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  3. he's fan-friggin-tastic! Just cast him in leading man roles, dernnit! Do his height always have to be a "character"?

he's fan-friggin-tastic! Just cast him in leading man roles, dernnit! Do his height always have to be a "character"?

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    GirlwonderReturns — 10 years ago(March 18, 2016 06:26 AM)

    I dunno Zelda Rubinstein was shorter than Dinklage and she had quite a successful career. Her biggest role was probably Tangina, the medium in "Poltergeist", and that had no focus on her height that I recall. She was on "Picket Fences" for years, too. But Dinklage may well be the first male LP actor to transcend his height.
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      skepticalmale — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 10:47 AM)

      You realize he wouldn't have got the chance to play Tyrion , if he wasn't a "little guy"?
      Hopefully this does lead to more roles that aren't simply due to his height. The guy is just a great actor.
      Although one role I'd like to see him play , that relies on his stature is Miles Vorkosigan, he's a badass in Tyrion's class.

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        nex-9 — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 04:53 AM)

        Exactly! i thought he would have made a better Mountain than Hapthor.
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        my point being he plays little people because (brace yourself) he IS a little person, and like others have said, he isn't as typecast as you think

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          MarshalCyrus — 10 years ago(December 28, 2015 07:13 AM)

          He is a dwarf. You can't just pretend he isn't 😛 There is nothing wrong with being a dwarf obviously, but just like he can't play a 2 meter tall northerner, I couldn't play a dwarf

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            zilla7777 — 10 years ago(March 02, 2016 03:09 PM)

            Sing along with Mister Ed: A dwarf is a dwarf, of courf, of courflolz

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              alexdgraphicdesign — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 12:36 AM)

              That's actually not true at all. In the lord of the rings, the four main hobbits were played by average size actors and Gimli the dwarf was played by a 6 ft actor. There are other movies but I think i've made my point.

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                cguerra-79686 — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 10:07 AM)

                I don't think his height was an issue with his character in Pixelsand he had the best line when he told the creator of Pac Man:
                "I made your game my b****"
                lol.

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                  sherrill-travis-850-769428 — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 07:32 PM)

                  I know right? That's not PC at all! Why does Hollywood always have to cast white people to play white characters and short people to play midgets?!

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                    Daenerys-Stormborn — 9 years ago(April 30, 2016 12:57 AM)

                    He's a great actor, when this is all over Im hoping to see him in Blockbusters.
                    e god don' le wen oral play w er oy.

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                      raf-33 — 9 years ago(July 01, 2016 01:58 PM)

                      He should play Superman in the next reboot.
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                        PattyGJones — 9 years ago(July 07, 2016 09:27 PM)

                        WOW, raf-33! Fantastic Asimov quote!
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                          leyenda61 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 06:57 PM)

                          I'm tellin ya, when i see that beard and think about his voice and acting skills the first thing I think of is that he'd d a fantastic nob playing a Klingon. Yes, I know it is "against type", but still I think hed9rock it out.
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                            leyenda61 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 04:53 AM)

                            I'm tellin ya, when i see that beard and think about his voice and acting skills the first thing I think of is that he'd d a fantastic nob playing a Klingon. Yes, I know it is "against type", but still I think hed9rock it out.
                            Sent from my 13 year old P.O.S. Desktop

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