Game of Thrones, again: the actors ages

[alexandral]

I have been wondering about this for ages: everyone in the series looks so much older than I have imagined them to be, practically everyone. It bothers me in few cases , especially with Cersei who is supposed to be this undenied beauty of her kingdom, but as much as I think Lena H. is a gorgeous woman, she is not beautiful enough. I am also not happy that The Hound is so much older (although I like how Rory McCann plays him), but I fear The Hound's story is not going to be quite the same as in the books anyways.

There was a very interesting post in Russian "Game of Thrones" community, here, by serebrenikoff.I added Bran's age myself.

In tangential note, whilst looking for GoT communities (as obsessed person I am), I also found French, Italian and Spanish GoT communities on Lj , which is awesome.

Here is the translated age table (please let me know if anything is not correct):

Character	book age	TV age	Actor age
Eddard Stark	35	40	52
Catelyn Stark	34	35	39
Robb Stark	14	17	25
Jon Snow	14	17	25
Sansa Stark	11	13	13
Arya Stark	9	11	11
Bran Stark	7	10	11(?)
Robert Baratheon	36	40	47
Joffrey Baratheon	13	13	18
Tyrion Lannister	24	30	40
Jaime Lannister	32	35	40
Cersei Lannister	32	35	37
Sandor Clegane	27 (?)		42
Theon Greyjoy	19	19	24
Viserys Targaryen	23	20	27
Daenerys Targaryen	13	15	22
Jorah Mormont	40	40	49

I wonder if it is just me or if the fact that so many characters are older bothers anyone else?

Also, some of the characters are not in the list, please let me know if you know the ages in the book and TV for:

Petyr Baelish
Lysa Arryn
Barristan Selmy
Renly Baratheon
Loras

Spoilers: Some book spoilers in the comments

Comments

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

As to why I dislike the softening of Cersei's character so much - my main worry is that we will not get Jaime/Brienne. Cersei will become very popular (she already is) , she will be there for 3 seasons prior to Brienne's appearance.

Why do you think they would change something so fundamental to Jaime's story as Brienne? Also, she'll be in season 2, so it's not three seasons before she appears - Catelyn meets her when she's in Renly's guard at Bitterbridge, just before Renly dies. I don't think they intend to prolong that section of the story into the third season. They're not really softening Jaime either, just making him a little less one-dimensional, so they need some sort of catalyst/witness for Jaime's changes in Storm of Swords. Anyway, I will worry about that once we know that we HAVE a third season; I do not share your belief that it's inevitable. The ratings have to stay high, the DVD sales have to be large, and lots of people have to tune it at least for the premiere of Season 2 in order for this to happen.

And if you're worried that Cersei is so much more sympathetic than you imagine her to be, you should go read the perspective of the non-book readers on TWOP. No one is saying that she's a nice woman, everyone expects that she's a plotter (and that she poisoned Jon Arryn and probably murdered the black-haired baby she mentions herself) not to mention the affair with her twin brother. It's not as though anyone thinks she's the misunderstood heroine of the piece, if that is what you fear, although there is some sympathy for her being in married to Robert, a sympathy that I fully understand because I feel the same thing in the books. He's horrid.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it would be easy to portray Jaime's relationship with Brienne as friendship/pity/respect/whatever. It all depends on the way the accents are made (it is not as if they were kissing or anything - there is nothing tangible in the books to prove the romantic nature of their feelings for each other :D) and on the way Brienne is going to be cast. They can cast her as another Robert which will equal to "good bye any possible romantic feelings"

As to why would they change something so fundamental for Jaime?

First it is you and I who think the relationship with Brienne is fundamental for Jaime's charcater. I thought that it was fundamental for Sandor Clegane that he never told his story to anyone (apart from Sansa) , and I have even seen many people having the same views. But obviously, the creators of the show think differently (you , I think, agree with them but I have seen many people to disagree).

Second, there are different views on the relationship between Jaime and Brienne. I have seen different views on the story, mostly of the kind: she is in love with him, he respects her. Again, there is no saying as to what the creators of the show are thinking.

Thirdly, I do think Cersei's popularity will be an important factor in the creators' decisions as to whome they give more of the screentime..

So, although I know that there is a probability that my fears are unjustified, I still think there are some hints that may prove otherwise. We will see.

I am so sorry, I don't like TWOP. I generally find the forums to be very cut-throat and complaining (I know I complain much too, but here you go :D). I am trying to find more GoT communities on LJ, but I don't see to many. I might look on Dreamwidth.