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Game Of Thrones season 5 CASTING NEWS

CaptainWacky

I want to smell dark matter
Yes starting this thread extra early this year because there's already been a leaked casting call for some of the new characters deal with it.

http://winteriscoming.net/2014/05/23/characters-confirmed-game-thrones-season-5-new-details/


Prince Doran Martell – Doran is described as the major new player this year, appearing in multiple episodes. The fiftysomething prince uses a wheelchair, is reclusive and rules wisely. It appears the show is looking to continue the trend it started with Pedro Pascal, and cast Latino actors for the Martell clan.

Prince Trystane Martell – Trystane, the handsome fiance of Princess Myrcella, is being aged up to 18.

Areo Hotah - Doran’s personal bodyguard will appear throughout the season, assisting the prince with his duties. The show is particularly looking for a black actor to fill the role.

The Sand Snakes, Oberyn Martell’s bastard daughters (with ages ranging 18-25):

Obara Sand – The eldest and most athletic Sand Snake will be having a major fight scene with a series regular character- not one who crosses her path in the books. This is an interesting change.

Nymeria Sand – Nymeria is described as “mixed race,” with her father being the fairer Oberyn and her mother being darker skinned. The second oldest of these Sand Snakes, she’s beautiful, emotional and very strong.

Tyene Sand - The youngest of the Sand Snakes that we meet uses her wits and seductive powers, and is less of a physical fighter than the other Sand Snakes. She is just as deadly as her sisters, however, but her weapon is poison.



High Sparrow - The books’ pious head of a religious movement will be appearing in several episodes in season 5.

Septa Unella – The show is looking for a character actress to play the imposing and unrelenting septa who spends a lot of time with a major series character next year.

Maggy the Frog- A fortune teller in A Feast for Crows, she’ll be in one episode next year.

Lollys Stokeworth – Just last week in “Mockingbird,” Bronn announced his intention to marry Lollys, whom Tyrion considers “dimwitted.” It looks like the sellsword will still be around next year.

Yezzan - A sleazy Meereenese slave owner.

The Waif – The strange child from the books that Arya encounters will likely be played by an older actress, one in her later teens, and we understand the show is specifically looking for a woman of East Asian descent for the part.

Three Sand Snakes is better than none!
 
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Game of Thrones Casts Eight New Characters, Including Oberyn's Brother and the Sand Snakes - Game of Thrones Community - TV.com

Alexander Siddig will play Doran
Toby Sebastian will play Doran's son Trystane Martell
Nell Tiger Free replacing Aimee Richardson as Myrcella
Jessica Henwick will play Nymeria Sand
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers will play Tyene Sand
Keisha Castle-Hughes will play Obara Sand
Obia Oparei will play Areo Hotah
Enzo Cilenti as Yezzen
Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow
 
GRRM has confirmed that he WON'T write an episode for season five as he's concentrating on finishing the next book. Of course he confirmed this at Comic Con where I can only assume he wasn't finishing the next book.
 
Well this isn't good...

'Game Of Thrones' Actor JJ Murphy Dead At 86

The Huffington Post | By Bill Bradley
Posted: 08/11/2014 9:47 am EDT Updated: 59 minutes ago

Days after filming his first scenes for the upcoming season of "Game of Thrones," Northern Ireland actor JJ Murphy collapsed and died, according to the Belfast Telegraph. He was 86.

Murphy was set to play the oldest member of the Night's Watch, Ser Denys Mallister, in Season 5 of "GoT." It is not clear yet if producers will recast the role or rewrite the scenes in which Mallister was scheduled to appear.

Murphy is reportedly best known for training with the Ulster Group Theatre School in 1948, and working at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast alongside actors Liam Neeson and Ciaran Hinds.

UPDATE: Following news of Murphy's passing, "GoT" executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff issued a statement saying, "We will not be recasting JJ Murphy. He was a lovely man, and the best Denys Mallister we could have hoped for. And now his watch is ended," E! News reports.
 
Bran Stark And Hodor Won't Be Back For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5

The Huffington Post | By Erin Whitney

Posted: 09/03/2014 4:23 pm EDT Updated: 09/03/2014 4:59 pm EDT

Bran Stark and Hodor reportedly won't appear in "Game of Thrones" next season. The two were a part of a major storyline from last season as they ventured beyond The Wall and met The Children.

In a recent interview with Yahoo, Kristian Nairn, who plays the silent Hodor, said that both he and Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran) won't be returning for Season 5.

"We have a season off and we have a year's hiatus, solely because I imagine our storyline is up to the end of the books," he said. "So, I get my year off now to do Rave of Thrones and gallivant all over the world."

That's great that Hodor gets to keep busy DJing awesome raves, but seriously, what does this mean for "Game of Thrones"?! Dan Weiss and David Benioff couldn't have left their story at a more jarring point in Season 4.

HuffPost reached out to HBO, but the network declined to comment.
This may make sense to book followers...or not...just thought I'd pass it on...
 
They sped through Bran's story on the show, so it does make sense for them to not have a thing to do until the next book comes out. They're having to merge the story lines from more than one book.

ALSO, they probably wanted to get Bran to the tree before the actor grows up anymore. IMO
 
Hopefully they'll decide to make Bloodraven look cooler by season six. In the book he was half man/half tree with worms coming out of his eye socket. In the show he's just Dumbledore standing next to a tree.
 
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