Game Of Thrones: 10 Actors Whose "Acting" Is Distractingly Bad

8. Hugo Culverhouse - Stableboy

Played by actor Hugo Culverhouse, this character doesn't even have a real name, but has become legendary amongst fans of the show for what occurs in one rather brief scene - namely due to an instance of very bad acting. So "Stableboy," as he's known, appears in episode eight of season one. As Arya Stark tries to escape Winterfell, said character tries to stop her. His line delivery - "Want you, Wolf Girl. Come here..." - is so awful that it's genuinely bewildering as to how the actor was signed for the part. When he grabs Arya, she stabs him. And guess what? Stableboy smiles. He smiles. Not on purpose, mind; the actor - paid to do this role, mind - just couldn't stop himself. And that's about it. So whilst this might seem like something that happened so long ago that it's not worth even thinking about now, there's a reason why this moment has stuck in the minds of so many Game of Thrones fans ever since it first aired: it is bad enough that it very much breaks the tension necessary to the scene - essentially, one in which a child dies.