Celeb roundup: Daario goes hog-wild, Clarke stands along Star Wars stars, and more
By Dan Selcke
Michiel Huisman may not have been the first actor to play Daario Naharis, but at this point he’s the one fixed the mind of most fans. Huisman will trade on his bad boy image with a roll in an upcoming miniseries as Walter Davidson, one of two Davidson brothers who strapped an engine onto a bicycle and eventually founded Harley-Davidson, the iconic motorcycle manufacturer. Coincidentally, fellow Game of Thrones actor Robert Aramayo will play William Harley, the other half of Harley-Davidson.
According to the official press release, Harley and the Davidsons, for that is the series’ named, “will tell the story of how Milwaukee schoolyard pals built — and rode — the machines that rule the road. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, at the shores of Lake Michigan, the series charts the birth of Harley-Davidson during a time of great social and technological change and tells the epic story of how two 19-year-old kids from Milwaukee started a company in their backyard that would go on to become an American legend.”
Sounds fun. The six-hour series will premiere on Discovery Channel sometime this year.
Meanwhile, Huisman’s onscreen love interest Emilia Clarke showed up on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, in the Hollywood and Entertainment section.*
29 and loving it.
Forbes singled out Clarke for her role as Dany, but also mentioned her turns in Terminator: Genisys and Me Before You. Her list-mates included people like Star Wars: The Force Awakens stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson, and a lot of people I haven’t heard of.
Finally, while it no longer matters, we’re still bringing you Kit Harington sightings out of habit. He celebrated New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I’m sure the instinct to report on this will go away eventually.
*Really, because Forbes had 20 sections, this was more like 600 Under 30, but whatever.