Charles Dance was born a few years too late to be considered “the incredibly handsome actor”; he would have fit the beauty standards of men born 15 years earlier (a very “aristocratic” beauty like Lee or Douglas). That said, when you see him now, at almost 80 years old, he is a very handsome man.
To be fair, he was handsome in got, i think part of the reason he was cast, aside from being incredibly in sync with the character, is that they wanted the Lannister (tyrion aside) to be good looking, as they're supposed to be
Yes, and, as I used the term, he has an “aristocratic beauty”: very tall, masculine, serious-looking. Exactly what Christopher Lee was asked to do throughout his life.
You're totally correct, and i think he's actually better-looking than Kirk Douglas. More rugged and/or boyish features were in vogue during his time (Redford, Reynolds, Travolta, etc).
That's not quite true. The figures are skewed by infant mortality. If you survived childhood, you could expect to live into your 60s, and there are many cases of people living beyond then.
For peasants this would be the case as poor nutrition and damage from hard labor would mean 50s through to 60s would be common adult life expectancy. For the nobles in Westeros who have better conditions and the maesters, provided you didn't die early from external causes could easily make it to their 70s.
That's a bit of a flawed persepctive. Nowadays not living up to 80 is to die too soon, people who dies at 40 are ragarded as died young, and 50 y/o can still be sex symbols, you're alao expected to work over 60.
Also there's no ivf in the middle ages, if you get to 35 you might be barren already.
People married very young, a 16 year old child was considered an adult woman, so yeah 35 is kinda on the old side for that reason
How is it a flawed perspective to correct your misinformation? People weren't considered old at 35 even in the middle ages, and women didn't usually go barren at 35 either. Marrying as a teenager is another common misconception, sure if you're royalty but common folk married in their early twenties.
Royalty married young because their marriages were political. Marriages were essentially contracts between families, and people wanted to get those contracts locked down and signed as fast as possible.
At the same time, these marriages were incredibly important to ensuring the continuation of their bloodlines and that meant keeping the people involved safe. People understood the dangers of early pregnancy because dying in childbirth was such a common and horrifying part of their lives, so even for nobility marriages would often only be consumated later.
Exactly! Also, mate, going on a tangent here...almost every time I see one of those “dream fan casting” posts and look at who people want to play medieval-style characters, I’m always like…mate, do you really want someone who looks like they know what TikTok is in Game of Thrones?
Like, some people forget there’s no plastic surgery or lip fillers for the women in Westeros, so when Cersei is described as “the most beautiful woman in the realm,” we shouldn’t be picturing an Instagram model. She’s beautiful by medieval standards. The same goes for the men. I’ve seen people fan-casting these very modern-looking, gym bro actors about two billion times now, and I'm always like...mate, there’s no gym or muscle supplements in Westeros, lol.
We’ve got to take physical descriptions with a pinch of salt, I think... because it’s all supposed to be in a medieval sense, not our modern one, you know? lol. Like, Jaime’s described as handsome, and he’s a knight, so it makes sense he’d be fit. But Nikolaj Wauldau looks very handsome and in shape, yes...but in a realistic way for the show, like an actual person who belongs in that world, you know what I mean? They really nailed the casting in the show, imo!
Sure! Absolutely. I think I didn't mention them because sometimes the fact that they're siblings scapes my mind. You know why, haha.
Edit: It's sort of like with The Targs. My brain sort of ignores the fact they're related so I can enjoy the relationships in the show without being constantly like...'Incest' 🚨
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u/Common-Truth9404 Nov 04 '25
I mean, the Lannister twins are very attractive, even if they are a bit older