Actors You Didn’t Know Were Almost Cast in ‘Game of Thrones’ (Including an Oscar Winner)
We’ve come to know Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen and Kit Harington as Jon Snow. But who were the actors who auditioned or refused roles on Game of Thrones? With the premiere of the HBO series now over, we can’t help but look back at eight-plus 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. Well, they include a two-time Oscar winner (one of which was won in 2019), a former Hunger Games star and a cult-favorite actress from a beloved ’90s sci-fi.
We can’t imagine anyone other than Maisie Williams, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau and Gwendoline Christie as Arya Stark,...
