Would the show be successful? If it fails, is that all I’ll be remembered for? < span style=" width: 0px overflow: hidden line-height: 0 " class=" mce_SELRES_start" > < /span> < span style=" width: 0px overflow: hidden line-height: 0 " class=" mce_SELRES_start" > < /span> < span style=" width: 0px overflow: hidden line-height: 0 " class=" mce_SELRES_start" > < /span> < span style=" width: 0px overflow: hidden line-height: 0 " class=" mce_SELRES_start" > < /span> īefore he was cast as Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage had some of these thoughts. As the series went on, actors were clamoring for roles, but at the beginning, it could have been as a risk. Here’s how they won him over.īack when Game of Thrones was just getting off the ground, no one knew it would go on to become a pop culture phenomenon. Although he was the show’s first choice to play Tyrion, Peter Dinklage wasn’t eager to join the cast of Game of Thrones.