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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
I didn't find the scene itself all that objectionable, though it wasn't a spot on representation. I figured it was partly an effort to appeal to the under 30 set and partly an effort to condense the equivalent of several pages of text scattered about the book into a single scene. That being said, they needed something to put it into context.
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It bothered me because it sold Drogo short, but last night's episode made me feel a lot better about it.
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I had more problem with some of the casting. Most of the 'kids' were too old. I've just started the series of books, so I hope the story line will allow the actors to 'grow' into a more age appropriate role in the story.
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I've wondered about this too. (Remember Lost's "Walt"?)
Trying to calculate how much time has passed between the start of the SoIaF series and the end of the 4th/5th books makes my head split, but I think it's only 3-4 years.
If you haven't read the books you won't want to look at this, because there are
major spoilers, but they put together a very detailed timeline here:
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php...obal-timeline/
I understand the need to cast older actors where they could. Kids grow and change so much from 9-14/16.
The actress who plays Arya is actually just turned 14, and the one who plays Sansa is still 13 (as is her character).
The actors for Jon, Rob, and Bran actors are older too. I think the actor who plays Bran is also 14 - but only 10? in the show. (Script says 8, but i thought he answered 10 when Robert asked him.
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The actress who plays Daenerys is 23, but she's passing ok as a teen, I think. They had to have an adult in that role, anyway.