Reason #53,082 why Game of Thrones is the best: the sexiest personal ads around.
—Seeking LEG ONLY, MALE AMPUTEES.
—ATTN: maria@extrasni.com & include:
—A clear and current photograph
—Your measurements including height, waist, chest & shoe size
—A clear description regarding where your limb is missing eg. at knee, at ankle, etc
—You must be OK and comfortable with filming a scene within the context of a battle where your leg has been injured. Prosthetic makeup will be applied as though your leg has newly been severed. We understand that this is not for everyone, so please only apply if you are happy to participate.
OK, fine, it’s actually a casting call, a casting call for arguably the greatest moment in the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series (spoilers at the source, so I’ll link to it here), but if any of our legless readers are around Northern Ireland tomorrow, PLEASE apply, and then tell us EVERYTHING. What’s it like working for an HBO show? What does Emilia Clarke smell like? What’s a battle? Is this GIF insensitive?
Probably, but OMG.
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I got that Simpsons reference, Josh, and I love you for it.
/totally coincidental that I declared my love for another guy on National Coming Out Day.
No, he said “what’s a rattle?”
They’re filming that? Now?
Oh. Em. Gee.
I know, right? So exciting!
I hope this is the episode that GRRM writes for this season.
I swear I had read a rumor that it wouldn’t happen until season 4, but this is excellent. Makes way more sense to have it in season 3.
I think they’ll end season 3 (book 3 part 1) with one ending and season 4 (book 3 part 2) with another wedding.
That’s what I’m thinking. Although I bet that the absolute last scene of season 4 will be the absolute last scene of book 3.
Am betting the RW is episode 9, and the third wedding of book 3 starts season 4. They’ve said the first wedding of book 3 is in episode 8.
I bet the RW is episode 9 (they’ve done the big drops in episode 9 the first two seasons). Also, the end of season four is going to feature some content from Feast/Dance (which happen concurrently). They’re going to film the show chronologically so it should get pretty interesting from season 5 on.
Is it weird that I’m anticipating the reaction of my friends who haven’t read the books more than I’m anticipating the episode itself? Because I kind of am.
If it is, I’m just as weird as you
Ditto
I’m curious as to in what episode this scene will take place. I’m guessing Episode 9 since the first two season Episode 9′s have been bad ass.
Ah sorry, didn’t see this when I wrote the same thing above.
My third leg never did grow in fully. Where do I sign up?
You have stolen a joke from inside my head for the last time, sir!
It’s been a while since I read the third book. Who loses their leg at the Red Wedding?
That’s what I was just trying to figure out. I read the books last spring but I don’t remember. Maybe the show’s writers are just embellishing an already excellent scene.
I don’t think any one in particular loses a leg, just a bunch of Stark loyalists. So much carnage in that scene. Plus it’s not about who loses their leg, but who loses their head.
This isn’t an audition for a major character. It’s a casting call for someone who can be one-legged. It’s the other role advertised in the link that’s making people think it’s the wedding.
What is the Red Wedding? What happens in this scene? I’m only six episodes into season one, don’t care that much about spoilers and I’ll probably forget anyway.
Trust me/us, you will care and you will not forget about the Red Wedding. Do yourself a favor and either read A Storm of Swords or wait for Season 3.
Ahhhhhh goddammit. If you don’t tell me I’m just going to wiki it. Yeah, I know. I suck.
EVERYONE DIES. There.
INCLUDING THE DOG?! Not cool.
Stacey used either wiki or prescience!
/books flight to Ireland
//cuts off left leg
Shit. Anyone know how to make a tourniquet?
Did not expect this event in season 3. They’re rushing it and they’re going to catch up with GRRM too quickly. Hope I’m wrong.
Maybe, but that’s a risk no matter what they do on the show – he has said he’s hoping to get book 6 out in 2014. Even if he does, that gives him less than three years after that until book 7 needs to start being adapted for the screen (unless they spread another book over two seasons, which I don’t see happening with books 4 or 5).
In any case they’re spreading ASOS over two seasons and there is plenty to happen in season 4, particularly in kings landing.
Seems like including the RW means they’re going to rush season 3 relative to season 4. It’s not like the action in aSoS builds to a dizzying crescendo where they need a whole season to cover 350 pages while knocking out 700 pages worth of story for season 3.
I’m sure there are solid show-business type reasons for doing this that would be hard to argue with, but from a purely fan-based standpoint, I say let the story breathe a little and hold off on the RW until episode 3 or 4 of season 4.
As per the splitting of other books beside 3, they will probably be able to do so with 6 when it eventually comes out. I think it’ll probably offer enough for two seasons since it’s really the ‘second’ book of his original trilogy… It’s prob going to be as packed as at least ASOS
FWIW, they’re doing the show chronologically, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they get three seasons out of books 4 and 5 combined.
Lieutenant Dan! Casting call!
(Forrest Gump voice)
Just a flesh wound.
I see this season ending with daenarys freeing the slaves in astapor, riding through the city to the chants of ‘mother’. the red wedding has to be in this season or else they wouldnt have shown rob breaking his vow to the freys in season 2 which happens in book 3.
Good point – they’ve already accelerated Robb’s story quite a bit so delaying the RW till Season 4 would really drag things out. He really doesn’t have much left to do before the RW.