Ciarán is an amazing actor, but I really don't care for what the show did with this character. Far too different.
Tell me about it. Ciarán is great, but completely miscast. I'd actually cast Ciarán more as Randyll Tarly or maybe even Roose Bolton, if I wanted to pull upon his talents that he displayed in Ivanhoe (1997). And if I wanted to get his Captain Wentworth talents, I'd cast him more likely as Beric Dondarrion.