He's the best thing on Game of Thrones.
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butchersong — 13 years ago(September 19, 2012 06:06 PM)
Yeah. A lot of credit goes to the author of the books on that score though. Reading the books many years ago Tyrion and 1354Arya were definitely the best characters. Tyrion is probably one of my favorite characters of all time. I was worried when they cast Dinklage in the role (too good looking) but he's definitely made the character his own.
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mrose48 — 13 years ago(April 24, 2012 11:37 PM)
So true. My favorite character - and an amazing actor. I'm so glad to see one of the little people (politically correct!) get a great acting gig. Far too often its always the comedy rolls. So nice to see a intelligent well written part.
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theater_dreamer — 13 years ago(April 28, 2012 01:12 AM)
Never before in any film I have seen has a man so short in stature cast such a large shadow. Peter is simply amazing on Game of Thrones. He commands the screen.
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PattyGJones — 13 years ago(May 15, 2012 07:30 PM)
I have to assume someone is writing at least some of those great lines for him, but the way he plays them makes all the difference. The sarcastic attitude, the absolute reality of the way he sees life, his genuine goodness (which he tries so hard to cover) our Peter is doing a SPLENDID job.
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qjuice14 — 13 years ago(May 23, 2012 12:50 PM)
"I have to assume someone is writing at least some of those great lines for him, but the way he plays them makes all the difference. "
This show is based on the A Song Of Ice And Fire books. His character was already completely fleshed out before he took the role. Sure Benioff and Weiss probably tailor some the dialogue to suit Dinklage's Tyrion, but the source material for this character is incomparable. George R.R. Martin has written all of these characters so unbelievably well.
I completely agree that Peter Dinklage is by far the best part of this show the credit for how great of a character Tyrion is belongs to Martin. While his physicality is different from the books the his tone, behavior, and mannerisms couldn't be better. If any of you haven't read the books, you should. -
pauzhaan — 13 years ago(May 23, 2012 04:44 PM)
He's sure got the personality to play Tyrion, doesn't he?
That being said, he's too good looking to be the Tyrion of the books.
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PattyGJones — 13 years ago(May 24, 2012 11:05 AM)
I haven't read the books, as 'dungeons 'n' dragons' is not a genre I generally go for, so I don't know anything about the character of Tyrion as originally written. I started watching Game of Thrones purely for the pleasure of watching Peter Dinklage. I'm assuming (since pauzhaan says Peter is too good-looking to be the Tyrion of the books, who was not a dwarf) that the original Tyrion was in some way deformed or monstrously ugly, making him a source of shame to his father it had to be something physical, as Tyrion has more brains than all the other Lannisters put together. Just out of curiosity, what was wrong with the original Tyrion?
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qjuice14 — 13 years ago(May 24, 2012 12:34 PM)
Depends on what you mean by "wrong". He has his sins like everybody else. Phyically he is a dwarf born in a world where more often than not you are left to die. Tyrion was lucky to born into the richest family in Westeros so he was able to live and he was rich. But he was never treated by his family, other than Jaime, with love or respect. His facial features were uglier in the books. but along with being very smart and witty he was also quite heroic and brave, when circumstance suited.
I do think it is an error for you to classify A Song of Ice and Fire as "dungeons 'n' dragon's" genre. Granted I haven't played DnD but ASOIAF is a rich character study above anything else. I don't read a lot of fantasy, but these are some of the best books I have ever read. The third book, A Storm of Storms (which I believe will be broken down into seasons 3 and 4) is practically perfect. -
PattyGJones — 13 years ago(May 24, 2012 01:09 PM)
I had thought (from someone else's post) that in the books, Tyrion was NOT a dwarf. My bad. As to the genre, perhaps I should have said "fantasy," but that has a much wider range of possibilities. I don't play Dungeons 'n' Dragons (nor any other computer game, for that matter), and merely used that term to describe the medieval/"Dark Ages" time-frame. As you describe the Tyrion of the books, it sounds like Mr. Martin has done a great job of writing him in the teleplays, and Peter is playing him to the hilt (even if he is WAY too good-looking).
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magrattus — 13 years ago(May 24, 2012 05:08 PM)
I'm not a reader of fantasy fiction, but picked this up for my Kobo because (a) I had heard great things about it; and (b) it was $14.00 for the four book set - thousands of pages, so you definitely get your money's worth. Anyway, I am hooked. The books are fantastic and I will be buying this show as the seasons become available on DVD (don't have cable). That is how much I love these fantastic books.
Boo hoo hoo, there's girls on my show. I'm taking my balls and going home. -