we have come to know about emilia clarke as daenerys targaryen and Kit Harington as Jon Snow but who are the actors who auditioned or refused roles on Game of Thrones with the ending of HBO series eighth and final season we can't help but look back at eight years
ago when the show was still casting and finding the now household name actors who play Cersei Lannister Sansa Stark and more so who were these actors who auditioned for Game of Thrones roles once upon a time we can't imagine anyone other than Missy Williams Nikolaj coster-waldau and Gwendolyn
Christy as Arya Stark Jaime Lannister and line of Todd but as Hollywood would have it they were not the only actors to have auditioned for the rules several well-known stars have also considered Game of Thrones as the next career move and though they were not offered the part
in the end but their audition stories are still interesting to hear from those who turn down the roles two actors who were recast after the pilot check out the actors were almost cast on Game of Thrones Sam Claflin audition for the role of Jon Snow and Viserys Targaryen
Claflin best known for his role as Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games franchise he revealed in a 2016 interview with cinema Blanc that he auditioned for two Game of Thrones roles Jon Snow and Viserys Targaryen even though he was not cast in the end Gillian Anderson auditioned for
the role of Scelzi lannister best known for her role in the x-files Anderson was offered the role of Cersei Lannister who is played by Lena Headey very beautifully the offer came at the same time as an offer for Downton MA Anderson did not confirm which Game of Thrones
characters she was offered but fans have theorized it was none other than Queen Cersei Tamzin merchant auditioned for the role of Daenerys Targaryen merchants best known for her role on the Tudors was actually cast as Daenerys before Emilia Clarke and filmed a pilot of the show she was
recast after creators David Benioff and DB Weiss received a lot of negative feedback for the pilot and were forced to reshoot it one of the big changes was the recasting of Daenerys therefore no official reason has ever been given about a recasting Jennifer Ehle auditioned for the role
of Kaitlin stock like merchant Elle who has starred in The King's Speech and fifty Shades of Grey was originally cast as Catelyn Stark for Game of Thrones pilot she eventually turned down the role before it made it to the series so she could spend more time with a
newborn daughter at that time which is when Michelle Fairley was recast as the stark maitreya Sam Hyuga audition for the role of Loras Tyrell and Renly Baratheon hyoga and best known for his role in Outlander audition for several roles including Loras Tyrell Renly Baratheon and few members of
the Nights Watch in an interview with vulture he revealed that he auditioned for the show seven times in the enter he is not mad that he wasn't cast in any of the seven rules he explained that the game of Thrones audition experience gave him enough confidence to land
the lead of Outlander is a small audition for the role of Sansa Stark is his small who will start in never let me go and Snow White and the Huntsman was almost cast as Sansa Stark she revealed that she was neck-and-neck with sophie Turner until HBO cutter in
the final two Lily Allen auditioned for the role of Yara Greyjoy unlike the other actors on this list Alan already has a connection to Game of Thrones as her brother Alfie Allen plays Theon Greyjoy so when HBO was casting for Theon sister Yara Greyjoy the first person it
went to was his real life systems Alan revealed that she turned down the offer after she learned that it would have to involve some inappropriate touching with a real-life brother max Tom audition for the role of Stannis Baratheon according to Digital Spy strong who starred as the villain
in 2019 Shazam was offered the role of Stannis Baratheon he turned down the role however after he was cast as the lead it AMC's low winter Sun which was cancelled after one season strong has not commented on the casting but it's been reported by several sites so okay
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