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Anna Chan TODAY

11 hours ago

"Game of Thrones" has its dragons, giants and White Walkers that require special effects and prosthetics to transform into small-screen creatures, but often, it's the humans who have the most amazing metamorphoses with little more than a costume change and makeup.

Take the cast when they hit the red carpet in New York the show's fourth season premiere, for example. Wildlings turned into glamazons. A spider turned into a dashing gentleman. A simple giant of a man turned into a ... well, a snazzily dressed giant of a man.

Replace their elaborate costumes, and the cast are sometimes unrecognizable at first glance. See how different these "GoT" stars look from their small-screen characters, and what some had to say about their on-screen action this season.

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Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth.

Gwendoline Christie, the actress behind the not-very-lady-like Brienne of Tarth, doesn't much look like her tough warrior maiden save for the height. As for what's in store for Lady Brienne this year, Christie told reporters, "As you can imagine, the idea of King's Landing is a war of words, it's a war of intellect, of treachery and secrets. And Brienne is a woman of action and physicality, and I would imagine it would be quite difficult to see her place in that environment."

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