'Game of Thrones' casts sorceress Melisandre and Stannis Baratheon

[Kobold Avenger]

They already said that major characters like Jaime who don't get many scenes in the 2nd book will be getting more scenes in the series, because they like having the actors still around and filming things involving them. Also some of the stuff in book 3 will end up in season 2.

 

[Mallus]

The actress playing Melissadre was very good in a Paul Verhoeven film called Black Book (which is easily the best film he's made in years, if not ever).

Good choices for both. I just hope the actor playing Stannis can make me not like him on screen as well as Martin's writing did on the page...

 

[Remus Lupin]

Am I one of the few people who actually likes Stannis a little bit? I mean, sure he's done some horrible things, and he's WAY too rigid and inflexible (though I think I see that changing a little bit), but he's no worse morally than many of the other, much more beloved characters in the series, and in some ways has a firmer grasp of morality than many others.*

*Please note all of my carefully couched qualifications of these statements.

 

[jmucchiello]

Stannis is very "distant" in most of his scenes to really become likeable. And the attitude of the first person accounts of his "strange" wife's religion does not help making Stannis likeable.

 

[Krug]

10 best moments from the GoT panel at SDCC:
Comic-Con 2011: 'Game of Thrones' Panel's 10 Best Moments (Video) - Hollywood Reporter

Sounds like it was a fun time!

 

[NewJeffCT]

Am I one of the few people who actually likes Stannis a little bit? I mean, sure he's done some horrible things, and he's WAY too rigid and inflexible (though I think I see that changing a little bit), but he's no worse morally than many of the other, much more beloved characters in the series, and in some ways has a firmer grasp of morality than many others.*

*Please note all of my carefully couched qualifications of these statements.

I don't dislike his character, but I don't love him, either. I do have sympathy for him being the middle brother, born between the charismatic Robert and the charismatic Renly. He'll be a key character in "A Clash of Kings"

I think I reserve most of my hatred for Joffrey and

Spoiler

Walder Frey

, as well as Viserys.

 

[NewJeffCT]

The actress playing Melissadre was very good in a Paul Verhoeven film called Black Book (which is easily the best film he's made in years, if not ever).

Good choices for both. I just hope the actor playing Stannis can make me not like him on screen as well as Martin's writing did on the page...

Oddly, just on Monday, I rented "Black Death" because Sean Bean was in the movie and it looked like a Medieval-era fantasy. The 'evil' necromancer in the movie was Carice Van Houten, who did a pretty good job in the role... and, obviously, playing the necromancer in "Black Death" will transition nicely to Melisandre.

(The movie was "meh" at best)

 

[Cor Azer]

Am I one of the few people who actually likes Stannis a little bit? I mean, sure he's done some horrible things, and he's WAY too rigid and inflexible (though I think I see that changing a little bit), but he's no worse morally than many of the other, much more beloved characters in the series, and in some ways has a firmer grasp of morality than many others.*

*Please note all of my carefully couched qualifications of these statements.

My opinion of Stannis very nearly matches Davos'. Stannis is very tough to love, but he is deserving of more respect than he gets.