thats my beef, he's not ned stark, but he's the one devoted to duty not ambition, and he could be such a cool character, I also love watching liam cunnigham, so the more the better for meI read the books after series 1 before Stannis was introduced, I had Mark Strong in my head as Stannis, I think he would have been excellent, took me awhile to get used to the guy they chose. I agree the show doesn't really highlight his devotion to doing the right thing.
