The Mountain Game Of Thrones Change Actor. And from season 4 he s been played by professional strongman hafþór júlíus björnsson. Something might look different on your favorite fantasy series this season.
He actually lobbied for a role in the show and auditioned for khal drogo before he won the part of gregor. Gregor clegane nicknamed the mountain that rides or simply the mountain is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by american author george r. Though some of the characters are minor enough that fans probably missed the change bigger roles were slyly replaced with similar looking actors.
Martin and its television adaptation game of thrones in the books the character is initially introduced in 1996 s a game of thrones he subsequently appeared in a clash of kings 1998 a storm of swords.
This was his first main acting role and he is the third person to depict the character after conan stevens played the role in season 1 and ian whyte in season 2. He turned out to be too expensive and left game of thrones for the hobbit. He actually lobbied for a role in the show and auditioned for khal drogo before he won the part of gregor. The mountain actor towers over his 5ft 2 wife at game of thrones premiere emma kelly thursday 4 apr 2019 12 22 pm share this article via facebook share this article via twitter share this article.