A quick casting update: according to a recent interview with CultBox, British actor Simon Fisher-Becker has been cast in season two of Game of Thrones. Here is the relevant quote:
Speaking exclusively to CultBox earlier today, Fisher-Becker revealed: “I’m doing a couple of episodes of Game of Thrones soon, it’s all very exciting. I’m a High Priest. Exciting times!”
Of course, the priests in the world of Westeros are called septons. So it looks like Fisher-Becker will be filling the role of the High Septon. The High Septon is basically the pope of the faith of the Seven. Fisher-Becker is perhaps best-known for his recent guest role as Dorium Maldovar on Doctor Who. You may also recognize him as the Hufflepuff house ghost Fat Friar from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Winter Is Coming: Not much to add here. Looks about how I imagined him. Will wait for official confirmation from HBO before adding him to our cast gallery, but it looks legit.
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And another Doctor Who alum gets cast.
He looks perfect, but this is likely a one-shot guest role. Nothing to write home about.
Josh ParkerQuote Reply
I have this feeling 80% of the crew has met either the Doctor or Harry Potter. Or both, lol.
As a DW/HP fan, I approve it :)
Wolf of DorneQuote Reply
Or Gandalf, don’t forget Gandalf :)
Andrija Andrew PQuote Reply
It’s POSSIBLE that he’s playing some Qartheen priest, or even a priest of R’hllor…I don’t think it’s likely, because he seems to fit the description for the High Septon, but he didn’t really confirm it…
stileQuote Reply
My only disappointment that he doesn’t play an even bigger role… the actor is fantastic.
TaylorQuote Reply
Is this the septon who gets torn apart by the angry mob?
LexQuote Reply
No, he gets gang-raped..
ZagiQuote Reply
Zagi,
Uh, no. That’s Lollys.
LexQuote Reply
I wonder if this means we’ll be getting Lollys too? Boy if we get a Lollys cast before Meera and Jojen this place may explode.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
Do we have a Lollys yet?
MichaelmannQuote Reply
RAMSAY
AdrianQuote Reply
reek, reek, it rhymes with mystique…
stileQuote Reply
It looks like the chunky stable-man guy is having a great time; you can’t wipe the smile off his face if you used acid.
KGQuote Reply
Apologies if this has been said a million times before, but: for all the people going “why haven’t they announced Meera & Jojen yet if they announced all these minor characters”, please keep in mind that casting announcements only happen after all the contract details have been nailed down so that they’re 100% sure they’ve definitely got the actor, and I’m guessing that’s a little trickier when they’re trying to get someone for multiple seasons in a non-leading role. Of course that could also be a reason for them to just drop some of those characters or push them into next season; I’m just saying you can’t really take the lack of a casting report as a strong clue one way or the other.
And that’s if they even bother announcing them at all; this news about the High Septon, like many of the announcements we’ve seen recently, didn’t come from HBO. There’s really been very little in the way of official anything from HBO this fall. Maybe they just figure they’ve already got everyone’s attention and they can relax on the PR a little.
mummerQuote Reply
Ups! Yeah, you are right..
ZagiQuote Reply
He would also make an awesome Lord Manderly. Mayhaps it’s a shame that they didn’t save him up for that role. :D
PepiQuote Reply
Yes! I was totally picturing him as Manderly when I was reading book 5. Oh well.
KanaQuote Reply
Great, great casting as usual.
Epic Vidi ViciQuote Reply
mummer,
there’s a girl on twitter constantly saying she wants to play meera, and to me, based on her photos on twitter, she looks perfect. but she’s american, so they’d probably not consider her
ral84Quote Reply
What’s her twitter name ?
JohnQuote Reply
I don’t care that much about Meera and Jojen…they could even be written out altogether with just a little bit of effort.
Ygritte is the big surprise they’re holding back. I mean, she HAS to already be cast…right?
stileQuote Reply
John,
writing from my phone and i don’t follow her, so i’ll have to find it later on. her name is laura and what i saw was a few tweets saying she loved meera etc and some photos, but she really had the green eyes and a young face but as i recall her hair was a bit lighter than i had pictured meera’s
ral84Quote Reply
I’m anxiously awaiting this casting news. I agree that it’s likely she’s already cast, I wish they’d share the news.
ral84Quote Reply
Rose Leslie. Looking forward to seeing her face on season 2 WiC casting list.
Edit: I’m just manifesting reality.
Epic Vidi ViciQuote Reply
Ramsay is a lot more important than Ygritte. Ygritte’s sole purpose is to be a short lived love story for Jon, Ramsay is important to the plot from A Clash of Kings on. I’d much rather they cut Ygritte than Ramsay.
AdrianQuote Reply
Ygritte changes Jon’s entire conception of himself, wildlings, the Nights Watch, and the world in general…
Ramsay Bolton is an important character later on, but I didn’t even notice him in the second book. I’m not saying they should cut him…they ought to expand his role, like they did with Renly, so that you know who he is when he starts doing important things later.
Cutting Ygritte would be like cutting Drogo. Sure, he doesn’t stick around all that long, but he shapes Dany’s entire character. Without her, Jon doesn’t get any character development in the second season.
stileQuote Reply
He could still hang out with wildlings without being in love with one. And it’s TV, you really can’t get inside his head the way you do in the book. For that reason I’ll take cool plot progression over brief internal developmental period any day of the week.
AdrianQuote Reply
In an Emmy Awards interview GRRM mentioned that we would see Ygritte this season.
MWQuote Reply
Where are my wildlings? Mance, Ygritte, Rattleshirt, Tormund, Harma? I must needs more wildlings!
Lord o’ BonersQuote Reply
I don’t know – you put a wig on him and he’d pass for her.
EdQuote Reply
Don’t give a rats ass about Ygritte but I wouldn’t mind knowing if Mance, Tormund and Quorin Halfhand are going to be cast.
BroQuote Reply
Ygritte will be played by Alice Henley.
You’ve heard it here first!
My sources: Oh wouldn’t you like to know!
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Uhhhhm… maybe cut back on the Ygritte related spoilers, or at least spoiler tag them?
Tyler MarcetQuote Reply
Tyler Marcet,
What spoilers, exactly? That she exists?
AdrianQuote Reply
Adrian,
that she has a short story line, it’s actually quite a big spoiler when you think of it. Same as all the people talking about Ramsay, while the fact that Reek is Ramsay is one of the major reveals of book 2, so another big spoiler right there.
KnurkQuote Reply
In my mind, divulging her “whole purpose” before Jon has even stepped foot north of the wall is a bit spoilery. I wouldn’t have wanted to know that before I even started to read the second book. Apologies if that seems hypersensitive, but it stood out to me so I just assumed (perhaps wrongfully so) that it might also stand out to someone new to the series :)
Adrian,
Adrian,
Tyler MarcetQuote Reply
Wow… Mobile formatting fail!!!
Tyler MarcetQuote Reply
Joshua Taylor,
Welcome to the board, you’re already a tool. If Alice Henley isn’t Ygritte, you get the bear pit. Or the moon door. Your choice.
Also, Simon looks great, welcome to the cast!
the goatQuote Reply
My apologies, then, sir
AdrianQuote Reply
the goat,
Excuse me, why am I a tool? I’ve been called many things in my life, but never a tool, i’m the nicest guy you could ever meet! Did you not see my polite rebuff of Martin Silenus?
What???
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Btw, when I use my iPhone the spoilers aren’t blacked out… they’re visible and bolded! Am I the only one who sees this?
LexQuote Reply
Lex,
Nope. Welcome to safari, where “b” means bold, not black.
Josh ParkerQuote Reply
We have got to get Jojen and Meera. Story doesn’t work without them. We also have to have Reek,(please stop saying Ramsay) Mace Tyrell, Qhorin Halfhand, Ygritte, Rattleshirt and Strong Belwas. It’s bad enough they cut Aeron Greyjoy they shouldn’t cut any of the other important characters from ACoK. Though as someone pointed out Rattleshirt and Strong Belwas may not be cast yet as they only appear in one episode.
WinterdarkQuote Reply
Winterdark,
Meh. Aeron really isn’t THAT important. His character is easily interchanged with any random Drowned God Chief Priest. Him being a brother adds very little to the story in my opinion. Yeah, gives some tension between him Victarion and Euron, but Victorian and Euron are the main show.
Starky StarkQuote Reply
I guess I can see what you mean, he might not be that important after all. It is probably more logical to see him for the first time in season 5(the season I think will correspond to AFfC) since that will probably also be the first time we see Victarion and Euron. I still believe that we do really need the other characters though.
WinterdarkQuote Reply
Winterdark,
I agree, I can’t wait to laugh at some of Strong Belwas’ one liners! and upon my first glance of Ramsey, my TV might just melt due to all the blazing concentrated hate I’ll be focusing on it. We definitely have some GREAT scenes awaiting us as fans.
Starky StarkQuote Reply
Nice! Love this guy for his work in Doctor Who. Curiously enough when I read the book I imagined Magister Illyrio to look like this guy…
JormungandQuote Reply
Joshua Taylor,
the goat has a point. Are you an insider with real info, or just some trickster trying to stir up hullabaloo?
The InstrumentalistQuote Reply
I think they should put teats on Brendan Gleeson and cast him as Harma Dogshead. That’s how I imagine her, at least.
Lord o’ BonersQuote Reply
Reek… it rhymes with freak.
EdQuote Reply
I don’t know much about this actor, but yeah, I can see him playing the High Septon. I was starting to believe they were going to cut his role (as while he takes part in the mob scene, I doubt the audience cares about him nearly as much as Sansa or the Hound, or even the Tandas who we’ve already met by this point), and his part could easily be handled just by talking about him or as background information. But he exists now, and that’s awesome.
And as to the Aeron thing, his scenes in Clash didn’t seem all that important, holding him back until Feast doesn’t seem completely story-breaking.
Galen FirestoneQuote Reply
The Instrumentalist
Yeah, I’m a long time lurker whose only been posting for a couple of months, now I see where the tool remark comes from: Perhaps instead of mentioning I have sources (ie: none) I will say “It is Known” instead as it seems to be the fanboy way of saying “I am merely hoping it is so” or “I predict this…”
Just a prediction folks, did not mean to stir the hornets nest. I am a mild mannered newbie internet commenter who has learned a lesson in discretion. I was not trying to be a tool or a troll (I fight trolls!).
What say you fellow WICers? The Goat? All is forgiven?
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
The mob scene on the street in Croatia is looking good now, with this new addition. I still wonder if they’ll find a Lollys for the scene as well. Might as well find one now, since she does play a larger role later on for Bronn’s character.
As for Manderly, I hoping that Ian McNeice is free to play the part. He’s going to be in the Mystery of Edwin Drood TV series next year; but maybe he’ll have some free time in his schedule. Several other actors in that series, including our first Dany, Tamzin Merchant. It also has Amber Rose Revah, who I think would make a great Arianne Martell and Sacha Dhawan who might be a great Daario Naharis.
LangkardQuote Reply
Sure it’s not Thoros of Myr?
SteveQuote Reply
Big fat aye for Ian McNiece as Manderly. He is perfect for that part. Also I, don’t know Amber Rose Revah but she looks just I like I pictured Arianne. As for Sacha Dhawan, it could work. Josh Parker suggested Oded Fehr for the part whom I find better suited but if he’s to expensive Dhawan might be a good option .
WinterdarkQuote Reply
Langkard,
Ian McNiece and Amber Rose Revah look great for the roles you suggested, but i can’t see Sacha Dhawan as Daario. I saw Daario as a more Morroccan/Algerianesque look. Oded Fher would be perfect, in my opinion!
Oh and Simon Fisher-Becker looks great for the High Septon. I love cast announcements!!!!
you-know-nothingQuote Reply
Off-topic
I’m sure you guys know this by now but I thought I’d still share – this evening I was flipping through the channels, stopped by Nickoledeon at the right time and saw Yoren (Francis Magee) and Lancel (Eugene Simon) together in a TV series called House of Anubis.
MoeQuote Reply
how about Dhaffer L´Abidine for the Red Viper? or Mance?
(I want to put spoiler tags but instead appear “bold”)
andreaQuote Reply
well the spetons will play a big roll in a feast for crows and a dance of dragons so they need a highstpeton latter on in the plot anyway. (for reasons I will not say ) But I can not see him play thoros of myr im sorry
Josh Parker,
Josh Parker,
Dominic LyncourtQuote Reply
Meanwhile, filming in Dubrovnik is continuing, on fortress Bokar.
Here is a video conversation with one of the producers of the series, Frank Doelger, about filming in Dubrovnik and his impressions so far. It’s also said that there alredy has been a talk about filming for next season in advance, but he didn’t quite confirmed that yet. Ay…
So far his impressions are good, and it seems that he’s quite satisfied with Dubrovnik as king’s landing.
watch video here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jqZZe_yfY&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.dubrovniktv.net
Dario PavlovicQuote Reply
I saw him on Doctor Who and thought he would have been a good Illyrio. But good to see him cast nevertheless!
KristenQuote Reply
The people of King’s Landing will be manning their harpoons soon, I see…
The Lightning LordQuote Reply
Did this ever happen?
Hi-FiQuote Reply
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