I love that Peter is being recognized for his great acting. But does this GQ shoot seem like he's only being offered this because he's a dwarf and he's blowing up right now?

Peter Dinklage is probably one of a very very small pool of people on the planet who could pull the role off. The role would have to be played by a dwarf, the books play on the imp/dwarf aspect too much.....since in that world dwarfs are seen as evil/unlucky in most of the world. But he was a dwarf born into a very powerful and rich family (lucky of birth).

So I think he's blowing up because of acting, but he can play the role because he's a dwarf. Totally wouldn't play well if they recast Tyrion as a non-dwarf.


As for the shoots because he's a dwarf........lots of people get pictures shoots when they are doing well. They want the pictures to sell and they pick people who are in the headlines. Playboy had the guy who played Mini Me with a bunch of girls....those were just striking photos since he wasn't much bigger than a lot of their breasts.

He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.

Tyrion is easily one of the best characters in the book series, bar-none. It was highly gratifying to watch a few episodes of 'A Game Of Thrones' and realize very quickly that not only had Peter Dinklage read the books, but moreover he "gets" Tyrion, he understands the character. He nails the character perfectly, something I was very worried about before the show started. Now that the show is in full swing and onto it's second season, it was very easy to realize that he was one of the reasons that the show succeeded, as much like the book, I look forward to every section and piece with him in it!

/Oh and I see this has the mysterious @ant downvote--this will hit the top fifteen in less than half a fortnight!

>> ^spoco2:

He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.


He's the only reason I watch...since they killed off the other reason. Which I will eventually beat someone to death for.

Heh, everyone fucking dies in this series, read the books.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^spoco2:
He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.

He's the only reason I watch...since they killed off the other reason. Which I will eventually beat someone to death for.

Yeah, a friend of mine stopped reading the books because they kept killing off all the characters he liked.

What a playboy.

>> ^thyazide:

Heh, everyone fucking dies in this series, read the books.
>> ^Yogi:
>> ^spoco2:
He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.

He's the only reason I watch...since they killed off the other reason. Which I will eventually beat someone to death for.



Ya know one of the things I study is Genocides and international justice. I don't want to watch all the good guys die in my fiction. It pisses me off because I think it's bullshit. You can't make fiction look like real life by just killing off people and then having DRAGONS!

Let me put it to you this way, I'm depressed most of the time...if that fat bearded mother fucker wants to make me depressed when I'm supposed to be enjoying nice stories it makes me want to kick his fat fucking ass into traffic. You can only push me with this violence soo far until I start trying to rescue characters!

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Does anyone else think Dinklage has the the same voice as Philip Seymour Hoffman? It's uncanny. Kind of like how Ethan Hawke sounds exactly like Tom Cruise.

Issy and I just watched a great little indie film called 'The Station Agent', with Peter Dinklage in the leading role. Worth a look.

Then you for sure should not read the last book.
And if that fat ass dies off before he gets the series done I'm gonna dig his rotted corpse up and piss in his coffin. The last book was good but talk about a CLIFF HANGER! and now comes the 5 year wait and torture for being a fan. Maybe I'll just piss in his coffin for all the time he made me wait for the next book.
>> ^Yogi:

>> ^thyazide:
Heh, everyone fucking dies in this series, read the books.
>> ^Yogi:
>> ^spoco2:
He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.

He's the only reason I watch...since they killed off the other reason. Which I will eventually beat someone to death for.


Ya know one of the things I study is Genocides and international justice. I don't want to watch all the good guys die in my fiction. It pisses me off because I think it's bullshit. You can't make fiction look like real life by just killing off people and then having DRAGONS!
Let me put it to you this way, I'm depressed most of the time...if that fat bearded mother fucker wants to make me depressed when I'm supposed to be enjoying nice stories it makes me want to kick his fat fucking ass into traffic. You can only push me with this violence soo far until I start trying to rescue characters!

>> ^spoco2:

He is about the biggest (oh ha ha, hilarious reverse pun sir) reason I watch Game of Thrones. He is just wonderfully acerbic and hilarious in the role.


I've just finishing watching AGoT (I haven't read the books yet, remember your spoiler warnings people!). I can't decide if Tyrion or Baelish is my favourite - both darkly funny characters wonderfully played by Dinklage and Gillen.