Yeah, for a kid that young to play such a believable little sociopath. I feel safe betting they couldn't possibly have found anyone more fitting for that character.
He even had that villain charisma going in this episode. Not that it makes him more likeable, even in a "love to hate" way, but I always say if you're going to be an evil asshole, you'd better commit to it.
I'm rereading GoT right now, so I definitely see the softening of Sandor, but I don't mind much. A lot of characters have subtly been tweaked for the screen, and for the most part it works, because without the extra insight of povs a lot could have come off as...well, cartoonish. I doubt they'll actually go there with Sandor/Sansa, at least not beyond the unrequited/subtextual thing.
I actually liked the dragon birth (hey, it's TV, and it could have looked laugh-out fake), but I agree Dany's storyline has lost most of its coherence onscreen.
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Date: 2011-06-21 08:18 am (UTC)Yeah, for a kid that young to play such a believable little sociopath. I feel safe betting they couldn't possibly have found anyone more fitting for that character.
He even had that villain charisma going in this episode. Not that it makes him more likeable, even in a "love to hate" way, but I always say if you're going to be an evil asshole, you'd better commit to it.
I'm rereading GoT right now, so I definitely see the softening of Sandor, but I don't mind much. A lot of characters have subtly been tweaked for the screen, and for the most part it works, because without the extra insight of povs a lot could have come off as...well, cartoonish. I doubt they'll actually go there with Sandor/Sansa, at least not beyond the unrequited/subtextual thing.
I actually liked the dragon birth (hey, it's TV, and it could have looked laugh-out fake), but I agree Dany's storyline has lost most of its coherence onscreen.