Game of Thrones begins....

[Liep]

Coster-Waldau was already one of the biggest stars we have here, so naturally him for me.

[Brazen]

Sean Bean for sure, he was the main draw for the show when it was launched after all.

Which was why it was so groundbreaking and shocking when he dies so early on, setting the tone for the rest of the series.

[The Larch]

Sean Bean for sure, he was the main draw for the show when it was launched after all.

Which was why it was so groundbreaking and shocking when he dies so early on, setting the tone for the rest of the series.

Yup, and it really launched the "Sean Bean dies in every show he's in" meme. 

[Berkut]

The author's/showrunner's willingness to knock off characters is one of thing that gives the story edge.  But its reached the point in both where every time there is a death I have to ask myself is he/she maybe dead or dead dead.  That's not a good thing.

I quite agree, but don;t agree that these resurrections are signs of the "plotting ability of writers (book and tele) getting weaker."  At least some of these resurrections were planned from the start, so the weakness was always there.  The show had to show Dondarron resurrected so the Jon resurrection (the key one) wasn't so deus ex machina.  Mercifully, the show hasn't done more than that (the Mountain wasn't necessarily even resurrected so much as he was prevented from dying by "mad science").  Lady Stoneheart was completely unnecessary and the show wisely skipped her.

In the books, I feel as you do.  The whole resurrection thing makes death kinda meaningless.

It isn't just literal resurrection though - the Hound was figuratively resurrected as well. Insofar as he was apparently dead, then not dead.

[viper37]

Help me settle an argument at work. Which Game Of thrones actor was the most famous before they were on the show? My entirely UK-centric shortlist is:

Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Diana Rigg, Jonathon Pryce, Ian McShane, Richard E Grant, Mark Gatiss and Jerome Flynn.

I've probably forgotten more than I remember.

Sean Bean and Lena Headey for me.  Had no idea who were the others, though I later recognized Charles Dance from a few of Simon Pegg's hilarious comedies.

[Siege]

That chick from the Terminator TV show with the ghey John Connor.

[Habbaku]

Help me settle an argument at work. Which Game Of thrones actor was the most famous before they were on the show? My entirely UK-centric shortlist is:

Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Diana Rigg, Jonathon Pryce, Ian McShane, Richard E Grant, Mark Gatiss and Jerome Flynn.

I've probably forgotten more than I remember.

Seen Been, definitely.  Or Shaun Bawn.

[grumbler]

It isn't just literal resurrection though - the Hound was figuratively resurrected as well. Insofar as he was apparently dead, then not dead.

I never for a moment thought he was dead, so the fact that he wasn't dead (apparently) didn't bother me at all. 

I am hoping that there is a plot point to the rumor of his death, but it wouldn't totally surprise me to discover that it was just GRRM fucking around.

[grumbler]

Help me settle an argument at work. Which Game Of thrones actor was the most famous before they were on the show? My entirely UK-centric shortlist is:

Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Diana Rigg, Jonathon Pryce, Ian McShane, Richard E Grant, Mark Gatiss and Jerome Flynn.

I've probably forgotten more than I remember.

Diana Rigg was the best-known name to me. From The Avengers show, but also because I saw her multiple times on stage in London.

[The Brain]

SEAN BEAN

[crazy canuck]

Help me settle an argument at work. Which Game Of thrones actor was the most famous before they were on the show? My entirely UK-centric shortlist is:

Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Diana Rigg, Jonathon Pryce, Ian McShane, Richard E Grant, Mark Gatiss and Jerome Flynn.

I've probably forgotten more than I remember.

Diana Rigg was the best-known name to me. From The Avengers show, but also because I saw her multiple times on stage in London.

She looked familiar but I didnt know why until just now.  I loved her in the Avengers. 

[Razgovory]

 Jonathon Pryce

[Siege]

That chick playing the hott chick in the new X men movie.

[grumbler]

That chick playing the hott chick in the new X men movie.

You really think that a woman whose name you cannot remember is more famous than Sean Fucking Bean?

[Siege]

You have no sense of humor.