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Game of Thrones Season 3 Pyp Interview - Josef Altin

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Josef Altin chats about Pyp in Game of Thrones Seasons 3, his ideas for a spin-off show with Grenn, whether he'll be back in season 4, typical day on the set of Game of Thrones, what his audition was like, why Jack Gleeson plays the role of Joffrey so well, singing with The Night's Watch and if he dies how he'd like to go. Watch Ygritte interview youtu.be/KDzDdVadWBQ Loras Tyrell youtu.be/VmCK3oigRLk Tywin Lannister youtu.be/s-svwAW-Gyg & youtu.be/X8DC4kn1uPE Hodor youtu.be/h16a8ObFTjo Pycelle youtu.be/Ak_kQo7QmP4 Yara Greyjoy youtu.be/W7D6mlytxGg Syrio Forel youtu.be/3UYgEx2Px9k Lancel Lannister youtu.be/xCkUnzMvS0Q Pypar youtu.be/gKLTsgWyu5A Barristan Selmy youtu.be/wm52sfmGkKE Samwell Tarly youtu.be/m95QEWUjD2w Jeor Mormont youtu.be/3Fu5_tu2wrE Podrick Payne youtu.be/9hwnR9SxAEY White Walker, Ross Mullan www.youtu.be/XS505xzs3Js & Bowen Marsh youtu.be/bP7uHmrTLLs

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Pypar
Pypar, commonly called Pyp, is a recurring character in the first season. He is played by guest star Josef Altin and debuts in "Lord Snow." Pypar is a steward in the Night's Watch and a friend to Jon Snow.
Pypar was sent to the Wall for refusing to grant sexual favors to a noble lord while working as a singer. The lord accused him of stealing and he was sentenced to the Night's Watch and now serves at Castle Black. Pypar usually lies and tells people that he was arrested for stealing a wheel of cheese to feed his sister, who had not eaten for three days.

Season 1
Pypar, along with Grenn and Rast, is beaten bloody by Jon Snow in the training yard at Castle Black. They later threaten Jon in the armoury, but are encouraged to leave by Tyrion Lannister. Tyrion contrasts Pypar's background as a starving peasant to Jon's privileged upbringing in a warm castle with a master-at-arms eager to teach him in the art of combat. This encourages Jon to start training the others in swordplay, earning their respect.
Jon, Sam and PypSam joins Jon, Pypar, and Grenn in the training yard at Castle Black.
Pypar and Grenn have become firm friends, with Pypar teasing Grenn about his slow wits. When Samwell joins the recruits and is beaten, Pypar holds Jon back as he attempts to interfere. He goes along with Jon Snow's plan to 'go easy' on the new recruit, annoying their Master-at-Arms Ser Alliser Thorne.
Pypar, Jon and Samwell are assigned to the stewards while Grenn is assigned to the rangers. Jon is upset that he has not gotten his desired appointment to the rangers. Pypar is annoyed by Jon's sense of entitlement and awkwardly tells Jon and Samwell that he was really sent to the Wall when as a singer at a nobleman's hall he refused to grant sexual favors to a noble lord. He didn't want to tell strangers the real reason. Samwell asks Pypar, who has a good singing voice, for a song, but Pypar is too embarrassed by his confession and walks off.
Pypar and Grenn are among the men who witness the arrival of the bodies of Othor and Jafer Flowers to Castle Black. The dead men return as wights and Jon saves the Lord Commander from one of them. He is rewarded with the sword Longclaw and Grenn, Pypar and the others pass the sword around in the dining hall. Grenn, Pypar and Sam ride after Jon when he abandons his post at Castle Black following the death of his father. They convince him to return by reciting their oaths.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Pyp is an actor who wandered the Seven Kingdoms with a troupe of players. He can imitate other people's voices and boasts that he can identify where in Westeros someone has come from just by their accent. He is named to the rangers.
Dareon waits to hear his assignment in the Night's Watch.
His character in the show seems to mix Pypar the joker, ex-actor, and best friend of Grenn, with another Night Watch recruit only barely mentioned in the show named Dareon. In the show Dareon is in the scene where the recruits get their assignments, he is given the same one as in the book. In the book, Dareon is a very good singer even Maester Aemon praises his voice. He was singing in the hall of Lord Mathis Rowen, when he was caught having sex with the lord's daughter, when confronted by her father she said it was rape. He had to chose between the Wall and castration.

Pypar information from gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Pypar