Game Of Thrones: Things You Didn't Know About The Cast!

 

whatever happened to the actor who  played Joffrey what medical condition  left nearest debilitated less than a  decade ago find out as we look at things  you didn't know about the cast of Game  of Thrones number thirteen snows love  for theater since 2011 Kit Harington has  captured the hearts of Game of Thrones  viewers as the underdog hero Jon Snow  but it might surprise some that this was  actually his first on-screen role prior  to landing the part Harrington achieved  success in the theater making waves with  his performance in the Royal National  Theatre production of the play a  warhorse his connection to stage acting  goes back even further though as his  mother was a playwright herself and even  named him after Elizabethan era  playwright Christopher kit Marlowe  number 12 empowering influence of  Daenerys with titles like the breaker of  chains protector of the Seven Kingdoms  and the mother of dragons embodying the  strong female character of Daenerys  Targaryen is no easy task  yet Emilia Clarke has been able to rise  to the challenge thanks in part to her  background and preparation highly  skilled and fiercely athletic Clarke  grew up with activities and sports like  tennis rowing skiing horseback riding  and ice skating she's also trained as a  musician and singer learning to play the  piano flute and guitar as well as sing  blues jazz and cabaret before being cast  on the show the actress worked between  three and six jobs per week to get by  working anywhere from call centers to  bars her work ethic didn't slow after  getting the role as she studied strong  female characters from all media while  readying herself and her devotion paid  off with one of the most iconic  characters on television as seen from  the ever increasing amount of parents to  name their newborn Khaleesi each year  number 11 Joffrey's industry escape King  Joffrey was one of the most hated  characters in the entire series if not  all of television by the time he made  his exit from Game of Thrones but the  young man behind the sneer has remained  out of the public eye since his exit  Jack Gleason's performance drew  remarkable ire from fans of the show  fully  evoking the sinister evil of Joffrey  leading many to believe he had a bright  acting career ahead of him but his time  on the show introduced the actor to the  reality of just how demanding the  industry can be he's said in interviews  that he doesn't think of himself as a  talented actor and actually gets bored  by the task now seeing as how he only  ever got into acting as something to do  now a millionaire the 26 year old  attended Trinity College after leaving  the show being named a scholar and now  chiefly works with his Dublin based  theatre company collapsing horse number  10 reality of John and Ygritte and  perhaps one of the most romantic twists  in Game of Thrones actors Kit Harington  and Rose Leslie fell in love on set  while playing two characters falling in  love the second season of the show had  the pair set in Iceland to film Jon  Snow's journey with Ygritte and the  wildlings a beautiful countryside lit by  the Northern Lights crafted the perfect  setting to fall in love Harrington is  said originally the two sought to keep  their relationship private but over time  word of their romance got out and they  made their first public appearance at a  red carpet event in 2016 by the next  year they moved in together in the duo  married in 2018 among a guest list that  included all of their Game of Thrones  co-stars number nine the toughness of  Khal Drogo along with his run as the  tribal chieftain called Drogo actor  Jason Momoa is known for his roles as  Aquaman and Conan cementing his role as  a Hollywood tough guy the six-foot for  actor isn't just rugged and rough on  camera however having the skills and  scars to prove it to prepare for parts  in Stargate Atlantis and Conan the  Barbarian Momoa trained in boxing sword  fighting and the Indonesian martial art  of salon he learned to throw axes for  Game of Thrones and picked up Brazilian  Jujitsu in 2017 before he became a  multi-faceted martial artist Momoa  survived a particularly scary  altercation in 2008 while at a Tavern in  Hollywood he was slashed with a broken  beer glass across his face leaving a  gash that required a hundred and forty  stitches reconstructive surgery and a  notable scar still apparent to this day  number eight Tyrians Bartok history  tyrion lanister can be quite the host in  the hit HBO series always ready to take  center stage and entertain a crowd while  this may be only fictional Peter  Dinklage isn't so far removed from the  character he plays on television in that  regard in the early 90s the  award-winning actor was the front man  for wizzy a self-described punk funk rat  band playing clubs across New York  including the legendary venue CBGB's one  of his most memorable performances with  the unorthodox group featured a sudden  need to dinklage his head causing him to  bleed on stage he quickly dabbed his  head with a bar napkin and continued the  set all the while nursing an open wound  the scar from this incident can still be  seen across the side of Dinklage's face  number seven Cersei and Tyrion strew  history though they may clash his  brother and sister under the House  Lannister actors Lena Headey and Peter  Dinklage are actually close friends and  have been for years prior to Game of  Thrones the pair met while filming the  2010 crime comedy Pete smalls is dead  shortly after Dinklage was picked for  the part of Tyrion without even needing  an audition so when joining the show and  learning more about the cast in script  one person came to mind as he learned  more on the character of Cersei  recommending his friend Hedy for the  part  the actress nailed her rendition of the  Evil Queen and the two have shared a set  ever since number six the athleticism of  the mountain in Game of Thrones Gregor  the mountain Clegane is a monster of a  man both figuratively and in later  seasons literally the creators of the  eighth season show didn't rely on  cinematic magic alone to give actor  health or bjornsen his imposing stature  underneath the helmet and armor of the  gargantuan Knight is a six foot nine  professional strongman and athlete for  years he trained to be a professional  basketball player but at the age of 20  yarn since NBA dreams were dashed  instead he turned to weights going on to  earn a number of accolades being named  Iceland's Strongest Man eight times  Europe's strongest man five times in the  world Strongest Man in 20  18 in fact bjornsen is so strong that in  2015 he broke a thousand-year-old record  when he carried a 10 meter long 650  kilogram log for 5 steps number 5  Khaleesi x' medical rebound named  Esquires sexiest woman alive in 2015 and  now with a supposed net worth of 13  million dollars it would seem as if  Amelia Clark was on top of the world but  when Game of Thrones first began the  actress that plays Khaleesi on-screen  wasn't quite as indestructible as her  television persona in March of this year  Clark revealed in an article for The New  Yorker that she had suffered a stroke in  2011 right around the debut of the show  an aneurysm had ruptured and caused  hemorrhaging the surgery she endured to  correct the issue left her suffering  from a case of aphasia a condition in  which language comprehension and  formation capabilities dropped suddenly  during this time Clark hit a low point  in which she couldn't remember her own  name  eventually recuperating she would have  another aneurysm taken care of in 2013  before making a full recovery number 4  the manliness of the hound ruff grouchy  and massive in stature the hound is a  true man's man both on television and in  reality prior to becoming an actor  McCann took jobs as a bridge painter a  lumberjack a bouncer for a pub and a  carpenter putting his six foot six size  to use in fact he didn't even get into  acting until he was 29 after a handful  of small parts and independent films and  television series McCann eventually  began landing roles in films like  Alexander Beowulf and Grendel Clash of  the Titans and season of the witch  utilizing the giant Scotsman in the  action genre he spends his free time  climbing mountains and enjoying the  outdoors living on his boat and training  for his next scene McCann enjoys a stoic  solitary lifestyle and has been vocal  about being content with avoiding the  typical celebrity way of living number  three Littlefinger's HBO relationship  reviled for his sinister workings and  villainous tactics the loss of Aiden  gilens character Petyr Littlefinger  Baelish  celebrated by fans almost universally  last season as The Charlatans had  finally received his just desserts  if history tells us anything though this  probably won't be the last time you see  Gillan on HBO before his stint with Game  of Thrones the Irish actor had appeared  for four seasons on The Wire  playing councilman turned Mayor Tommy  Carcetti but going even further back  Gillan's connections to the premium  channel run deep he starred in the  original Channel 4 series queer as folk  a groundbreaking show at the time for  its dramatic look into the lives of  three gay men the show would eventually  be adapted for American audiences with  HBO using Dylan's award-winning work as  a template of sorts in between these two  major series the actor starred in dice a  mini series that premiered exclusively  on the move network in movie central in  Canada affiliates of HBO Canada number 2  Sansa and the popstar outside of Game of  Thrones sophie turner has remained  fairly busy she's established herself  outside the role of Sansa Stark in the  multi-million dollar x-men franchise and  made three films in 2018 alone but the  most pressing time sink in her life is  probably her planned wedding to pop star  and longtime boyfriend Joe Jonas the  pair started dating in 2016 and in less  than a year Jonas had already popped the  question  the couple have been engaged since  staying virtually silent on a wedding  date until recently save the date  letters have already been sent to guests  with one being leaked to social media  via Turner's life-coach confirming to  crowds that 2019 would be the year prior  interviews told of wanting a summer  wedding so if all evidence checks out  were just months away from one of the  biggest mainstream celebrity matrimony  of the Year number one Arya's innovation  the youngest cast mate of the hit show's  main characters also happens to be one  of the most ambitious as Maisie Williams  has shown a proclivity for new ventures  and empowering fellow artists in 2016  she started daisy-chain productions a  company which focuses on the development  of youth talent in the UK and just last  August the 22 year old actress launched  a social media app  known as Daisy the purpose of the  application is to foster collaboration  between artists in fields like  photography fashion film music and  literature who is your favorite  character in The Game of Thrones series  let us know which one and why in the  comments below