[Locke.]

I'm about three quarters of the way through Book 2 now. I'd say so far that it is about even with the first (it starts off a lot better but near the middle it is more about building things up and getting characters to where they need to be). I don't know how they are going to go about some things though if they have the same budget as Season 1, because there's a lot of... CGI needed.

There are a couple of main characters from Season 1 that take a backseat aswell and don't really feature for large chunks of it, but you are always aware of where they are and what they are doing, so they'll probably manage to write scenes for them in the show.

[Locke.]

Game of Thrones' executive producer David Benioff has revealed that the show will begin to change from George R R Martin's books in the third season.

Speaking at Comic-Con, Benioff explained that the third novel is too large to cover in one season.

"If we're lucky enough, if we have a season three, that's when it will start not corresponding so neatly to the books because Storm of Swords is too big to do as one season," he said.

"Our hope has always been that we can keep this alive somehow. There's a certain scene - I'm not even going to say the name of the scene because the name itself is a spoiler... Let's call it 'RW'. We've always felt that if we can get to 'RW', then we've accomplished something."

Martin added that he does not want to watch 'RW' on the television as it was so disturbing to write, saying: "When they film it and show it, I'm going to try to arrange to be out of the country during that period and some place that doesn't actually have television yet."

Meanwhile, Benioff also dropped hints about what fans can expect from the upcoming second season of Game of Thrones.

"We have a bunch of great new characters coming in," he said. "We've already got such an incredible cast, but it's time to meet the Red Priestess.

"It's time to see those dragons and wolves start to grow up. There's bad stuff lurking north of the wall. It's a season of exploration."

The second season of Game of Thrones, which will star new cast members Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Stephen Dillane, Natalie Dormer and Gwendoline Christie, is expected to premiere next spring.

[Locke.]

Game of Thrones' executive producer David Benioff has revealed that the show will begin to change from George R R Martin's books in the third season.

Speaking at Comic-Con, Benioff explained that the third novel is too large to cover in one season.

"If we're lucky enough, if we have a season three, that's when it will start not corresponding so neatly to the books because Storm of Swords is too big to do as one season," he said.

"Our hope has always been that we can keep this alive somehow. There's a certain scene - I'm not even going to say the name of the scene because the name itself is a spoiler... Let's call it 'RW'. We've always felt that if we can get to 'RW', then we've accomplished something."

Martin added that he does not want to watch 'RW' on the television as it was so disturbing to write, saying: "When they film it and show it, I'm going to try to arrange to be out of the country during that period and some place that doesn't actually have television yet."

Meanwhile, Benioff also dropped hints about what fans can expect from the upcoming second season of Game of Thrones.

"We have a bunch of great new characters coming in," he said. "We've already got such an incredible cast, but it's time to meet the Red Priestess.

"It's time to see those dragons and wolves start to grow up. There's bad stuff lurking north of the wall. It's a season of exploration."

The second season of Game of Thrones, which will star new cast members Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Stephen Dillane, Natalie Dormer and Gwendoline Christie, is expected to premiere next spring.

[Mystic Mock]

I hope that Stanis and Millasandre are going to be good,I will be intrested in Liam Cunningham playing Davos aswell as Ive heard things about that character.

[Locke.]

The three of them are good characters.

Davos is a point of view character in the book so is more of a main character than the other 2.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Locke.

The three of them are good characters.

Davos is a point of view character in the book so is more of a main character than the other 2.

I do love the sound of Millasandre,the actress looks intimidating aswell in that picture that I saw of her on Winter Is Coming.

The actor whoes playing Stanis im not to sure of the look of him,also his more of a theatre actor aswell and thats different type of acting to TV acting,but I hope im wrong.

[Locke.]

He's a good actor he was in the Goal movies.

He doesn't look like how I pictured the character though

[Mystic Mock]

I never saw Goal,but who knows I might be surprised by the actor.

[Locke.]

Stannis in the book -



Stephen Dillane (actor they've cast) -



Davos in the book -



Liam Cunningham -



Melisandre in the book -



Carice Van Houten -

[Locke.]

Just finished book 2. I'd say the books are even to one another, but book 2 will make the better TV season.

[Roy Mars III]

Great casting for Stannis, Davos, and Melisandre. Though this ends my dream casting of John Simm as Davos.

[Locke.]

A panel with some of the cast members and creators an that.

Youtube video

How different does Cersei look in real life Jaime, Jon Snow, Tyrion, Daenerys and Khal Drogo are on it aswell.

[Tom4784]

Daenerys

[Lee.]

My mum just bought the first book, so ill scrounge that from her when she's finished!

[Novo]

I brought the first book read the first 300 pages then stopped reading it.. it was so much like the tv series it felt pointless reading it.

[Lee.]

Was it a good read though?

[Novo]

No it was like reading a script

[Lee.]

Hmm.. I'll still probably give it a go

[Locke.]

A lot of things are different in the first book though

Like when Jory is stabbed through the eye off Jaime, in the book Jaime isn't even involved with the fight he just commands his men to kill them all and take Ned. And when Tyrion is at Winterfell with the instructions for Bran's horse saddle so he can ride, Shaggydog attacks him.

That bit where Robb and Theon kill the wildlings to save Bran is really different aswell, and much better

It makes some things a lot clearer than the show aswell. Like it is only mentioned once in the final episode that Renly has declared himself a King now, and that is something that is mentioned a lot in the book and is really important. And there is hardly any mention of Stannis...

[Novo]

All little pointless things

[Locke.]

Very important things.

Think there is going to be parts of Book 3 brought forward to Season 2 aswell because it is so long.

[SoBig]

One of the best tv shows I've ever watched. Huge fan.

[Locke.]

A tiny bit of casting news, British actor Karl Davies has reportedly been cast to play a character named Alton Lannister. He has been seen on set and his CV confirms it. Davies has appeared on the small screen in the UK in roles in the British soap Emmerdale and more recently in the comedy/drama series Kingdom. This looks to be his first role in a US production.

In the books, there is no Alton Lannister. So it is unclear who Davies may be playing in the show. Reports from the set indicate he may be filling the role of Cleos Frey from the books. Cleos has a Frey father but his mother is a Lannister, so maybe they reversed his parents to give him that last name. In the books, Cleos fights for Jaime Lannister and gets captured by Robb Stark along with Jaime in the Battle of the Whispering Wood. His big role in the story however doesn’t come about until the third book, A Storm of Swords. Assuming Davies is playing the Cleos character, this lends further credence to my theory of them moving up a certain storyline from book three into the second season.

Well this is better than no casting news, I guess. Questions abound though. Who is Davies playing? If it is Cleos, why did they change his name and make him a Lannister? And if it is not supposed to be Cleos, than who is Alton Lannister and what is his role in the story?

He was Andy's brother in Emmerdale

[Josy]

I hated him as Robert in Emmerdale, I hope he's better in this.

[Locke.]

If he is playing the role of Cleos then he isn't that important, he is just a messenger between Robb and Joffrey/Tyrion really