Casting Ygritte - Candidates
March 24, 2012I delayed putting up this casting post
weeks ago, since they’d already given us a handful of solid casting
announcements (Brienne, Stannis, Melisandre), and it felt like we were about to
get a ton more.
Alas, that has not materialized (a possibly-renamed Asha and a nonexistent Lannister don’t really count), and so we are forced to speculate away! We will stop speculating when the full season two cast list is announced. (At which point we will then begin speculating on season three!)
Today is Ygritte! (Yes, okay, the picture is slightly spoiler-y, but … it’s by far the best I could find, and really, more of a teaser than a spoiler.) Ygritte is a “flame-kissed” wildling woman, scrappy and opinionated. She’s described by Tower of the Hand as “short and bandy-legged with a round face, small hands, a pug nose, with shaggy bright red hair. Her teeth are crooked.” Rumor has it she may be more than just a Jon Snow stab victim—she could even be a love interest! More than likely this role will be filled by a young unknown actress, but possibly one of our suggestions will inspire. Let’s take a look at some of House Gatewatch’s candidates:
Hannah Murray, 22, a popular English actress from the Skins television series (the British one, not the horrible American version). She garnered some acclaim for the 2010 film Chatroom. While she doesn’t strike me as especially athletic, Murray has a pretty good range of facial tricks, as well as (I would say) having Ygritte-esque teeth. Her schedule seems open, having just wrapped Wings and Little Glory, with nothing as yet on the horizon. Assuming she can be trained to move confidently with a spear or bow in hand, Murray might do well here.
Posted by foyona.