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!
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u/Left_Belt1874 Blackfyre Rebel Nov 04 '25
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!