Lena Heady as Young Mary, in Waterland. (Photo: Archive)
Kit Harington as Jon Snow. (Photo: Release)
Young Kit Harington. (Photo: Archive)
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. (Photo: Release)
Emilia Clarke as Savannah Roundtree, in Triassic Attack. (Photo: Archive)
Jason Moma as Khal Drogo (Photo: Release)
Jason Moma as Jason, in Baywatch. (Photo: Archive)
Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tharth. (Photo: Release)
Gwendoline Christie as Lexi, in Wizards vs. Aliens. (Photo: Archive)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister. (Photo: Release)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, as Gary Gordon in Black Hawk Down. (Photo: Archive)
Dianna Rigg as Olenna Tyrell (Photo: Release)
Dianna Rigg as Emma Pell, in The Avengers. (Photo: Archive)
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. (Photo: Release)
Peter Dinklage as Finbar Mcbride, in The Station Agent. (Photo: Archive)
Iain Glenn as Ser Jorah Mormont. (Photo: Release)
Iain Glenn as Carl Galton, in The Fear. (Photo: Archive)
Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister. (Photo: Archive)
Charles Dance as David Carlton, in Ali G Indahouse. (Photo: Archive)
Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton. (Photo: Archive)
Iwan Rheon as Simon in Misfits. (Photo: Archive)
Sean Bean as Ned Stark. (Photo: Archive)
Sean Bean as Horace Clark, in Episode of the Bill. (Photo: Archive)
Carice Van Houten as Melisandre. (Photo: Archive)
Carice Van Houten as Suzy, in Suzy Q. (Photo: Archive)
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark. (Photo: Archive)
Young Arya Stark. (Photo: Archive)
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark. (Photo: Archive)
Young Sophie Turner. (Photo: Archive)
Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish. (Photo: Archive)
Aidan Gillen as Frank, in The Low Down. (Photo: Archive)
Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell. (Photo: Archive)
Natalie Dormer as Victoria, in Casanova. (Photo: Archive)
Ross Mullan as White Walker. (Photo: Archive)
Ross Mullan a s a Puppeteer in Bear Behaving Badly. (Photo: Archive)
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last week, you should know that Game of Thrones premiered its seventh season on Sunday. And everyone—from regular people like you and I, to A+ celebrities in Hollywood—were freaking out about it.
And for good reason!
The HBO drama is considered to be one of the greatest TV shows of the century. It’s unique blend passions, blood, and dragons have made it not only one the favorite series of many, but it is also one of the biggest moneymakers in TV at the moment.
While much of Game of Thrones’ astronomical success is thanks to George R.R. Martin’s out-of-this-world story, the show certainly benefits from the talents of actors such as Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, and Maisie Williams, who are now household names thanks to the series.
But it wasn’t always like that.
Even the most powerful kings, queens, khals, and mothers of dragons had to start had to start somewhere.
Before the cast of Game of Thrones found themselves caught up in the fight for the Iron Throne and the right to rule the Seven Kingdoms, they had other, much less intense roles.
These is how 18 Game of Thrones stars looked before they were part of the cultural phenomenon.
