These Game of Thrones Audition Stories Will Make You Love the Cast Even More

In a 2014 Reddit AMA, Dinklage divulged that he wasn't so sure about the series at first: "I had one hesitation, because of the fantasy genre, I told him I didn't want a really long beard and pointy shoes, and they assured me this character and this world wasn't that. They told me about his complexity, the fact that he wasn't a hero or a villain, that he was a womanizer and a drinker, and they painted a flawed and beautiful portrait of him, so I signed on."