Thank goodness this one didn't happen... Danny Dyer is a 'love him' or 'hate him' (or 'I'm American, I've never even heard of him') figure famed for playing a string of cockney 'geezers' on British TV. Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, he explained: "I've been up for it three times, I got three knockbacks." He went for three different parts, including that of Pyp, a man of the Night's Watch who befriends Jon Snow.