It’s Sunday, time to wrap up some loose ends and touch on a few random items from this past week.
Joe Campo continues his Youtube campaign to get cast in Game of Thrones. This time he asks fans to vote for one character he should focus his audition efforts on. Be sure to watch and then cast your vote in the video’s comments!
Hilario Abad has a few more tracks created as he continues his project of composing an original fan score inspired by A Game of Thrones. Among the new tracks is one for the Hand’s tournament, which is timely since they will be filming that this week. Head on over to his blog for more.
One more fan project in the works, this one comes from concept artist Xavier Garcia. Garcia is in the process of sketching out many of the people, places and events of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. While he’s doing his art independently of the HBO series, it is still cool to see some concept art on our favorite characters. Plus the artwork is awesome. Follow his blog as he updates on his progress.
Last, but certainly not least, we have another set photo of the Castle Black set in Magheramorne quarry. This one comes courtesy of Zanthia2 on Twitter.
You can clearly see the part of the quarry wall that they have whitewashed to represent the icy Wall. I suspect this will be enhanced in post-production to make the Wall really impressive-looking. Click the cropped pic above for the full version.
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Now all we need is a former CIA analyst to dissect all the vague shapes and colors in the picture. Maybe evidence of GoT WMDs?
JohnQuote Reply
I don’t know why Mr.Campo is getting such a big push here lol…I must be missing something…doesn’t this guy have an agent ?
Coltaine777Quote Reply
I agree, it seems a little late to be jumping on the casting bandwagon when season one is so far in to production. Whatever to that other guy who posted all those videos? Did he ever get an audition?
BrothersBaratheonQuote Reply
BrothersBaratheon,
Theres always season 2.
sjweningsQuote Reply
Ran and I have been debating over at Westeros.org what the white structure above the white-washed quarry wall is. He thinks it might be a set for one of the way-castles at the Eyrie. I think it’s the top of the Wall set and that the “structure” in it is some artistic license they’ve taken, adding some sort of structure up there not mentioned in the books.
I think it could be some sort of wind shelter for the coldest, windiest nights up there walking the wall and/or a place where the winch for the cage/elevator they have is located. It’s not how it is described in the books, but I can see them making some little changes like this.
BrudeQuote Reply
Ran’s other suggestion is that it could be a set for the bottom of the Wall, that the gray area in the “structure” might be one of the gates through the Wall, itself.
BrudeQuote Reply
Hi folks, hope you liked the picture unfortunately my camera isn’t the best. If anyone over here has a decent camera you could probably get a really good picture from Islandmagee!! I will definitely be taking another trip there only this time i’ll be bringing binoculars!!! (sorry should have said my twitter name is Zanthia2)
PaulaMcQuote Reply
sjwenings,
Yeah, I’m hoping for a role in season 2. The parts I’d like to audition for don’t show up until the second book.
Many thanks to WiC for being so supportive!
GameofThronesJoe
GameOfThronesJoeQuote Reply
Brothers / sjwenings
Hopefully there’s a second season! Hopefully Martin finishes the books! just searched for the other actor, turns out he took his youtube videos down months ago. Avery Clark was his name. Turns out he’s been pretty busy playing Hamlet recently – found a Wall Street Journal review of him.
Avery Clark’s flamboyantly physical performance of the title role makes for one of the most theatrically potent Hamlets I’ve seen in a good many seasons, far fresher than last year’s Jude Law-powered Broadway production and more accessible to boot. Terry Teachout – Wall Street Journal.
Did he ever get an audition for Thrones?
T2Quote Reply
I agree with Ran, to me from that pic it does appear that HBO is taking a slightly different artistic aproach to Castle Black, it even looks more like an actual castle with a curtain wall. There is a large structure attached to the wall, it has the appearance of the bottom of a tower or keep, then it appears to drop down ten feet to a short curtain wall segment and that connects to a smaller tower base then another short curtain wall segment then an identical tower base before ending in the wood backdrop screen.
I cannot really decipher that top structure though, it appears to be a gate like you have suggested and the whitewashed area next to it is roughly 12-15 feet in height, so it could be the top of the wall, the final waystop to Eyrie or the opposite side of the wall, so all of you have had good logical viewpoints.
TysnowQuote Reply
Xavier Garcia works for Electronic Arts, a giant in the game development industry. His portrayal of some of the characters is not what I envisioned, but it’s still high quality stuff.
Jaqen H’GharQuote Reply
GameOfThronesJoe,
I didn’t mean to rain on your parade Joe…I do think it’s cool your going for it…goodluck
Coltaine777Quote Reply
PaulaMc,
Hallo Paula!
Thank you very much for the photo.
It is great thing you Irish people are doing for the fandom.
We love you :)
The RabbitQuote Reply
T2,
Thanks T2 for bringing that here.
I recall all Avery s video auditions for GoT.
He is big fan of ASOIAF.
I am very glad that he has success.
Hey guys, we got Hamlet among us :)
The RabbitQuote Reply
I too would put Joe in the Mance Rayder category, though unless he has that British Film Equity thing going for him (or was it Irish Equity? I forget), it’s going to be an uphill battle just getting an audition. The Rabbit mentioned Avery Clark, who I remember from way back, who worked his ass off trying to get an audition… but no, not a sniff.
Not British.
And it’s not that they’re not taking non-Brits, it’s that their first choices for any of the minor roles are all local. You see them going outside the box only when they need very specific types (say, an extremely talented dwarf actor, or a 7′ muscleman). Nina Gold and co. have remained consistent in this to say the least.
So I’m not here to throw a wet blanket on Joe, who I find to be very charismatic and likely talented. But I think the only chance he would have at scoring an audition would be if we really get behind him on Winter Is Coming and make him hard to ignore.
Which I’m all for, provided he can act. So I’d like to see Joe’s rendition of Mance … and maybe throw in some Edd Tollet for diversity.
Yea High (FaBio)
About Yea HighQuote Reply
I am gonna throw here another idea for Joe:
The pitty is that I do not recall now the name of the character, but I am sure AYH would know.
The Shae s bard. The guy Tyrion sent Bronn after him.It is likely that they are gonna cast him for S2, because of relationship of Tyrion and Shae.
The RabbitQuote Reply
The Rabbit,
I think that was Symon Silvertongue? “For hands of gold are always cold, but a lady’s hands are warm”. :)
LexQuote Reply
Lex,
Yes, that is him.
Thanks.
The RabbitQuote Reply
He’s got the insouciance for Symeon, definitely.
BrudeQuote Reply
Does nobody there got a telephoto lens?
SinnfreiQuote Reply
Joe looks like he’d be good as Symeon. The role would be a bit of an ironic commentary on how he landed it. Assuming he does. Which I hope he will.
GaRQuote Reply
Let’s be careful not to confuse SYMON Silvertongue (opportunistic singer) with SYMEON Star-Eyes (legendary knight).
Gotta love GRRM and his insanely huge cast of characters. :)
LexQuote Reply
Lex,
Roger that. I hate it when people misspell character names too >_<
GaRQuote Reply
Break a leg Joe. Nice to have a complete unknown get a good part.
marycQuote Reply
I love this photo, and I love that Joe is trying and you guys have shown support so far…hopefully he does a great job in the actual acting bits of his little audition web series. I’m sad to hear about that Brits only thing, admittedly…as I too, am putting all my efforts (work-wise, exercise-wise, etc) into hopefully getting even an audition for Season 2. I’m able to do most english-speaking accents fairly well (Irish, Scottish, English, etc), but this news still definitely isn’t thrilling to say the least.
Still…I know I plan to keep working hard and hoping for the best, and at the very least enjoying the hard work and stories from everyone already involved. I wish them the best, as well as Joe in his endeavors. I think it’s great that people are already this excited about even trying…and Castle Black already looks great!
And lastly of course, thank you again to WiC for your dedication and updates. Great work, gentlemen.
All the best,
Jake Stormoen
http://www.jakestormoen.com
Jake StormoenQuote Reply
Details mean nothing to a pirate. Dammit, Joe, you go get that role.
Perhaps an audition tape with a good wink in it. You look like a potential winker.
SteveThePirate2Quote Reply
Yeah, the british equity thing is gonna be a big problem for Joe. Past that, the other problem is most of the parts he’s mentioned are a bit older than he looks, though with a good enough performance he could pull out an Osha for Mance or Dolorious Edd. Symon Silvertongue only seems better because the age is closer. Now, I’d like to see him audition for a Kettleback, as they seem to be our three stooges of season 2, and seeing that impish attitude get owned by Tywin’s “I have been many places, but none of them named here, or there.” in season 3 would just be awesome.
Unfortunately, barring him being skilled in an appropriate instrument, I’m just not seeing a way out of that Equity thing. Though it is notable that there hasn’t yet been any bad comments about his performance. WiC readers have never been reluctant to pour on bad reviews when they don’t like people’s youtube auditions, so this all positives so far thing shouldn’t be shrugged off as unimportant. As far as I’m concerned, it means cracking that Equity thing on performance alone isn’t yet impossible, but the actual auditions would have to push it up even one more notch from the good stuff he’s already put out.
Critical GeekQuote Reply
Critical Geek,
Can’t tell you how thrilled I am about the positive feedback from ASOIAF fans.
Just a note on British Equity, I checked into it and I actually qualify for membership as I’ve been a member of both Actor’s Equity and Screen Actor’s Guild in the US, and I performed in a few small movies and theatre tours as well.
http://www.equity.org.uk/HowToJoin/default.aspx
Since my videos have been posted, I’ve gotten a few messages from people in the states who have connections to people that actually have a say in casting, saying they will help me get in the door. I haven’t pushed these connections yet, because the time isn’t ripe… Soon though. Very soon…
I’m convinced that all I really need is support from you all, and so, for now, as long as I have that, I’m happy as a dwarf in Shea.
GameofThrones
GameOfThronesJoeQuote Reply
Filthy but funny! ;)
Jackie MacPhersonQuote Reply
Thanks for the picture Paula!
NymeriaQuote Reply
As for Joe Campo, I believe the support he gets right now is mainly due to the entertaining nature of his videos and the humouristic approach he ‘s taking.
Of vourse there hasn’t been much critic for now, because he hasn’t published an actual audition yet. We haven’t seen him act.
The campaign concept is fun and he comes out as a nice and charismatic guy.
So yeah, I like him. Hopefully when we see his actual audition, people won’t bash him too much.
And that’s just my explanation of the almost unanimous pro-Jos Campo movement we’ve seen up to now.
And his qualification for the Britich equity is good news for him.
NymeriaQuote Reply
All this fan work is awesome, and as a fan of the series I love seeing it.
My question is, what can we do to make the series successful? I mean if every fanboy and fangirl buys the DVDs and gets HBO just for this show it doesn’t seem likely there will be a second season let alone push GRRM to finish the books. What can we do to branch out and publicize the series in forums and blogs that aren’t just ASoIF sites?
DigDougQuote Reply
Paul, thanks very much for the photo!! Also thanks to all the folks in Ireland giving us some visibility into production with scouting and pictures. It’s a whole lot of fun.
Hilario, great job with your music. Make it your own way and have fun with it, my friend.
Brad SheltonQuote Reply
Nymeria,
You’re absolutely right, Nymeria. I better put my money where my mouth is. :) Granted, its all acting, kind of. I mean, if I was really that schizophrenic, they’d lock me away.
GameofThronesJoe
GameofThronesJoeQuote Reply
Good lord, yet another bugger that follows the BFS school of thought.
I don’t know about you fellows, but this Xavier Garcia fellow’s works have nothing on Komarck (and Nasmith, but he didn’t draw ASOIAF people). Komarck’s depictions of the Lannisters were pretty much bang on and he managed to work in historically plausible arms and armour to boot. XG
RogerQuote Reply
Also, I’d like to address this bit.
‘The series never says that it has a realistic look, …’
I think that the fact that people can MOVE while clad in their armour and USE their weapons is a major clue. : /
RogerQuote Reply
GameofThronesJoe,
I should have been clearer (and reread myself better — so many typos!)
We haven’t seen you act a scene or read any lines from the book yet. What you do is fun for now, but some of us become quite protective when it comes to any attempt to interpret this almost sacred book content we all love so much…
Not that I’m one to bash much, just an observation of how previous auditions were recieved.
So getting on our good side before is a good strategy I think :)
NymeriaQuote Reply
Roger,
Once I looked up Komarck’s art for ASOIAF, I can say Agreed on all counts. For anyone that hasn’t seen Kormarck’s art yet, here is a flickr gallery I found of his ASOIAF pieces. Stunning!!
Brad SheltonQuote Reply
I’m not so sure about Komarck. I don’t like Cersei at all, and am neutral about Tyrion. I do, however, like his Tywin and Jaime quite a bit.
LexQuote Reply
So, HBO has posted a behind the scenes video of its upcoming shows, I hope this link works: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/video.php?v=423979759911&comments
Consider yourselves Buzzed with news from behind the scenes of Boardwalk Empire, Bored to Death, Eastbound & Down, In Treatment, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Time with Bill Maher, and True Blood Season 4.
I almost choked, this was before I read the description, alas, no Game Of Thrones.
Still, thought it was worth mentioning:)
John EngedalQuote Reply
Okay, I should have looked at those other pics first. I didn’t realize he was the artist who did the Sky Cell, and Ned in the Godswood. I absolutely love those two shots. I also like the other landscapes and castle paintings he’s done.
I guess I’m just not big on the Cersei one. She looks like some cheesy 1980′s model to me.
LexQuote Reply
John Engedal,
DONT CLICK that link, click this, I hope
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/video.php?v=423979759911&comments
John EngedalQuote Reply
Very cool to have the first photo of the wall. And I’m betting that the structure at the top of the of that terrace is some kind of rigging for the working cage lift and cameras. I don’t think it’s the top of the wall because of the paint not going up to the top of the terrace. Another set all together is a good possibility too. Someone needs a telephoto lens.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
John Engedal,
ok, just copy and paste, sorry for the triple post thingy.
John EngedalQuote Reply
Roger,
Brad Shelton,
I absolutely love Komarck as well, as is evident by the flickr gallery I created that Brad linked to in his comment. However, I also like Garcia’s more comic-y style as a nice change of pace. It would be cool to see this realized as a stylistic RPG or something of that nature.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Lex,
For me his Cersei is EXACTLY how I pictured Cersei when reading the books. Same with Tywin and Jaime. I wish I could get my hands on an old copy of the ASOIAF calender he did. I’d love to have it just for the pictures.
Speaking of, I recently got a copy of the 2011 Ice and Fire calender and it is absolutely gorgeous. One more reason to look forward to 2011…
Avalanche3319Quote Reply
John Engedal,
Thanks for the link, John. Surprised that they have True Blood season 4 in there considering it hasn’t even started filming yet and won’t be airing until next June!
Hey HBO, wouldn’t it be better to include some behind-the-scenes glimpses at your highly-anticipated new medieval fantasy series that will be airing in March and has already been filming for a month instead?
Maybe they have something even bigger planned. Hopefully.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Ah, I bet they’ll have something special up their sleeves for us.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
dizzy_34,
You’re probably right. The good news is, once Boardwalk Empire premieres in a few weeks, Game of Thrones will be the next big drama series in line to get the marketing push.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Well I’ll be watching that night for sure. I would bet they do another ramp up show for Boardwalk Empire like they did for True Blood this year.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Komarck hits all the right notes with me because he got the characters as I envisioned them, and his fantasy illustrations have the appearance of historical authenticity (as the folks who did Rome put it). I’m a bit of a history buff, and it always pains me to see artists refuse to use historical examples of arms and armour for reference because it doesn’t look ‘fantasy’ enough. The suit of armour that Komarck’s rendition of Loras is wearing wouldn’t look out of place among the more ornate examples in any museum, and that’s exactly what I like about his style.
If such a project did come to fruition, I’d be too busy raging at the art in that RPG book to play the game properly. I’m already mildly miffed at the art direction that Green Ronin took for their game. :P
RogerQuote Reply
Roger,
Agreed that the historical authenticity comes through strongly. What amazes me is that Kormarck combines this naturalism with a dynamic edge — when called for — that beats the “anime style” artists at their own game. For example, this cover he did for a limited edition of Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon. Stupendous badassery.
As for his ASOIAF.. I really like the landscapes and structures. Tyrion in the sky cell is amazing. And his Jaime especially.. what an amazing vision. Of course, the art looks so amazing because GRRM provided such evocative situations and characters in the first place. A winning combination.
Brad SheltonQuote Reply
Brad Shelton,
That Gardens of the Moon covers is incredible. I know Anomander Rake is the ultimate badass, but there he damn near transcends badassery, without looking all anime and over the top.
I assume that’s Rake, anyway :P
Komarck’s stuff in general is excellent. The only one I take issue with is his Tyrion, who looks too old, but that’s a minor point; everything else is on the insane side of way too awesome.
GaRQuote Reply
GaR,
You’d look old too if you had to spend any amount of time in those sky cells. :P
RogerQuote Reply
Okay, contrary to my earlier statements, I now officially love Michael Komarck’s art! :) I’m still iffy on a couple faces (Tyrion looks a bit old, Cersei looks a bit 1980′s), but that Anomander Rake image is awesome.
However, THIS Anomander Rake image is even better! And also by Komarck.
Lastly, I just discovered a hilarious coincidence. Just this morning I finally read H.P. Lovecraft’s story “The Call of Cthulhu”, and afterwards I found some really cool Cthulhu images, which I set as my desktop background . This was earlier today, but I had no idea until right now that they were ALSO by Komarck! Ha! :D
LexQuote Reply
There seem to be two versions of that awesome Anomander Rake illustration.
Version 1
Version 2
Can’t decide which I like more. Both are epic.
LexQuote Reply
That book, “The Gardens of the moon” is it good? I’m looking for new fantasy to read and you all seem quite exited!
Cristian Far ArnedoQuote Reply
Lex,
Great Cthulhu art! Every time I see more of Komarck’s art for/about books, I get the strong feeling that he has taken the time to read the books and really knows the essence of the characters / situations. He really seems to capture that, instead of providing stock characters and generic misty landscapes. It goes beyond being an “accurate picture” of character x y or z.. he really taps into what these great writers put into their worlds.
Of the 2 variations on Rake, I think I like Version 2.
Cristian Far Arnedo,
Gardens of the Moon is a great read. It is the 1st in the Malazan Books of the Fallen series. It is not the same tone as ASOIAF, it deals very little with human drama which defines the story of Ed Stark. But the Malazan books have their own appeal. Epic swords & sorcery, protracted military campaigns, the world seen through the eyes of implacable demigods and hapless infantrymen.. often sharing the same scene. The first 3 books of that series are among my very favorites.
Brad SheltonQuote Reply
The Malazan Book of the Fallen is a great read. Different to aSoIaF, but if anything even more epic. It is a bit hard to get into; Gardens of the Moon drops you straight into the middle of a story already in progress and if you don’t hit the ground running it can be pretty confusing with the many characters and locations to keep track of.
GaRQuote Reply
Sounds really good, intricate, epic and complicated, and I like that, so I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks!!!
Cristian Far ArnedoQuote Reply
I am going to try out for Jaqen H’Ghar
Chris ThomasQuote Reply