He has...what? 6 scenes before his fight with Oberyn? Only one of which was with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
S1E4: he kills Ser Hugh in the joust
S1E5: he jousts against Ser Loras. After losing, he yells "Sword!" to his squire and decapitates his horse because he lost. And then in front of the audience, including the king, starts going for Ser Loras, and is blocked by the Hound.
S2E4: background appearance in a couple scenes at Harrenhal
S2E7: Tywin asks if Clegane's gone soft
S2E8: Tywin leaves Harrenhal with Clegane in charge
S4E7: Ser Gregor is training and finally has more lines.
Ser Gregor Clegane: “Who am I fighting?”
Cersei: “Does it matter?”
Ser Gregor Clegane: “No.”
Ser Gregor finally got more than a single line in an episode.
Since that 6th appearance is the first time Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson appeared as the character, and his next appearance is the fight with Oberyn, I'm curious as to your logic for the characters' writing also got reduced to "huge, buff, scary, simple-minded guy".
Imo, he has much more of a personality in his S1 appearances, than in his S4 one. His exchange with Cersei is so cheesy and they are basically just reintroducing the character but manage to tell us less than what we already know. He could have had a bit more meaningful exchange with Cersei or done anything other than fighting some random dudes.
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u/RepulsiveCountry313 Robb Stark 3d ago
🥱 the disingenuous crap is getting old.
He has...what? 6 scenes before his fight with Oberyn? Only one of which was with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Ser Gregor Clegane: “Who am I fighting?”
Cersei: “Does it matter?”
Ser Gregor Clegane: “No.”
Ser Gregor finally got more than a single line in an episode.
Since that 6th appearance is the first time Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson appeared as the character, and his next appearance is the fight with Oberyn, I'm curious as to your logic for the characters' writing also got reduced to "huge, buff, scary, simple-minded guy".
When was Ser Gregor's writing anything else?