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Billy Bones going to Game of Thrones


Ser Tom Hopper is taking over the role of Samwell (Gamgee?) Tarly's brother. Small role but it will be great seeing him on GOT!

He must've made quite a few GOT friends while doing "Barbarians Rising"

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What a waste

Put LeVar Burton on Money

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How so?

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He's appearing as a supporting character's supporting character's supporting character. He'll probably be given nothing to do. Which with the way the writing has been going is probably a saving grace. But it'll suck going from a great main role like Billy Bones to a bit player.

Put LeVar Burton on Money

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Ah, ok, but I beg to differ.

He may be playing a BIT role, but "Black Sails" itself is a BIT show compared to "Game of Thrones." How many people know about this pirate show? And now Tom Hopper will be in an even bigger show, with bigger exposure.

I don't know him personally, but I bet when they called him up to ask him to do a little something on freaking Game of mother-effing Thrones, the last thing on his mind was, "pfft! What a waste!"

Bit role but I'm glad he's got it and I hope he kills with it.

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His Game of Thrones character dies in this season, so it's definitely only a small part.

Tom Hopper should have been one of the leads in the new season/reboot of Strike Back..

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Maybe he'll learn how to act on GoT.

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No way. he got MORE than enough acting practice in THIS Oscar-bait movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YPPDyHWaDk

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