Yeah, that was one thing that really bothered me. They didn't even bother to die his hair...which seems odd. Honestly, I just don't know if I can shake his roles from lotr and national treasure. He'll just always be a bad guy for me.
Boromir wasn't really a bad guy, just misled by the corruption of the ring. He redeemed himself at the end.
Over here it's not an issue. In the UK Bean is overwhelmingly best-known for his role of Richard Sharpe (the 19th Century's answer to Jack Bauer) in the TV movie adaptations of Bernard Cornwell's novels. There's 16 of them, during which he heroically rides back and forth across Portugal, Spain and France, single-handedly winning the Napoleonic Wars (and afterwards goes off to India and does the same thing there). Seeing him as a bad guy after that is rather unusual
I know boromir wasn't truly a bad guy, but he had a pretty villainous quality to him throughout the movie. His good parts really came out more in the books, I'd say.
That said, I still can't imagine him as the morally upright Ned. Maybe I'll have to check out that show
You must unlearn what you have learned.
Game of Thrones: 10 minutes long Making-of-featurette
- 06/12/2010 12:08:15 PM
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Ned? The central character of the series? *NM*
- 06/12/2010 02:00:19 PM
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It's funny, eh? *spoilers*
- 06/12/2010 02:24:27 PM
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True, but the same point re Ned could have been made in a more ambiguous way. *NM*
- 06/12/2010 03:09:59 PM
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Arguably 'Ned is at the centre of the whole series'
- 06/12/2010 04:34:10 PM
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True. I think "at the center of the series" would have been a bit more accurate, though. *NM*
- 06/12/2010 05:19:59 PM
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How does Dany fit into that center? IMO Robert Baratheon is center for Game of thrones, and SOIAF *NM*
- 07/12/2010 01:06:23 AM
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Ah that reminds me.
- 07/12/2010 08:54:31 PM
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*NM*
I must say, after seeing Harry Lloyd playing Viserys.... ~spoilers~
- 15/12/2010 06:56:38 AM
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This might just be me but....
- 07/12/2010 05:36:02 AM
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I think he will do a tremendous job, and once we see the whole thing those thoughts will be gone...
- 07/12/2010 08:05:44 AM
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I agree with you on the trailer
- 07/12/2010 08:02:38 PM
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That may be more of an issue for American audiences.
- 07/12/2010 08:26:37 PM
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Interesting...
- 18/12/2010 05:58:31 PM
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Sophie looks breathtaking as Sansa, and I love the passion Emilia showed in her interview.
- 15/12/2010 08:14:17 AM
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