The Mountain Game Of Thrones Change. Last night s episode of the hit hbo show had death pervy pick up lines and a huge literally casting change. Why was the mountain recast multiple times throughout game of thrones the character whose real name was gregor clegane appeared in all but one season of the hbo series the mountain received his nickname due to his intimidating size and eventually became cersei s lone bodyguard by the end of the series.
The man hacking up prisoners and generally towering over everyone else in king s landing is hafþór júlíus thor björnsson the newest actor to take on the role of. In season one it was australian actor conan stevens. Throughout the series the mountain has been played by 3 actors.
In season 2 he was replaced by stuntman ian whyte.
In season one it was australian actor conan stevens. World s strongest man hafþór who played the villainous mountain on. In season 2 he was replaced by stuntman ian whyte. Due to his incredibly massive size he is called the mountain that rides or more often simply the mountain after being poisoned in a duel with oberyn martell gregor almost.