Celeb Roundup: Lena Headey in custody battle, GRRM talks Wild Cards, and more
By Corey Smith
As the world turns, we bring you all things Game of Thrones, big and small.
First up, a judge in LA has ordered Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) to return to the United States with her six-year-old son, Wylie. According to The Sun, the judge found that Headey violated the terms of a custody agreement with her ex-husband, musician Peter Lougrhan, when she enrolled Wylie in an English school without Lougrhan’s permission. We hope the matter gets resolved peaceably.
In lighter news, George R.R. Martin has a new book out: High Stakes, the latest entry in the Wild Cards anthology series, which rounds up a number of interrelated tales by various authors. Edited by Martin and Malinda Snodgrass, Wild Cards is set in a universe where all manner of superheroes, villains, and what-have-you walk the earth. Each volume has a general theme. In High Stakes, it’s all about horror. See Martin and Snodgrass talk about it below.
Wild Cards was recently picked up by NBCUniversal for development as a television series. Although Martin will remain uninvolved with the TV series due to an exclusive contract with HBO, he’ll continue to edit the books.
High Stakes: A Wild Card Novel is available now.
Finally, Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr) is starring in a new movie called The Comedian’s Guide to Survival, about a journalist who moonlights as an unsuccessful stand-up comic. Check out the trailer:
Kaye is playing said unsuccessful comedian’s editor. Express asked Kaye if he empathized with the lead character.
"I don’t actually think of myself as a comedian, because I never did stand-up. I always imagine that is an acid test really – I stumbled into it in my 30s but I never had any ambitions to do it. I don’t have that need to make people laugh… it’s great fun when I get the chance though."
Well, Thoros isn’t a particularly funny guy (at not when we’ve known him), so his Game of Thrones role may be a good fit.
