History AdaptationalAttractiveness / GameOfThrones

* Robb Stark, similarly to Jon Snow, never described as handsome in the books, but he's played by the extremely attractive by MrFanservice Creator/Richard Madden.

* Robb Stark, similarly to Jon Snow, never described as handsome in the books, but he's played by the extremely attractive Creator/Richard Madden.

* Euron Greyjoy has only a scar on his cheek left by Balon's knife instead of his sinister EyepatchOfPower, the "[[RedRightHand crow's eye]]" beneath it (which Theon describes as "black and shining with malice"), and the creepy blue lips from drinking Shade of the Evening like Pyat Pree from Season 2.

* Harry Strickland in the books is described as bein portly, balding and not very attractive, while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque as well as a dwarf in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.

* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being just as beautiful as her sister in her youth, if not moreso, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque as well as a dwarf in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes have his nose. The character is played by the [[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.

* For all their gruesomeness, Sandor Clegane's [[http://www.theironthrone.it/it/images/stories/attori/sandor_clegane.jpg facial burns]] are far less extensive than in the books. This was at least partially pragmatic since a more extensive prosthetic affected the actor's vision, making it impractical for a character with so many fight scenes.

* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as the unfortunate recipient of her father's square jaw and her mother's large ears. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].

* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque as well as a dwarf in the books, but Creator/PeterDinklage is [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg quite handsome]] and even proclaimed so in-universe. His mismatched eyes have also been removed and the facial wound he receives later in the series is also much less grievous than the partial loss of his nose and upper lip for both pragmatic and sympathetic reasons, instead being a large (and admittedly rather hideous, although Margaery finds it attractive) scar, which gets a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. On the other hand, he appears to have put on some years in the adaptation; Tyrion is the younger sibling of Jaime and Cersei but looks older than both (which is sensible, considering Dinklage is 44, while Coster-Waldau is 43 and Headey is 40). His facial deformity in the books probably translates to looking older than his years onscreen.

* Jorah Mormont is hefty, hairy, balding, and "not a handsome man" in the books, in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jorah_8603.jpg stark contrast]] to the quite appealing Creator/IainGlen (which is echoed by a number of the female cast), and he's spared the dreadful facial brand used by the slavers to earmark him as dangerous and disobedient in the books.
* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armour and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie.
** Even the dress she's forced to wear, which in the books is described as both garish and several sizes too small for her, looks rather decent.
** The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.

* Osha hardly looks like a woman in the books, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even so she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is plump with large ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.

* Rorge keeps his nose for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] in the show and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.

** Inverted with Theon before his breakdown. Book Theon is described as tall, handsome, and a ladies man. Theon in the show is notably plainer with little success with women.

* Lancel is very infirm, dishevelled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come".
** Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.

* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but.
** In the books, Lysa is described as being just as beautiful as her sister in her youth, if not moreso, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.

* Howland Reed seems to be a normal-looking man that's just a little smaller than Ned, rather than being noticeably smaller (as he's described) and looking like a Crannogman. This is likely due to PragmaticAdaptation, as the peoples of the Neck have not been described in the show even by the resident Reeds, so it may have looked silly to have Reed appear like that.

* In the book, Shae is described as having more of an innocent, GirlNextDoor appeal, whereas Creator/SibelKekilli goes with a much more overtly-sexual Creator/MonicaBellucci angle.

* At the end of Season 1, Daenerys still has a full head of hair when she's found after Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. In the books, all her hair is burned off. Poor Dany also goes through two periods of near-starvation, one in ''Clash'' and the other in ''Dance'' and she is even implied to be almost anorexic. Whenever George mentions food in her chapters, she only eats a bit of fruit at most!
* In the books, Grey Worm is described as stocky and square; Jacob Anderson is neither of these.

* Jorah Mormont is hefty, hairy, balding, and "not handsome" in the books, in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jorah_8603.jpg stark contrast]] to Creator/IainGlen, and he's spared the dreadful facial brand used by the slavers to earmark him as dangerous and disobedient in the books.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque as well as a dwarf in the books, but Creator/PeterDinklage is [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg quite handsome]] and even proclaimed so in-universe. His mismatched eyes have also been removed and the facial wound he receives later in the series is also much less grievous than the partial loss of his nose and upper lip for both pragmatic and sympathetic reasons, to a large (and admittedly rather hideous, although Margaery finds it attractive) scar, which gets a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. On the other hand, he appears to have put on some years in the adaptation; Tyrion is the younger sibling of Jaime and Cersei but looks older than both (which is sensible, considering Dinklage is 44, while Coster-Waldau is 43 and Headey is 40). His facial deformity in the books probably translates to looking older than his years onscreen.

* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque as well as a dwarf in the books, but Creator/PeterDinklage is [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg quite handsome]] and even proclaimed so in-universe.
** The facial wound he receives is also much less grievous than the partial loss of his nose and upper lip for both pragmatic and sympathetic reasons, which gets a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard.

* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision and has none of the disheveled appearance that he has in the books: no cut wounds from the throne, with no overgrown hair and fingernails.

* A bit with Polliver. His book counterpart is described as being more outwardly unappealing, while this Polliver looks completely normal.

* Rorge keeps his nose for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] in the show and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the pallid obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.

* Rorge keeps his nose for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] in the show, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the pallid obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.

* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Keisha Castle-Hughes.

* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair that isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty somewhat weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margeary Tyrell.