You can watch the following video interview if you like but unless you speak Dutch, the only reason will be to see the lovely Miss van Houten. Our paraphrased transcript is below..
In the interview van Houten reveals that she was originally up for a role in the first season but had to turn it down due to time constraints. The part she would have played is unknown but is believed to be that of Queen Cersei(now played by Lena Headey). HBO came back and asked her to audition for another role and she won the part of Stannis Baratheon's Sorceress Melisandre..
"It’s quite a manipulative roll. She’s a priestess and she has no problem seducing men and making them do whatever she wants.
The series hasn’t made a great impact on my life yet. But there are a lot of expectations. There are so many people that love the series and that have read the books a thousand times over. It seems to be quite the hit in America and even in The Netherlands it has a large following, even though it has not been shown on television over here. So there is a lot of pressure to do it right."
Van Outen also says that she has signed on for several seasons.
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