slaughtered in a duel with Jaime, though, but that's Jaime Lannister.

>>85883276
He definitely is meant to be less imposing than his brother though. We get that impression from characters other than himself

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>>85880044
>Pycelle fucking with Tyrion

>>85883471
That's true, but I mentioned it in conjunction with his self-esteem issues. He's less imposing than Brandon, but he's not as bad as he thinks he is.

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>>85879874


They were other great actors on the show that were wasted on shit writing and shit directors.

>>85879874
Yes.

It's hard to pick really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIWX2fPx-5k

>>85880351
He's like 40 years older than her and creepy as hell, that's enough of a reason to be rejected

>>85880807
>they will never release the original pilot with the other Denarys

>>85880273
kek

>>85882640
No, RDJ without the high heels

Sean Bean as Ned was the best casting decision of the show. He and Richard Madden brought so much to the Starks.

>>85879874

>every actor who you could imagine as uptight British nobility were the best

proof me wrong

>>85879874
sean bean was as good
charles dance is a fucking excellent decision though

im not sure who could play a better tyrion, jamie or cersei either though

maisie is really good for a child actor.

the central character of the show is quite well cast... the only really weak link is sansa but she turned out hot so all is forgiven

>>85883650
such a shame

>>85880085
>hellooo mai neeem is tierionn lennisteh

His accent is literally as bad as the comedy policeman from allo allo

ITT: people underrate Lena Headey

>>85886419
only to brits...

>>85880044
>2:22 - 2:38

pure kino

>>85880085

WHY HEEELOOOO THERE
i'm verrrrry smart
and veerrrrrrry funny
and veerrrry short

bet you didn't think those three things could come together!!!!

>>85879874
no the guy playing joff was

Personally I think Harry Lloyd as Viserys was one of the most perfect casting decisions in modern television

>Tywin
>Joffrey
>Viserys
>Ned
>Jaime

Those are probably my favorite characters when it comes to good actors. I've missed a few I'm sure

>>85880044
That scene where tywin walks up to joffrey's throne after joffrey bitches to him about having to walk up some steps and tywin is towering over him and joffrey gets all shook

That shit made my dick hard
Close second would have to be:
>you served the king for years. You're gonna die over some chickens?
>someone is

>>85880283
He's literally "Sir Exposition" for the first six seasons. (don't correct me on the sir/ser thing, it's stupid)

>>85887758
you forgot verrrrrrrry drunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk5hKomP4MA

no comment

>>85882611
Only compared to Robert in his prime and Brandon Stark, he's swole enough to carry Ice around

>>85886467
This desu. She's one of the better actresses on the show.

>>85880044
Why is the lighting so fucking terrible post season 4. You can barely see half the fucking scens past the blue filter

Is Mark Addy the best "Looks nothing like the character but plays them perfectly?"

>>85880521
Dany would have absolutely creamed herself over prime show Jorah.

>>85879965
If it's any consolation the actor now laughs at this scene like the rest of the world. Nice guy

>>85879905
Is there any show where McShane ISNT the best actor?
Motherfucker pisses charm and shits charisma.

>>85879874
>>85879905
These along with Alfie Allen, he's fantastic as Theon.

>>85891595
Ser*
:^)

I love Ian McShane but what the fuck was the point of his episode?Literally in-n-out character, you don't pick someone with this much charisma for a role like that.

>>85894970
Yeah that one kind of bothered me. He was so damn good that I became interested in the storyline then all of a sudden it was "nope, one and done".

>>85894970
Why didn't he actually just say the broken man speech? It's literally the best monologue GRRM will ever write

>>85894171
book: tall fat alcoholic king with a beard
show: average height fat alcoholic king with a beard

yes. but its not that hard on a show where most actors suck.

>>85895078
That annoyed the fuck out of me. It was set up for it perfectly too, where he's speaking to the group of people and the brotherhood fucking shits ride up.

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All the best actors get killed off.

>>85879874
Viserys is my choice. He was the Dragon that was never awakened.

>>85895337
That's how they get them. It's the whole "Love Actually" thing, you get some names for a few weeks.

>>85895078
Ian McShane would've absolutely fucking knocked that speech out of the park, too.

>>85880521
Reminds me of David Bowie.

>>85891536
Post it, my dude. I don't remember it but it sounds great.

Roose Bolton and High Sparrow were pretty good.

My favorite performance is Alfie Allen followed by Nikolaj Coster Waldau.

Mark Addy really sells the depression of Robert. He and Cersei still has the best OC scene

>>85879874
until he asked for a rise

>>85882410
Absolute kino. That scene was brilliance.

>>85880044
Joffreys actor really nailed the role in my opinion, Joffrey was meant to be hated and by god he succeeded in making us hate him

>>85880273
Honestly isn't he supposed to be a robot autist now?
>>85881776
Cersei was top tier you sexist mouth breathing autistic fucking retard.

>>85880044
This is my favourite as well, fucking based

"perhaps some essence of nightshade"
>Cersi's face after this

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>>85881423
>you will never be Tommen with natalie dormer as your wife
>you will never have Tywin tutor you into becoming a good king

FML

Joffrey was a legit good actor, he could be a top tier actor if he hadn't retired

>>85896901
He nailed his role too hard, he will forever be associated with Joffrey, i dont blame him for leaving the business

>>85880044
Guy for Joffrey played him so well I had nothing but respect. All of a sudden I liked Joffrey.

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>>85896303
Different dude here, but here's a still from it. Back when the show still looked great.

>>85896438
Nah, best OC scene is Robert/Barristan/Jaime telling war stories.

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Is it safe to say hes the best actor currently on the show by a mile?

>>85897286
He is, but I hope he gets to actually act this season, instead of just simpering meekly to everyone who comes near him.

A tip of the fedora to Beric and Thoros actors, too.

>>85880412
He's way uglier in the books

>>85879874
Charles Dance and Sean Bean were by far the best actors in the show, orders of magnitude above the rest.

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>>85897210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk5hKomP4MA

top tier scene right here

>>85897286
Theon
Hound
Beric
Thoros
Cersei
Jorah

In that order. Everyone else is N/A.

>Hire Ciaran Hinds
>Basically a glorified cameo
HE WAS AN ACTOR OF ROME!

>>85894288
is he browsing in this thread... RIGHT NOW?

>>85880044

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47MazYDnmaU

>>85897171
>>85897033
>>85896901
he is a cool guy too, doesn't watch the show, went back to his city to work with his friends

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>a side character from a Breaking Bad spinoff outperforms every other 100 actors from 7 seasons of GoT

lel Gotcucks.

>>85897872
Michael McKean was in GoT?

>>85897912

no. who would you cast him as ?

>>85897735
fugg it makes me sad how good Game of Thrones used to be

>>85879874
He's usually the best actor in anything he's in.

>>85898010
Jon Arryn

>>85879905
Technically that may be true, but he doesn't really count if he's in it for a 200th of the time Charles Dance is.

>>85898010
The real Archmaester Marwyn. The creepy, mysterious one who's studied blood magic and hangs out with thieves and sailors and has beaten people to death with his bare hands.

go to reddit, fuck guys

>>85896658
He explains it himself, he's a sociopath because he has too much goddamn knowledge.

>>85883650
all killed for the stronk wmyn meme
sad

>>85891916
>Joffrey turned out to be right

>>85879874
In regards to former performances it's Sean Bean. In regards to the actors performance on the show it's Alfie Allen or Liam Cunnimgham

>>85879905
this guy was so fucking good, i knew who you were talking about without knowing his name, yes that's how good he is

>>85880651
Ignorance is bliss

>>85880905
>mini Downey
>they're the same size

>>85886213
>maisie is really good for a child actor.

Maisie was really good, in season 1. Honestly I think her great performance actually was what ruined her character. Creators fell too much in love with her and just made her out to be this badass, with none of the childlike stupidity which grounded her character in season 1. Now she's probably one of the worst, after Emilia Clarke and the sneks.

The Hound was also kino desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tozme1J7PpY

>>85880085
He did well for about three seasons. Now he doesn't care. Last episode he spoke with a sort of pseudo-irish accent for a bit.

>>85879874
Yes, undoubtedly. Charles Dance is amazing in every role he is in and he made Tywin 10x greater than in the books.

On a side note, to everyone should check out:
Who Do You Think You Are? (UK) S14E01: Charles Dance

He is an amazing man too.

>>85897249
this, right here

>>85879874
Patrick Malahide did a terrific job as Balon Greyjoy. I wouldn't go so far as to say he was the best actor on the show, but he really brought the character to life and perfectly captured Balon's inner whirlwind of bitterness at how his life turned out and his conflicting emotions towards his children.

>>85888735
>Harry Lloyd
would have been a perfect raeghar. He had the look to pull it off

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>>85880044
I miss the older series ;-;

>>85894171
To me, that's Theon. Allen isn't even attractive, but he nailed that conflicted loyalty he has in the books between the Starks, his adopted family, and his biological one. As well as his sense of desperation.

>>85880085
Unironically this. Season 2 was absolute kino.

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So good people thought he was dead all this time

>>85894171
Michelle and Lena also fit that category imo

>>85895370
Yeah, he should be contracted to play main Targ for every Prequel they decide to make, including Rheagar.

Randyll Tarly character and actor are pretty badass too.