Even the most powerful kings, queens, and khals of HBO's "Game of Thrones" had to start somewhere.
Before the show's cast found themselves caught up in the drama of the War of the Five Kings, or the shocking bloodshed of the Red Wedding, they had other, much less intense roles.
Read on to see what the "Game of Thrones" actors looked like before they were cast on the show:
Natalie Dormer is the clever, glamorous Queen Margaery Tyrell.
She's no stranger to royalty. Dormer got her start as the clever, glamorous wife of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, on Showtime's "The Tudors."
Dame Diana Rigg is excellent as the calculating and caustic matriarch Olenna Tyrell.
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