I knew absolutely nothing about Alfie when this process began, except that he had done some kickass readings for us. His audtion for Theon was particularly strong, especially the scene where Theon returns to Pyke to confront his father Balon (no, that won't be in the pilot, but it was a great scene to use in the sides).
After he was cast, of course, I went to learn more about him on the internet, and discovered all sorts of interesting things. Like the fact that he replaced Daniel Radcliffe as the lead in the West End production of EQUUS, which became one clue -- he has something in common with Harry Potter. Also, he's the young brother of the British pop star Lily Allen. One of her first hits starred Alfie -- being played by a puppet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX57zpr
(Sorry, embedding is disabled on that one, but check it out. I confess, I am not exactly an authority on today's music, and I had never heard of Lily Allen before Alfie was cast. But in the past couple of weeks I have become a huge fan of her music, especially "Alfie" and "Not Fair." Be warned, though, her songs have plenty of explicit lyrics).
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When I first read the rumors that Alfie could've been cast as Theon I didn't really know what to think of it and he wasn't my favorite by looks.
I have full confidence in the casting directors and those who make the final picks, and seeing as Alfie has been in EQUUS he surely has good acting skills.
And congratulations on becoming a Lily Allen fan..! :)
Now there's an actor i would love to see cast ;) Actually, both father AND daughter (the daughter was particularly good in "Dead Set", Channel 4's comedy/horror about a zombie plague and how it affects the inhabitants of the Big Brother household...)
So reassuring that you are involved in the casting process and that they are doing such a wonderful job of mixing up the cast with actors that are well-known, little known, and completely unknown. I'm really looking forward to watching all the various group dynamics with the characters.
Keith played the Sheriff of Nottingham on the recent BBC's Robin Hood series and I think he'd be a good choice to play Tywin Lannister. He's a great actor, and can pull off the ambitious 'villain' quite well.
And he's already bald.
Just a thought.
I'm also suggesting it now:
Keith Allen as Balon Greyjoy
Would make a lot of sense :-)
I detect significance here. HBO may be casting peronalities that best fit. He should have no trouble acting the part as it will be very familiar.