George R. R. Martin has announced on his blog that actress Gwendoline Christie has been cast as Brienne.
The character of Brienne, Maid of Tarth, is described in the books as psysically unappealing, cruelly nicknamed “Brienne the Beauty.” EW.com describes her as “a large and piggish-looking woman with an awkward personality,” but notes that she is none the less a fan favourite due to her tough personality that the fact that she is skilled with a sword and longs to be a knight.
Author George R. R. Martin writes of the casting decision, which he was heavily involved with:
This was another one of those cases where there was hardly any debate. The day the first batch of auditions went up for the role, we looked at a dozen actresses who were reading for Brienne and one actress who WAS Brienne. Gwendoline gave a great reading, and her look was just perfect. No, when she auditioned, she did not look she does in the photo above. She came in looking… well, like Brienne.
Gwendoline Christie is a fairly new actress, her only IMDb credit being for “Classy Shopper 2” in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. None the less, we look forward to seeing her in the second season of HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones series!
Source: EW.com.
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