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HBO is working on an adaptation of Dunk and Egg, a series of books set in the world of Game of Thrones about a knight called Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, a Targaryen prince named Aegon. Ser Duncan is described as a huge guy in the books, "nearly seven feet", towering over every person he meets, and kind of naive, innocent, oafish and awkward but also endearing and attractive to women in his own shy way. The casting agency had called for a guy at least 6'4.
The actor who got cast for the role is an Irish former rugby player called Peter Claffey. Looks the part imo, slightly acromegalic to have that "clumsy oaf" look (a big part of his backstory is that he comes from a dirt poor peasant background and feels very out of place with lords, "proper knights" etc.), but gl enough to be a convincing sympathetic protagonist that women could find attractive. According to his rugby page he is is 196 cm/6'5.
Goes to show that in the real world 6'5 is huge, borderline comically so, and the fact that they had to pick a former rugby player also shows how rare people in that height range really are. Puts into perspective the height discussions people here have, with some rotters talking about how 6'6-6'9 is ideal, 6'2 gets mogged often and crap like that. It also highlights that awkward oafish look these guys tend to have, i.e. how extremely rare high-psl guys with that height really are (I think this guy has very high SMV irl but that's a different topic). Realistically speaking I think 6'5 is the worst you should expect to run into/get mogged by on a somewhat regular basis, "6'6+ moggers" might as well not exist for you in your everyday life.
The actor who got cast for the role is an Irish former rugby player called Peter Claffey. Looks the part imo, slightly acromegalic to have that "clumsy oaf" look (a big part of his backstory is that he comes from a dirt poor peasant background and feels very out of place with lords, "proper knights" etc.), but gl enough to be a convincing sympathetic protagonist that women could find attractive. According to his rugby page he is is 196 cm/6'5.
Goes to show that in the real world 6'5 is huge, borderline comically so, and the fact that they had to pick a former rugby player also shows how rare people in that height range really are. Puts into perspective the height discussions people here have, with some rotters talking about how 6'6-6'9 is ideal, 6'2 gets mogged often and crap like that. It also highlights that awkward oafish look these guys tend to have, i.e. how extremely rare high-psl guys with that height really are (I think this guy has very high SMV irl but that's a different topic). Realistically speaking I think 6'5 is the worst you should expect to run into/get mogged by on a somewhat regular basis, "6'6+ moggers" might as well not exist for you in your everyday life.
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