is the second character included in the television show also?
Yes
Tyrion Lannister
The first actor cast was Peter Dinklage as Tyrion in May 2009
who dies in game of thrones in the books UNANSWERABLE who are some of the major characters in these books? Arya, Tyrion Lannister, Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish
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Tyrion Lannister [SEP] TV adaptation
Executive producers/writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss had pitched the idea of adapting Martin's series for television to HBO in March 2006, and the network secured the rights in January 2007. The first actor cast was Peter Dinklage as Tyrion in May 2009. Benioff and Weiss later noted that the funny and "incredibly smart" Dinklage was their first choice for the role, as the actor's "core of humanity, covered by a shell of sardonic dry wit, is pretty well in keeping with the character." Unfamiliar with the source material, Dinklage was cautious in his first meeting with the producers; as a dwarf, "he wouldn't play elves or leprechauns" and – choosy about genre roles – he had just come from portraying the dwarf Trumpkin in 2008's "".