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* [[Actor Allusion]]: After playing the titular role in ''Martin Luther, Heretic'', Jonathan Pryce once again plays a radical religious reformer crusading for the peasantry against a corrupt mother church.
* [[Author Existence Failure|Actor Existence Failure]]:
** Margaret John, who played Old Nan, died a couple months before the show began airing. "Lord Snow
** [http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b247126_game_of_thrones_sean_bean_stabbed_in.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories Narrowly and thankfully averted with Sean Bean] which, in light of {{spoiler|"Baelor", would have been [[Harsher in Hindsight|incredibly morbid]]}}.
** In an odd coincidence, Jason Momoa, who plays Drogo
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Though it never derails the show, musical
* [[The Character Died with Him]]: Old Nan has not be recast following the death of Margaret John.
* [[Development Gag]]: In one episode, Tyrion claims that one of Littlefinger's whores knows a fabled sex position known as the Meereenese Knot. The term is actually George R.R. Martin's nickname for the cluster of logistical issues involved in getting several characters to Meereen in a satisfying manner; the Meereenese Knot was largely the reason for ''[[A Dance With Dragons]]''' infamous delays.
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** Daniel Portman is a sportsman in real life, but let himself go in order to be more believable as Podrick Payne.
** Gwendoline Christie apparently really got into the role, putting on lots of muscle with the aid of protein shakes and going up a clothes size, according to Sophie Turner.
** Conleth Hill shaves his full head of hair to play Varys, a thing he welcomes as it brings him street
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]:
** That horse's heart Daenerys ate? It was essentially a giant gummy, which tasted disgusting and a tiny girl like Emilia Clarke struggled to keep it down.
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* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** The first season brought us Carl Drogo, Kelly C/Danny, Salsa Stork, Bob the King, Middlefinger and Tyrone Lancaster.
** [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Asha Yar]] for Asha Greyjoy, on account of her being called Yara in the
** [[Zorro]] Zaron Ducksauce (or some variation thereof) for the confusingly named Xaro Xhoan Daxos.
** Talisa gets [[Florence Nightingale Effect|Florence Bonesaw]] (Flo-Bo for short) for her role as a war nurse and her penchant for amputations.
** Given his scruffy disposition in
** [[Stan Lee|Stan(nis) the Man(nis)]].
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The series is already looking like it's going to be positively brimming with familiar actors. So far:
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** Keeping with Tommen's recast, the role of his older sister Myrcella will go from Aimee Richardson to Nell Free in the fifth season. Bizarrely, Free is two years younger than Dean-Charles Chapman, putting the recast in similar territory to that of Gregor Clegane.
* [[The Other Marty]]: Even before it began airing, it happened for a ''lot'' of characters between the original pilot and the series proper (most of the pilot was then reshot with the new cast).
** Daenerys went from Tamzin Merchant to Emilia Clarke.
** Catelyn went from Jennifer Ehle to Michelle Fairley.
** Magister Illyrio went from Ian McNeice to Roger Allam.
** Gared went from Richard Ridings to Dermot Keaney.
** Ser Waymar went from [[Jamie Campbell Bower]] to Rob Ostlere.
** Not a cast member, but Tom McCarthy, director of ''[[The Station Agent]]'' (Peter Dinklage's most prominent role), ''[[The Visitor]]'', and ''[[Win Win]]'', helmed the original pilot and helped with casting, but ultimately did not feel invested enough in the series, or that he was good enough at directing for television, to continue, and went back to film. He says [http://www.avclub.com/articles/tom-mccarthy,53245/ "I’d like to think I had some impact on it, but I don’t think much of that is mine anymore."] The pilot was reshot by HBO house director Timothy Van Patten.
** The show's 2013 April Fool's joke was a fake announcement that Peter Dinklage would be replaced by Warwick Davis to make Tyrion a more "comedic" character. The showrunners also claimed that they would digitally transfer Davis' face over Dinklage's in reruns and subsequent DVD releases.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]:
** An indirect example: In
** Several actors were fans of the books before being cast on the show, such as Kristian Nairn (Hodor). Keisha Castle-Hughes was also a fan before being cast as Obara Sand.
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne) is the son of Ron Donachie (Rodrik Cassel).
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