Yara Greyjoy
Game Of Thrones fans are obsessed over the differences between George R.R. Martin's 'A Song Of Fire And Ice' and HBO's 'Game Of Thrones'. Casting for a show based on a novel is never easy as it limits the stretch of the imagination. David Benioff and D.B.
Weiss said that the only character they found it easy to cast was King Robert Baratheon's role when they came across Mark Addy's audition, which they said was the first video in an archive of auditions they clicked on. Aside from that, the only character still left on the show that didn't have to audition at all was Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Let's take a look at how well they cast these Game Of Thrones actors!
In the books, she's described as lean and long legged. With black hair cut short, wind-chaffed skin, strong hands, and a nose too thin and sharp for her face with a smile to make up for it.
Instead of her smiling being her selling point, in the show, it's her bad--- personality that wins over her men at arms.
Bran Stark
Seeing as Bran Stark is one of the families most powerful children, you'd think the Game of Thrones writers would've been more attentive to the details as they were laid out in the book. Bran is described as having the same color reddish-brown hair and blue eyes as his mother had.
You'd think that the show would be able to afford a pair of colored contacts at least for details' sake.
Brienne Of Tarth
Lady Brienne's no-nonsense personality comes through beautifully on-screen, but her visual features are very different from what's written and what's watched. In the books, she's said to be awkward and ugly.
She's supposed to have a lot of freckles, a battered nose, and plump lips. The actress is more attractive than the book describes, which makes for an obvious reason Tormund obsesses over her.
Daario Naharis
Considering Daario Naharis was attractive and charming enough to catch Daenerys's eye for a while, it makes sense the casting directors chose to forgo his features in the book.
He is described as having a three-parted braided beard with all of his hair dyed blue, the same color as his eyes, with a pointy and gold mustache.
Daenerys Targaryen
It might seem nitpicky bringing up the few features that weren't brought to the screen, and even though we all fell in love with Emilia Clarke's portrayal, Dany's written as being much younger in the books. Considering how bad it was from the start of the show that she was forced into marrying Khal Drogo, it's probably a good thing they didn't choose a younger actress.
Two things they did miss were her purple eyes and the loss of hair we should have seen in the season finale where she walked into Drogo's funeral fire and emerged naked and unharmed.
Euron Greyjoy
The show's depiction of Euron Greyjoy shows a family relation between Euron, Yara, and Theon. In the book, he is supposed to have a scary appearance, as if from another world.
His hair and beard should be blacker than the night with an eyepatch over his left eye, and blue lips due to a bad drinking habit.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
The most noticeable difference between the book and the HBO show is that his scars are on the wrong side of his face, despite the fact that the makeup team still did a fantastic job.
He's supposed to be missing one ear, be much skinnier overall, and have a black patch of skin on his face that never recovered from the attack of his brother when they were children.
Jorah Mormont
In the show, Jorah isn't the worst person to look at. He leaves some of the audience thinking that he very well might get out of the friend-zone one day. In the book, he's described as being anything but handsome, with the neck and shoulders of a bull, and coarse, black hair all over his body with the exception of his head.
He's basically wearing a sweater at all times. He's also supposed to have a demon tattoo on his face. This is one character description that the casting directors didn't buy into at all, outside of his personality.
Ramsay Bolton
There's no doubt that Ramsay Bolton gave the audience more than one reason to call him a bastard. The actor has been criticized for being way too good looking for the part, aside from capturing the cruel demeanor perfectly.
He should've had ghostly gray eyes and big bones. He should have also had a wider nose, and a longer hair style similar to a mullet.
Roose Bolton
House Bolton was lead by the only other person besides Cersei and his own son, Ramsay that could be capable of the cruelest of acts.
He doesn't look anything like the character in the books as he's supposed to have long black hair, gray eyes, and a rather young looking face.
Theon GreyJoy
We all feel bad for Theon as he was turned into Reek, Ramsay's pet. In the book, he was said to have aged 40 years under the torturous ownership of Ramsay, leaving him much skinnier than before.
His hair should have started to turn gray and he should have lost more fingers and teeth than he did in the show.
Tyrion Lannister
Peter Dinklage is definitely more attractive than the imp of the books. He should have a misshaped face and be left with only the cartilage of his nose after the battle of Blackwater.
In the show, he has light brown hair but should have a combination of blonde and black hair with two different colored eyes.
Tywin Lannister
The actor plays a perfect role in the tactically sadistic Lannister Patriarch.
He should have been bald with sharper blonde whiskers that covered his cheeks and a 'hard mouth'.
Robb Stark
For the most part, Robb Stark of the novels came through to the screen just fine. As he was written, the king of the north was tactical and honorable with a bright future.
If he had only married a Fray daughter like he had promised, he may have even made it to the iron throne with his rebellion just as Robert did before him. He was described similarly to Bran in that he also had reddish-brown hair like his mother, and kept a clean-shaven face unlike the Robb Stark from the show.
Jaime Lannister
The character in the show and the book behaved very similarly as they both only recklessly loved their sister, Cersei Lannister, as messed up as that may be.
There's one thing that is different about his appearance in the book though, he should have a beard and long blonde curly hair, but the show cleaned his character up to maintain a sex appeal and military look.
Lancel Lannister
Lancel went from being a squire to a sparrow. When he was a squire, his appearance was rather spot on, but when he became a sparrow, the writers of the show altered his appearance completely to reflect his alternative lifestyle.
According to the book, when he reappears as a sparrow, he is rapidly aged from the battle of the Blackwater with no initiation scars on his forehead.
Barristan The Bold
While his HBO portrayal was on the money for the most part at the beginning, once exiled from the King's Guard, his appearance should've changed when he travels to Essos to serve Khaleesi.
He should have grown out his hair and beard to show a white mass on screen, and he should also be shown with bright blue eyes.
Stannis Baratheon
One of the biggest issues with the character as seen on Game Of Thrones is that he looks significantly older than his older brother, Robert Baratheon. Stannis is actually the middle brother.
He should have been seen with a balding head, and dark hair and facial hair to make him a bit younger. The one thing they got right was his stern demeanor.
Ned Stark
The King's Hand, Eddard Stark was well liked by anyone who wasn't a Lannister in season 1 of Game of Thrones. He was a pretty close match to how the Patriarch of House Stark was described in the book.
He was said to have a soft voice and a look that would place him in his 40's. To make things perfect, he should have had longer, darker hair with a salted beard.