The Game of Thrones universe is as vast and rich in the smallest details as the world of The Lord of the Rings. Millions of fans of the saga have long since not only learned their favorite novels by heart, but also zealously continue to compare the plots of the book with the serial scripts and look for the slightest inconsistencies. The most obvious are the differences in the appearance of the characters - book and TV series. And the matter, as it turns out, is not limited to eye color or hair length. In fact, most book characters are much younger than the actors cast in their roles. Young beautiful girls in medieval dresses should actually be little girls, and gray-haired kings and wars should be quite young and healthy men, not even yet reaching middle age.
Of course, for reasons of censorship and the specifics of the series, literally “stuffed” with scenes of a sexual nature and violence, the producers had to invite older actors to film. But we, true to the truth, decided to experiment with the help of the popular mobile application Faceapp to “rejuvenate” serial characters to their age according to the book.
Daenerys Targaryen, 13 years old
Played: Emilia Clarke, 24 at the time of filming
One of the sexiest characters in the series, Daenerys Targaryen, is actually described in George R.R. Martin's novel as a young teenage girl with platinum hair and violet eyes. It must be said that actress Emilia Clarke superbly managed to create the image of a pure and beautiful creature, but still, the almost ten-year age difference cannot be hidden even by good acting. This is what the Mother of Dragons was really supposed to look like.
Missandei, 11 years old
Played: Nathalie Emmanuel, 22 years old at the start of filming
Both in Martin's work and in the series, the beautiful Missandei is shown as a slave-translator who is smart beyond her years and serves Daenerys. Why "precocious"? Yes, because in fact, the mulatto beauty should be only 11 years old. This is what would have happened if Natalie had received the role of Daenerys’s faithful friend 11 years earlier.
Arya Stark, 9 years old
Played by: Maisie Williams, 14 years old at the time of filming
The youngest Game of Thrones actress, Maisie Williams, also turned out to be older than her heroine. In the novel, Ned Stark's youngest daughter is only nine years old. Although, I must admit that the actress already looked younger than her fourteen years on screen.
Ed Stark, 35 years old
Played by: Sean Bean, 52 at the time of filming
The period in which the events of Game of Thrones take place is very reminiscent of the real era of the High Middle Ages, so in general it is not surprising that the heroes of the series “age” much faster modern man. But still, hand on heart, the 35-year-old head of the Stark house should have looked like this.
Robb Stark, 14 years old
Played by: Richard Madden, 25 at the time of filming
The heir to the house of Stark is shown in the series as a well-built young man of about 25, however, if the Game of Thrones writers decided to completely copy their hero from Martin’s book, then Robb would be played by a 14-year-old (and red-haired) teenager.
Sansa Stark, 11 years old
Played by: Sophie Turner, 15 at the time of filming
Actress Sophie Turner was luckier: in terms of age, she was not too “overtaken” by her heroine Sansa Stark. But still, I must admit, Turner herself looked quite mature even at 15, and therefore we wanted to “rejuvenate” her too.
Joffrey Baratheon, 12 years old
Played by: Jack Leeson, 19 years old at the time of filming
It’s hard to imagine that 12-year-old children can be as vile and spoiled as King Joffrey Baratheon, but George Martin still managed to describe such a hero. The writers of the series turned out to be more merciful and gave the role of the villain to 19-year-old actor Jack Leeson.
Incredible facts
As a rule, book characters differ from the heroes of films based on that very book.
The characters of everyone's favorite Harry Potter are no exception. And no matter how much the creators of the famous movie saga would like to transfer to the screen all the heroes similar to their book prototypes, there are still some differences.
So, what would the heroes of books about the adventures of a little wizard look like if they were torn exactly from the pages of books?
Harry Potter characters
Harry Potter
Movie:
Book:
Unlike his on-screen counterpart, book Harry had darker hair, bright green eyes, and glasses with tape in the middle.
Ron Weasley
Movie:
Book:
In the film, Ron lacks the freckles that appear in the book. In addition, according to the printed version, all Weasleys had long noses. In the film, Ron has a completely normal wide nose.
Hermione Granger
Movie:
Book:
In the book version, "her front teeth were slightly larger than normal." But in the film, the heroine lacks this outstanding detail.
Aunt Petunia and Dudley
Movie:
Book:
And some characters even changed their hair color. So, for example, in the book Aunt Petunia and Dudley are blondes. In the films they are clearly darker.
Luna Lovegood
Movie:
Book:
In the book version, Luna was not a platinum blonde, as in the film. Based on the author's description, "she had matted ash-colored blond hair."
"All evil spirits our cinematograph” - this is how the famous Soviet actor called himself.
Richard Armitage as the dwarf Thorin Oakenshield from the Hobbit trilogy
In fact, “Gnome” is two meters tall!
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Cassandra Peterson as Elvira from the comedy Mistress of Evil
Cassandra has not acted in films for a long time.
Naomi Grossman as Pepper in American Horror Story
For the role of Pepper, who suffers from microcephaly, Naomi shaved her head and agreed to complex and, to be honest, not the most attractive makeup in the world, which took 2-3 hours each time.
Davey Chase as the dead girl Samara in the horror film The Ring
The actress is now 28 years old and has nothing in common with her creepy character.
Maiwenn Le Besco as opera diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element
In 2007, the French beauty received the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress. But Maiwenn did not keep her “promises”: there are only 8 films in her filmography.
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
The actor played the ghost of a burnt-out murderous maniac in eight parts of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The artist’s resume also includes the films Zombie Strippers, Crusher, Vampire Wars and Strippers vs. Werewolves. It’s good when a professional finds his field.”
Doug Bradley as Pinhead in the Hellraiser horror film series
Douglas Bradley and Robert Englund are the only actors in the world who have played the same character in eight horror films! If Englund's character was Freddy Krueger, then Bradley's hero is a cenobite from Hell, whose head is covered with pins.
Sala Baker as Sauron from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
This guy was hiding under the mask of the formidable Sauron in the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In the next two parts he played an orc.
Robbie Coltrane as the wizard Hagrid from the Harry Potter films
This huge, good-natured man is a 69-year-old Scottish comedian, known not only for his work in Potter, but also for his role as Sister Inviolata in the film Nuns on the Run.
Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster
From the 30s to the 50s, the actor was a star of the first magnitude, but modern viewers remember him for his role as the Beast in a black and white horror film.
Mike Myers as spy Austin Powers
The famous comedian is a very serious father of three children.
Tim Curry as a clown in the film adaptation of Stephen King's It
He also played a cunning hotel administrator in the second part of Home Alone. Yes, yes, it's him!
Andy Serkis as Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Believe it or not, in his youth the actor was trained as a gynecologist! But success found Serkis not within the walls of the clinic, but on the set: the actor is known for his work in the fantasy trilogy and for the role of the chimpanzee Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew, who played the robots C-3Po, R2-D2 and Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga
These guys were luckier than the rest of the heroes in our selection - they played in costumes and did not spend hours on complex makeup.
Kevin Peter Hall as Predator and Bigfoot from Harry and the Hendersons
The actor’s fate was tragic: during a blood transfusion after car accident the man was infected with HIV. Hall died in 1991.
Elena Sanaeva in the image of Alice the Fox from the TV fairy tale “The Adventures of Buratino”
Lisa's accomplice and faithful friend was played by Rolan Bykov, whose appearance is known to everyone. But few moviegoers know what Sanaeva, who is now 76 years old, looks like.
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Heroes famous books We sometimes perceive films and movies as good friends, but we still remember that these are fictional characters. And it’s even more interesting to know that writers were inspired to create them real people. The authors borrowed their appearance, habits, and even favorite words from them.
Editorial website collected prototypes famous heroes films and books - it’s simply incredible that they actually lived.
"Absent-minded" Marshak -
Academician Ivan Kablukov
It turns out that the “absent-minded man from Basseynaya Street” from Samuil Marshak’s poem actually existed! He was the famous eccentric, academician Ivan Kablukov, who was famous for his impracticality and absent-mindedness. For example, instead of the words “chemistry and physics,” the professor often told students “chemistry and physics.” And instead of the phrase “the flask burst, and a piece of glass fell into the eye,” he could have gotten: “the flask burst, and a piece of the eye fell into the glass.” The expression “Mendelshutkin” meant “Mendeleev and Menshutkin,” and Ivan Alekseevich’s usual words were “not at all” and “I, that is, not me.”
The professor read a poem, and one day he reminded Marshak’s brother, the writer Ilyin, wagging his finger: “Your brother, of course, was aiming at me!” In Marshak’s drafts there is this version of the beginning of the poem, in which the hero was directly named by the first and last name of the prototype:
Lives in Leningrad
Ivan Kablukov.
He calls himself
Heel Ivanov.
Sources: Miron Petrovsky "Books of our childhood », « Moskovsky Komsomolets »
Dr. House - Dr. Thomas Bolte
Dr. Thomas Bolti, nicknamed “the real House,” is also eccentric. Here he is rushing to the patient, avoiding traffic jams on roller skates.
The creators of the series about Dr. House became interested in the story of the doctor Thomas Bolti from New York, who cured a gallery owner who had suffered from migraines for 40 years. The man visited several dozen doctors who fed him a bunch of medications for headaches. And Thomas Bolti got hooked on the fact that the patient could not tolerate egg yolk. He carefully studied the tests again and realized that the patient had been suffering from heavy metal poisoning for 40 years. After treatment, the man forgot what a migraine was. And this is not an isolated case - Bolti’s talent and erudition allow him to take on the most difficult cases. He is even called a “medical detective.”
The creators of House were inspired by cases from Bolti's practice and his somewhat eccentric behavior. He himself is not delighted with the series: “Yes, there are some similarities between us, but I don’t like the film. I am categorically against going over heads like House to make a diagnosis.” But by the way, after this, Dr. Bolti’s career took off, and now he is the official doctor of the MTV office.
Sources: HistoryTime, RealDoctorHouse
Dorian Gray - poet John Gray
The English poet John Gray, whom Oscar Wilde met in the late 80s of the 19th century, became the prototype of Dorian Gray. A sophisticated, decadent poet, smart, handsome and ambitious, he inspired the writer with the image of the eternally young and beautiful Dorian Gray. After release famous novel many began to call John Gray after the hero, and the poet himself signed at least one of his letters to Wilde “Dorian.” It is surprising that after 30 years John Gray abandoned bohemian life, became a Catholic priest and even received a parish.
Sources: The Man Who Was Dorian Gray, « Wikipedia »
Sherlock Holmes - Professor Joseph Bell
Sherlock Holmes has much in common with Edinburgh University professor Joseph Bell, who Conan Doyle worked as an assistant in a hospital. The writer often recalled his teacher, talking about his eagle profile, inquisitive mind and amazing intuition. Bell was tall, lean, abrupt in his movements and smoked a pipe.
He knew how to accurately determine the profession and character of his patients and always encouraged students to use deduction. He invited to lectures strangers and asked students to say who they were and where they were from. One day he brought a man in a hat into the audience, and when no one could answer Bell’s questions, he explained that since he had forgotten to take off his hat, then most likely lately he served in the army. There it is customary to wear a headdress in order to salute. And since he showed signs of a fever characteristic of the West Indies, this man apparently arrived from Barbados.
Sources: " School of life », « Historical truth »
James Bond - "King of Spies" Sydney Reilly
There are debates about the prototype of James Bond, and this image is largely collective (former intelligence officer Ian Fleming gave the hero his own features). But many agree that the character is very similar to the “king of spies,” a British intelligence officer and adventurer Russian origin Sydney Reilly.
Incredibly erudite, he spoke seven languages, loved to play politics and manipulate people, adored women and had numerous affairs. Reilly never failed a single operation entrusted to him and was known for being able to find a way out of almost any situation. He knew how to instantly transform into a completely different personality. By the way, he has a great legacy in Russia: his track record even includes preparations for the assassination attempt on Lenin.
Sources: " AiF », a book by Robin Bruce Lockhart "Sydney Reilly: spy legend of the 20th century »
Peter Pan - Michael Davis
On wonderful book About Peter Pan, writer James Barrie was inspired by the son of the writer's friends, Sylvia and Arthur Davies. He had known the Davises for a long time, was friends with all their five sons, but it was four-year-old Michael (a brilliant boy, as they said about him) who became the prototype of Peter Pan. From him he copied character traits and even nightmares that tormented the playful and brave, but sensitive child. By the way, the Peter Pan sculpture in Kensington Gardens has Michael's face.
Christopher Robin - Christopher Robin Milne
Christopher Robin from the books about Winnie the Pooh by Alan Milne is the son of the writer, whose name was exactly that - Christopher Robin. As a child, the relationship with my parents did not work out - the mother was busy only with herself, the father with his creativity, he spent a lot of time with the nanny. He would later write: “There were two things that darkened my life and from which I had to escape: the fame of my father and “Christopher Robin.” The child grew up very kind, nervous and shy. “The prototype of both Christopher Robin and Piglet,” as psychologists would later say about him. The boy's favorite toy was Teddy Bear, which his father gave him for his first birthday. And the bear, as you already guessed, is best friend Robin Winnie the Pooh.
Sources: BBC News, Independent
"The Wolf of Wall Street" - broker Jordan Belfort
On the left is Jordan Belfort, and it is about his biography that we learn from the successful Hollywood movie. Life raised the stockbroker to the top and dropped him into the dirt. At first he plunged headlong into beautiful life, and later went to prison for almost 2 years for fraud in the securities market. After his release, Belfort easily found use for his talents: he wrote 2 books about his life and began conducting seminars as a motivational speaker. According to him, the main rules of success are: “Act with boundless faith in yourself, and then people will believe you. Act as if you have already achieved amazing success, and then you will truly succeed!
Many fictional characters Since childhood, we perceive them as good friends. And it’s even more interesting to know that writers were inspired to create them by real people. The authors borrowed their appearance, habits, and even favorite words from them.
“Abstract” Marshak - academician Ivan Kablukov
It turns out that the “absent-minded man from Basseynaya Street” from Samuil Marshak’s poem actually existed! He was the famous eccentric, academician Ivan Kablukov, who was famous for his impracticality and absent-mindedness. For example, instead of the words “chemistry and physics,” the professor often told students “chemistry and physics.” And instead of the phrase “the flask burst, and a piece of glass fell into the eye,” he could have gotten: “the flask burst, and a piece of the eye fell into the glass.” The expression “Mendelshutkin” meant “Mendeleev and Menshutkin,” and Ivan Alekseevich’s usual words were “not at all” and “I, that is, not me.”
The professor read a poem, and one day he reminded Marshak’s brother, the writer Ilyin, wagging his finger: “Your brother, of course, was aiming at me!” In Marshak’s drafts there is this version of the beginning of the poem, in which the hero was directly named by the first and last name of the prototype:
Lives in Leningrad
Ivan Kablukov.
He calls himself
Heel Ivanov.
Dr. House - Dr. Thomas Bolte
Dr. Thomas Bolti, nicknamed “the real House,” is also eccentric. Here he is rushing to the patient, avoiding traffic jams on roller skates.
The creators of the series about Dr. House became interested in the story of the doctor Thomas Bolti from New York, who cured a gallery owner who had suffered from migraines for 40 years. The man visited several dozen doctors who fed him a bunch of medications for headaches. And Thomas Bolti got hooked on the fact that the patient could not tolerate egg yolk. He carefully studied the tests again and realized that the patient had been suffering from heavy metal poisoning for 40 years. After treatment, the man forgot what a migraine was. And this is not an isolated case - Bolti’s talent and erudition allow him to take on the most difficult cases. He is even called a “medical detective.”
The creators of House were inspired by cases from Bolti's practice and his somewhat eccentric behavior. He himself is not delighted with the series: “Yes, there are some similarities between us, but I don’t like the film. I am categorically against going over heads like House to make a diagnosis.” But by the way, after this, Dr. Bolti’s career took off, and now he is the official doctor of the MTV office.
Dorian Gray - poet John Gray
The English poet John Gray, whom Oscar Wilde met in the late 80s of the 19th century, became the prototype of Dorian Gray. A sophisticated, decadent poet, smart, handsome and ambitious, he inspired the writer with the image of the eternally young and beautiful Dorian Gray. After the release of the famous novel, many began to call John Gray after the hero, and the poet himself signed at least one of his letters to Wilde “Dorian.” It is surprising that after 30 years John Gray abandoned bohemian life, became a Catholic priest and even received a parish.
Sherlock Holmes - Professor Joseph Bell
Sherlock Holmes has much in common with Edinburgh University professor Joseph Bell, for whom Conan Doyle worked as an assistant at the hospital. The writer often recalled his teacher, talking about his eagle profile, inquisitive mind and amazing intuition. Bell was tall, lean, abrupt in his movements and smoked a pipe.
He knew how to accurately determine the profession and character of his patients and always encouraged students to use deduction. He invited strangers to lectures and asked students to say who they were and where they were from. One day he brought a man in a hat into the audience, and when no one could answer Bell’s questions, he explained that since he had forgotten to take off his hat, he most likely had recently served in the army. There it is customary to wear a headdress in order to salute. And since he showed signs of a fever characteristic of the West Indies, this man apparently arrived from Barbados.
James Bond - "King of Spies" Sydney Reilly
There are debates about the prototype of James Bond, and this image is largely collective (former intelligence officer Ian Fleming gave the hero his own features). But many agree that the character is very similar to the “king of spies,” British intelligence officer and adventurer of Russian origin, Sidney Reilly.
Incredibly erudite, he spoke seven languages, loved to play politics and manipulate people, adored women and had numerous affairs. Reilly never failed a single operation entrusted to him and was known for being able to find a way out of almost any situation. He knew how to instantly transform into a completely different personality. By the way, he has a great legacy in Russia: his track record even includes preparations for the assassination attempt on Lenin.
Peter Pan - Michael Davis
Writer James Barrie's wonderful book about Peter Pan was inspired by the son of the writer's friends, Sylvia and Arthur Davis. He had known the Davises for a long time, was friends with all their five sons, but it was four-year-old Michael (a brilliant boy, as they said about him) who became the prototype of Peter Pan. From him he copied character traits and even nightmares that tormented the playful and brave, but sensitive child. By the way, the Peter Pan sculpture in Kensington Gardens has Michael's face.
Christopher Robin - Christopher Robin Milne
Christopher Robin from the books about Winnie the Pooh by Alan Milne is the son of the writer, whose name was exactly that - Christopher Robin. As a child, the relationship with my parents did not work out - the mother was busy only with herself, the father with his creativity, he spent a lot of time with the nanny. He would later write: “There were two things that darkened my life and from which I had to escape: the fame of my father and “Christopher Robin.” The child grew up very kind, nervous and shy. “The prototype of both Christopher Robin and Piglet,” as psychologists would later say about him. The boy's favorite toy was Teddy Bear, which his father gave him for his first birthday. And the bear, as you may have guessed, is Robin's best friend Winnie the Pooh.
"The Wolf of Wall Street" - broker Jordan Belfort
On the left is Jordan Belfort, and it is about his biography that we learn from the successful Hollywood film. Life raised the stockbroker to the top and dropped him into the dirt. At first he plunged headlong into a beautiful life, and later he was sent to prison for almost 2 years for fraud in the securities market. After his release, Belfort easily found use for his talents: he wrote 2 books about his life and began conducting seminars as a motivational speaker. According to him, the main rules of success are: “Act with boundless faith in yourself, and then people will believe you. Act as if you have already achieved amazing success, and then you will truly succeed!
Anna Karenina - Maria, Pushkin's daughter
Leo Tolstoy never hid the amazing origins of his heroine, whose prototype was Maria Aleksandrovna Hartung, née Pushkin. The beloved daughter of the “sun of Russian poetry” was very similar to her great father, and her life was destined for a very difficult life.
Looking at the portrait of Maria, you can understand what Anna Karenina looked like as imagined by Leo Tolstoy. And the Arabic curls of her hair, and the unexpected lightness of her plump but graceful figure, her intelligent face - all this was characteristic of Hartung. Her fate was difficult, and perhaps Tolstoy caught a premonition of a future tragedy in her beautiful face.
Ostap Bender - Osip Shor
The fate of Ostap Bender’s prototype is no less surprising than the story of the “great schemer”. Osip Shor was a man of many talents: he played football well, was well versed in law, worked for several years in the criminal investigation department and was in many troubles, from which he got out of it with the help of artistry and inexhaustible imagination mixed with arrogance.
His big dream was to go to Brazil or Argentina, so Osip began to dress in a special way: he wore light clothes, a white captain’s cap and, of course, a scarf. Writers also borrowed signature phrases from him, for example, “My dad is Turkish.” This was Shor's first scam - in order to avoid being drafted into the army, he decided to impersonate a Turk and forged documents.
The tricks of the adventurer Osip were innumerable: in 1918–1919 in Odessa, in order to earn a living, he posed as an artist, a chess grandmaster, a representative of an underground anti-Soviet organization, or sold places in paradise to bandits. And one day he asked Ilf and Petrov for money “for the image” (he later admitted that it was a joke). Valentin Kataev talks about these events in his book “My Diamond Crown”.