sir ian murray mckellen played ser davos in game of thrones.
sir ian murray mckellen played ser davos in game of thrones.
who plays ser davos in game of thrones?
sir ian murray mckellen
emerging as the fourth claimant to the throne is the estranged brother of the late king robert, stannis baratheon (stephen dillane). the foreign priestess melisandre, portrayed by carice van houten poses as an influential, yet manipulative advisor to stannis. van houten was previously asked (but unable) to audition for the role of cersei in season one. while her character retains her signature red robes and hair, unlike in the novels melisandre is not portrayed as having red eyes, making her appear somewhat more human. liam cunningham stars as ser davos seaworth, the "onion knight", a bannerman of stannis and a former smuggler. cunningham had already been in talks for a role in the first season. as he is left-handed, his davos has the fingers of the right hand shortened, unlike in the novels where his left hand is crippled. in an interview, cunningham said that a lot of new dialogue had to be written for his character, because in the novels davos, a point-of-view character, is portrayed more through his thoughts than through his actions. these three characters headed a new storyline set on a different location, that by the end of the season merged with the main plot.
game of thrones (season 2)
"second sons" received critical acclaim. review aggregator rotten tomatoes surveyed 20 reviews of the episode and judged 100% of them to be positive with an average score of 8 out of 10. the website's critical consensus reads, " 'second sons' shines through efficient storytelling -- and a comparatively low number of storylines to keep track of this week." writing for ign, matt fowler rated the episode a 9.0/10, and wrote "this week's well-crafted and wonderfully acted game of thrones gave us a cold wedding, a hot bath and a blood-letting." he especially praised the scenes between sansa and tyrion and between ser davos and stannis. david sims and emily vanderwerff, both writing for the a.v. club, gave the episode "b" ratings. sims was frustrated by the episode's meandering pace, but praised the end of the episode, with sam killing the white walker, as "the most crucial, fascinating, electric moment of the night". vanderwerff praised the use of nudity in the episode, writing "...i actually think game of thrones has gotten quite a bit better at utilizing nudity and sex in the midst of everything else as a method of telling its story. it’s come a long way from the 'sexposition' days of season one, when it sometimes seemed like the series would toss some breasts into the background of a scene just in case we got bored of hearing somebody talk at length."
second sons