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A 7.5 Foot Tall Actor is needed to play Ser Gregor Clegane "The Mountain That Rides" in the TV adaption of the fantasy book series "A Song Of Ice And Fire" by George R. R. Martin.
HBO has purchased the rights to the series as the books are too long and too indepth to be made into a 3 hour movie. Rumour is that it is to be written and exec produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Gregor Clegane is a huge knight a result of experiments by Qyburn who was working on a master project to build an "undefeatable
champion" . He ordered a massive suit of armor, too huge to
be worn by any human, for this purpose. His extended experiments on
Gregor Clegane seem to factor into the size of his final creation. Gregor Clegane is a demented, sadistic, calculating killer.
Now where are they going to find someone who can play a 7.5 foot tall knight?
That's a hard one, someon the play Ser Gregor Clegane "The Mountain That Rides", 7 1/2 feet tall with experience, ability to fight and move, hmmm...
Let us list the traits this actor would need and see if we can come up with someone:
1. The Actor Would Have To Be Tall, Preferrably Extremely Tall
2. He Would Have To Be Big And Strong As Well As Tall
3. He would have to be proficient in Sword fighting and other medieval style hand to hand combat.
 
4. A background in Fantasy or swords & sorcery would be advantageous
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5. Acting Experience
23 professional film shoots / 7 movies enough?
6. Intelligent enough to be able to portray the character correctly and not as a brute
Mensa Membership Would Qualify... right?
7. Available to work for an extended period in America on the TV series
Not Only WIlling But Begging
8. Able to speak English Fluently For An American Audience
ie No heavily accented Russian accents. I wonder if a slight Australian accent would be OK
9. Able to ride horses
20 years ago I could, I am sure I could pick it up quickly if need be
10. I want to work in a Song Of Ice and Fire, just call me for an audition as GREGOR CLEGANE!
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