Celebs Who Were Almost Cast On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Photos

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August 4, 2017 2:25PM EDT

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Oscar winner Mahershala Ali recently admitted that he auditioned for the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos, but his audition was “terrible.”

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘Hunger Games’ star Sam Claflin auditioned for the role Jon Snow and Viserys Targaryen. (REX/Shutterstock/Courtesy of HBO)

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘Outlander’ hunk Sam Heughan revealed to ‘Vulture’ that he auditioned for Renly Baratheon, Loras Tyrell, and members of the Night’s Watch. He was ultimately turned down, but he’s got a good gig now! (Courtesy of Starz/HBO)

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘Mad Men’ & ‘The Crown’ star Jared Harris auditioned for the role of the High Sparrow, which ultimately went to Jonathan Pryce.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Jennifer Ehle actually played the role of Catelyn Stark in the unaired pilot. She was later replaced by Michelle Fairley.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Iwan Rheon, who went on to play the terrible Ramsay Bolton, went neck-in-neck for the role of Jon Snow with Kit Harington.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Alfie Allen originally read for role of Jon Snow. The showrunners ultimately decided he would be better suited for Theon.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Conleth Hill, who currently plays Varys, originally auditioned for the role of Robert Baratheon!

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘The Tudors’ star Tamzin Merchant was originally cast as Daenerys and played the role in the pilot. She later departed the project and was replaced by Emilia Clarke.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — Before being cast as Lancel, Eugene Simon auditioned for the role of Joffrey Baratheon.

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘The X-Files’ star Gillian Anderson told ‘Daily Mail’ she turned down a role on ‘Game of Thrones.’ She totally would have made a good Cersei!

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Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’

Celebs Who Almost Played Your Fave Characters On ‘Game Of Thrones’ — ‘The Affair’ star Dominic West admitted he turned down a role on the show because he didn’t want to be away from his family for so long to film the show.

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