Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty, Dissected figures, Wellcome Collection, 1765
Gwendoline Christie is the actress for Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones. She stands at 6 feet 3 inches tall and took swordfighting, horseriding, and stagefighting lessons for her part, as well as gaining 14 pounds of muscle, to accurately portray Brienne. (x)
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She was also terrified of cutting her hair because she’d spent her life believing it was one of the only things that would make people see her as feminine despite her height. In an interview with TV Guide she said:
I struggled for a long time with [cutting] my hair, but then I’m grateful for the opportunity to realize that femininity doesn’t have to come from hair or any of those traditional female archetypes of appearance, So, that’s been exciting actually. I can’t speak with any kind of authority whatsoever because I’m just an actor and I only have my opinions, but I do think it’s really refreshing to have a woman depicted on a mainstream TV show that doesn’t obey typical aesthetics of females and the way they have been portrayed in the past. And I’m really excited to be portraying one of those women. And I hope that her popularity signals a greater expansion of people’s views about men and women and that gender types can be more flexible.
She’s so so so so great. I think she’s just incredible.
She’s also a freaking hoot and has the best laugh ever.
“A brothel?” Ned said. “The Lord of the Eyrie and Hand of the King visited a brothel with Stannis Baratheon?”
George RR Martin; A Game of Thrones (Eddard VI)
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Due to personal reasons I will be ignoring canon completely and creating my own au
sir this is my emotional support canon divergence
Male Character: *fucks up 100 times* Fans: “No one is perfect. He’s flawed so there is room for development!”
Female Character: *is not the epitome of perfection* Fans: “Sorry. I just hate this character.”
Male Character: *is perfect*
Fans: It’s an awesome power fantasy! It’s so inspiring!
Female Character: *is above average in any skill*
Fans: mmm… it’s fine I guesssss but why does she have to be such a mary sue??? just asking because I’m not sure it’s realistic…. hmmm…
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I played around with Kris Anka’s design for Captain Marvel, also used the comic’s version of Carol’s hair plus the Undercut™, applied some of the movie’s version and of course, it had to be Brie Larson. (And maybe some of her ear piercings)
ok but WHY does brie look like zoe’s loving girlfriend on these pics