#and Tamzin Merchant

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Perioddrama Appreciation Week

Day 1: Favorite Tv Show: The Tudors

[glorianas]

TAMZIN MERCHANT as KATHERINE HOWARD

THE TUDORS (2010)

[sugurugetos]

Tamzin Merchant as CATHERINE HOWARD THE TUDORS — 4.01: Moment of Nostalgia (2010)

[arwen-evenstar]

Tamzin Merchant as Catherine Howard in The Tudors (2007–2010)

[mossytrashcan]

okay so the rumors that tamzin merchant will be playing shiera are like way too good to be true, but I’ve been losing sleep over the idea of her as a targ for years now, so I like needed to draw this

[thomascromwelll]

me and who?

Katherine Howard and Anne of Cleves in The Tudors | S04E02 'Sister'

[the-tvdors]

TAMZIN MERCHANT as KATHERINE HOWARD THE TUDORS | 'Bottom of The Pot' — S04E05

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Is there a comprehensive list of actors GRRM cites as faceclaims or is it all in disparate blog posts?

Most of it isn't in blog posts at all, it's things GRRM's said at conventions or interviews. (Note for anyone going "Them, really?", check the dates and what the actor looked like at the time.)

So, a quick list:

Sandor Clegane: Ron Perlman

Cersei Lannister: Nicole Kidman

Jaime Lannister: Cary Elwes

Tyrion Lannister: Peter Dinklage

Tywin Lannister: Kurtwood Smith or Robert Duvall

Renly Baratheon: Adrian Paul (also for young Robert)

Arianne Martell: Apollonia Kotero

Nymeria Sand: Janina Gavankar

Daenerys Targaryen: Tamzin Merchant

And sources:

November 2000, fan con report: "Pearlman, from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, would be great for Sandor. Best guy for Tywin: the father on THAT 70s SHOW and who was the father of the kid, who shot himself, in THE DEAD POETS SOCIETY (I think I spelled it all right)."

December 2003: "...I have a few people in mind. I think Nicole Kidman would be good as Cersei. I always liked Ron Perlman, the actor I worked with on 'The Beauty and the Beast’. He would be great as Sandor Clegane. Ron is very good in heavy make-up and he’s also a big, strong kind of guy. He has a great voice that he can do all sorts of wonderful things with. I think he would be terrific as the Hound. For Jamie Lannister, a couple of years ago I would have said Cary Elwes but he might be too old now. I don’t know…"

c. 2006: "Myself, I'd love to see Tywin played by Kurtwood Smith (as in DEAD POET'S SOCIETY) or Robert Duvall (THE GREAT SANTINI)."

July 2006, fan con report: "On being asked about "the casting game" (picking actors to play the characters), he said the only one who he would definitely choose was Ron Perlman to play Sandor "The Hound" Clegane because of Perlman's aptitude for acting through prosthetics."

February 2007, fan con report: "When asked about ideal casting choices, he formally endorsed the idea of Nicole Kidman playing Cersei. He says she has the perfect look for her. But it would never work, because where are you going to find a guy that looks like her to play Jaime? I really got a kick out of that. He also said Ron Perelman would be perfect as the Hound -- but I am pretty sure I had hears or read that somewhere before."

date/source uncertain, but c. 2007: "Adrian Paul and I actually worked together once, long before the Dreamsongs audiobook. Wonder if he remembers. Back then he had a great look for Renly…but of course, that was twenty years ago."

February 2008: "Much as I *cough* admire Salma Hayek, I picture Arianne as looking more like Appollonia Kotero, as she was around the time of PURPLE RAIN."

November 2008, Elio Garcia: "George has said in the past that Adrian Paul is Baratheonish in looks (years ago he said he could see him for a young Robert or Renly)"

May 2009: "Playing Tyrion Lannister will be Peter Dinklage, who was almost everyone's "dream casting" for the role (he certainly was mine)."

August 2009: "I know my readers play the casting game. Well, confession time, so do I. Ever since I began A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (way back in 1991, thought it wasn't until 1994 that I got writing in earnest), there was always a little part of me that would watch every television show and movie with one eye looking for actors and actresses who might work as my characters.

And so there I was, watching THE TUDORS (which I have VERY mixed feelings about, I confess), when Tamzin Merchant came on screen as the fifteen year old Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife. I sat up at once, thinking, "Hmmm, she could be a good candidate for Dany.""

July 2011, Janina Gavankar: "George just told me I look like Lady Nymeria." (additional link 1) (link 2)

[edwardseymour]

oh tamzin merchant queen of my heart 🩷

[tiny-librarian]

Instagram Stories from Tamzin Merchant. Even if she gets a couple facts a bit wrong (While quick lime was supposedly found in her grave, and no trace of her body, there's not actually any proof Henry ordered her to be destroyed, and she had a grave it was just unmarked) I think it's sweet how passionate she is about Katherine!

[palaceoftears]

what an insolent woman I have become. knowing exactly how sweet I am on a hungry man’s tongue, & handing him the stone of me.

-Brenna Twohy, swallowtail

[beneathxblackwaves]

The Nine Mistresses of Aegon IV:

→ Suki Waterhouse as Falena Stokeworth → Laura Donnelly as Merry Meg → Dominique McElligott as Cassella Vaith → Ebonee Noel as Bellegere Otherys → Flora Spencer-Longhurst as Barba Bracken → Katie McGrath as Mylessa Blackwood → Anne Hathaway as Bethany Bracken → Tamzin Merchant as Jeyne Lothston → Reese Witherspoon as Serenei of Lys

[glorianas]

TAMZIN MERCHANT as KATHERINE HOWARD in THE TUDORS (2010)

[annamarielabeau]

Just going to leave this here…

[catherinesboleyn]

My favorite Tudor costumes (25/37):

Katherine Howard’s red dress in The Tudors (2010)

[wulfhalls]

https://x.com/shierashinestar/status/1806307670489522631?t=caeD-yz9Xj9Ny7sHkZqspw&s=19

how do we feel about this?

huge if true and with huge if true I mean I need to be isolated on an island where no living soul can witness the breakdown id have if this were in fact real and true.........