Season 1 Game of Thrones Differences to A Game of Thrones (First Novel). All the younger characters in the TV show have been aged-up. In the first novel, Joffrey is twelve, Robb is fourteen
And for good reason: At the start of the book series, Bran is just 7-years-old; Hempstead-Wright, however, was 12-years-old when the television show began and played a 10-year-old Bran. He is now
2. Carl Grimes. In both the comics and series, Carl Grimes is Rick’s smart, somewhat hardened son. The major differences are that while Carl’s eye is accidentally and gruesomely shot out by Ron on TV, his eye is mistakenly shot out by Alexandria leader, Douglas Monroe (who is the Deanna equivalent) in the comics.
The ages of the characters in the show more closely resemble analogous ages of kids in modern day society of similar levels of maturity / responsibility, whereas the books are more true to the "period." (To be sure, the characters are all exceptional individuals, upon whom much greater challenges/responsibilities are thrust than most, at any age.)
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