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The guy who plays Ramsay was the runner-up for Jon Snow.
Iwan Rheon now plays the villain Ramsay Snow Bolton, but he was almost the hero of the story.
The actor told the Telegraph, "I auditioned for the pilot of 'Game of Thrones' and was down to the last two for Jon Snow." He obviously didn't get the role that went to Kit Harington, but when he was eventually cast as Ramsay, the producers just gave him the character of "Boy" so as to avoid spoilers about who he was really playing. "I wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone about it from the beginning of filming to the broadcast of the end of Season 3. I was supposed to say to everyone, 'Oh, my character is Boy,' which was really embarrassing."
Iwan Rheon now plays the villain Ramsay Snow Bolton, but he was almost the hero of the story.
The actor told the Telegraph, "I auditioned for the pilot of 'Game of Thrones' and was down to the last two for Jon Snow." He obviously didn't get the role that went to Kit Harington, but when he was eventually cast as Ramsay, the producers just gave him the character of "Boy" so as to avoid spoilers about who he was really playing. "I wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone about it from the beginning of filming to the broadcast of the end of Season 3. I was supposed to say to everyone, 'Oh, my character is Boy,' which was really embarrassing."