The guy who plays Grand Maester Pycelle, Julian Glover, played these two familiar faces in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.ĥ2. After the direwolf named Lady had completed her work, she was actually adopted by Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa.Ĥ8. Alfie Allen, who plays Theon Greyjoy, is the brother to singer Lily Allen.Ĥ7. Martin didn't want his story to be cut down so drastically.Ĥ6.
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To make their reactions as genuine as possible, the majority of the cast have not read the Game of Thrones books.Ĥ5. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) is a very strict vegetarian, and every time you see him eating meat on screen, he's actually eating tofu.Ĥ4. It was originally played by Tamzin Merchant, and Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) was originally played by Jennifer Ehle in the pilot before they were recast.Ĥ3. But she almost didn't play the Mother of Dragons. Zoidberg's girlfriend in the final episodes of Futurama.Ĥ2. Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys in Game of Thrones, voiced Dr. The Desperate Housewives set was previously used in Kelly Rowland and Nelly's video for "Dilemma".Ĥ1. ABC wanted to call it Wisteria Lane or The Secret Lives of Housewives instead to avoid criticism. Desperate Housewives was originally written as a half-hour comedy, but Marc Cherry's talent agent suggested turning it into a soap opera.ģ9. Alex Kingston, meanwhile, auditioned for the role of Lynette, but was turned down for being "too curvy".ģ8. And things could have been completely different, as Nicollette Sheridan originally auditioned for Bree but was cast as Edie Britt instead.ģ7.
But she later joined the series in the fourth season as Katherine Mayfair, who was somewhat of a Bree clone.ģ6. Dana Delany turned down the role of Bree Van de Kamp three times. Meanwhile, Heather Locklear, Courteney Cox, Calista Flockhart, and Mary-Louise Parker were considered for Teri Hatcher's role of Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives.ģ5. Back to recasting facts: Matthew McConaughey was originally offered the role of Marty in True Detective, finally played by Woody Harrelson, but he asked to be Cohle after reading the script and wanting a challenge.ģ4. R.E.M's "Shiny Happy People" was used in the pilot and was meant to be the theme tune of the show, not the now beloved "I'll Be There for You" (which was was co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman).ģ3. And Monica and Joey were originally supposed to be the main romance story in the show.Ĩ. Phoebe and Chandler were originally supposed to be supporting characters, not part of the main six.ħ.
Another Friends fact: Marcel the monkey is actually a female and her name is Katie.Ħ. Courteney Cox was originally cast as Rachel but she insisted she should be Monica, while Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer was offered Chandler's role.ĥ. We may now know it forever in our hearts as Friends, but it was almost called Insomnia Café, Friends Like Us, Across the Hall, Once Upon a Time in the West Village or Six of One.Ĥ. But before Lisa landed the part, Ellen DeGeneres was offered Phoebe, although she turned it down.ģ. Lisa Kudrow was originally cast as Roz in Frasier, but the casting directors changed their minds and fired her shortly before it aired - which led her to land the role of Phoebe in Friends.
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