{"id":3464,"date":"2009-08-12T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2017-09-22T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:51:16","slug":"dutch-treats-and-casting-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2009\/08\/12\/dutch-treats-and-casting-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Treats and Casting Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Music: Too Good to be True<\/b><br \/>Yes, three more roles have been cast for the GAME OF THRONES pilot, as David Benioff and Dan Weiss announced over on Westeros.<\/p>\n<p>No, I can&#8217;t tell you who they are.  HBO will make the announcements in due time, I&#8217;m sure.  When?  I don&#8217;t know.  Tomorrow, next week, next month.  They don&#8217;t consult with me.  As I write this, I am aware of five parts that have been cast but not yet announced, but there could well be more.  Things are moving quickly now.  And of course, casting a role is not just a matter of picking an actor.  Even after you decide who you want, there are offers and counter-offers, contract negotiations, a whole delicate dance that goes on.  It is never wise to leak things prematurely.  Sometimes that can actually throw a monkey wrench into the process.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited about the choices, though.<\/p>\n<p>What can I say?  Not much.  <\/p>\n<p>Maybe a few hints&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The five roles&#8230; well, we have cast Jaime Lannister and Theon Greyjoy, I let that slip in Montreal&#8230; the three new ones are all females.  A couple small roles, but very important ones.  One player has something in common with Ned.  One has something in common with Harry Potter.  One is not a boney pop singer.  Shows can get cancelled and so can characters, but two of them have been seen on American tv recently.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all you&#8217;re getting from me, until HBO blows the trumpet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music: Too Good to be TrueYes, three more roles have been cast for the GAME OF THRONES pilot, as David Benioff and Dan Weiss announced over on Westeros. No, I can&#8217;t tell you who they are. HBO will make the announcements in due time, I&#8217;m sure. When? I don&#8217;t know. Tomorrow, next week, next month. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[256,15],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3465,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions\/3465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}