D&D don't want the actors reading the books

This actually explains a lot. Clearly D&D have been swept away with the IT and Casterly Rock. You can tell it's hard for them to film scenes and not toss a few Lannisters in the front of the camera.

We have lions in Dorne, lions in Meereen... I heard Lancel will be the one giving Bran the weirwood paste when he weds the trees, and Tommen is already on his way to Braavos to become a Faceless Man with Arya.

No wonder show-Jorah looks and acts so much differently than book-Jorah, it turns out he's Tywin's bastard! He was raised by Jeor, but relinquished Longclaw. Now he's in Essos trying to recover Brightroar and prove he's his father's heir. It all makes sense now.

The sale itself was not without a degree of hypocrisy. LOL

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Speaking from a theatrical/director's POV, you want your cast to all be on the same page. If you're taking a different interpretation than the source material, if someone comes in with the source material as their foundation, it's going to be hard to deal with.

Some actors can get particularly difficult to deal with if you have conflicting interpretations of character. It all comes down to having unity in a production team, which makes it easier to film and perform if everyone is on the same page.

Aka, the model of the director or even the show runners in this case having an "artistic vision" and forcing everyone to that vision's will, by being a bit of a dictator is inherent in the design.

But lately I've been noticing this model has become more and more prominent lately, while in earlier times I believe there was more collaborative effort.

That's cool, I didn't know he did that.

Lol at that badge of honor! I remember them days.

if i had a desk pounding laugh icon, i would use one... although that was also fitting, i was actually going for Dungeons & Dragons

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