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   "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die." Except for one very lucky actor who's done both, just in separate roles. 
   
   Dean-Charles Chapman is currently known on Game of Thrones for playing King Tommen Baratheon, first of his name and however it goes, who took the throne in Season 4 after his brother Joffrey's death. But Chapman has only played Tommen since 2014, because the character was recast from the much younger actor, Callum Wharry. 
   
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   But oddly, Chapman was in the show before then, by the name of a tiny lordling named Martyn Lannister. Hello Giggles first caught the similarities, noticing that the the king who's "only half-Lannister" looks exactly like his pure-blooded Lannister cousin (and also, IMDb says so). 
   
   For reference, that's Tommen on the left and Martyn on the right: 
   
   Image: HBO 
   
   It's an easy thing to miss because poor Martyn Lannister only appeared for two episodes in the third season before getting the axe. For those who remember way back when Robb Stark had an army and was alive, Martyn and Willem Lannister were taken as hostages by Robb's army. 
   
   But in a fit of vengeance, they were murdered by a northern lord named Rickard Karstark. Robb, channeling his inner Ned, was furious over the murdered children and beheaded Karstark himself. Karstark's son is still bitter toward Starks in Season 6, and now works for Ramsay Bolton. 
   
   While this likely has no effect on the greater story, it does feed directly into the never-discussed "Tommen is a faceless man" theory. That is probably nonsense, but that's never stopped Game of Thrones theories before. 
   
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   Then, how did we miss the fact that Dean-Charles Chapman (aka King Tommen Baratheon) played ANOTHER character in the Thrones-verse?! 
   
   HBO 
   
   Chapman actually played another member of Tommen’s extended family, Martyn Lannister, waaaay back in Season 3. He appeared in Episode 3, “Walk of Punishment” and Episode 5, “Kissed by Fire.” 
   
   Here’s Tommen, I mean, Martyn in happier times chatting with Robb’s wife, Talisa. 
   
   HBO 
   
   That’s right, King Tommen is also Martyn Lannister. 
   
   For a refresher, Martyn (along with his brother Willem) was a squire in the Lannister army who was taken prisoner by Edmure Tully at the Battle of Stone Mill (events that took place off-camera). Also, sadly, Martyn and his brother were killed off by Lord Rickard Karstark in revenge for Jaime Lannister killing his own son. 
   
   Annyyyyywayyy, the important thing to take away from all of this, is that Martyn was a son of Kevan Lannister, aka Tywin’s younger brother. 
   
   Here’s a SUPER basic family tree to give you an idea of what that means. 
   
   HelloGiggles / HBO / iStock 
   
   So, basically, Tommen is also his own cousin. Well, okay, not really, not in the world of Game of Thrones. But, this does mean Chapman not only played multiple characters in Game of Thrones, but actual family members! 
   
   And if you need further “proof,” here’s Chapman’s IMDb listing for Thrones. 
   
   IMDb 
   
   It kinda makes sense, though. Given the Lannister family’s penchant for incest, having several people in that lineage look the same (like exactly the same) would not be a surprise. 
   
   And clearly it wasn’t a big enough surprise to audiences since NO ONE NOTICED. (Almost.)
target: – The internet loves obsessing over Game of Thrones, so Hello Giggles wants to know why more people aren't talking about the fact that "Tommen is also his own cousin." Dean-Charles Chapman currently plays King Tommen Baratheon on the show, a role he took over from a younger actor in 2014. But he also played Tommen's cousin, Martyn Lannister, in a few episodes of the show back in the third season, Mashable explains. Hello Giggles thinks the recasting makes complete sense. “Given the Lannister family’s penchant for incest, having several people in that lineage look the same (like exactly the same) would not be a surprise.” Poor Martyn was killed off after being taken hostage by Robb Stark, and Bustle thinks Chapman better hope for a third role as Tommen is "probably doomed just like his look-alike cousin."