why are people still blaming peter dinklage for “taking away roles” from actors with dwarfism, as if casting directors were actually giving them big jobs in the first place?
this KILLS ME bc it’s not even like his career has been fantastic either since got, he’s still often relegated to a supporting role! it’s not like he’s leading man every single role now!! why are we mad at him for pointing out that the role of the dwarves in snow white is rooted in bigotry when he’s correct!!!
You start to try to re-engineer things to get yourself out of the Tyrion box, because that’s like the greatest character I’ve ever played, but you don’t wanna go right into doing that more. And people want more. People wanted probably more of you doing dragon shows and stuff… and not to rail against our industry, because I get in trouble sometimes for railing against it. Um, so I got to choose my words carefully, but you know, you people, I think Tyrion really for someone my size open people’s eyes a little more to the humanity of, you know, in that fantasy genre. Most often those characters are not really fully realized human beings, but still once Thrones ended, I was still getting the, you know, the couple fantasy things that were like, you know, just not Tyrion, just like back to like what it was before that show. And I’m like, damn, thought we were out to change things around a little bit. And from my front row seat, didn't really do a heck of a lot.
- Peter Dinklage, via Variety, 2026
