Jaime goes on Jimmy Fallon, Sansa goes to the Met Gala, and more Game of Thrones celeb news
By Corey Smith
As always, the cast of Game of Thrones is everywhere. First up, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his new film Small Crimes. In the process, he told the story of how he became an accidental diva on the set of the Netflix drama, and revealed that his wife hasn’t seen an episode of Thrones since the premiere. In fairness, Coster-Waldau did toss a small child out of a window in that episode.
Meanwhile, Maisie Williams (Arya) has begun filming her latest movie project — Departures — in New York’s Hudson Valley, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. Williams will play a “spunky teenager” named Skye. Skye has a terminal illness, and enlists the help of hypochondriac Calvin (Asa Butterfield) to complete her bucket list before her death. The role sounds like a good one for Williams, although we aren’t sure how we feel about watching her pass away, even in character.
Elsewhere, The Hollywood Reporter has it that Charlotte Hope, who played Ramsay Bolton’s sadistic sidekick Myranda, has landed a new gig. Hope will play “a nun haunted by a demonic presence” in the latest spinoff of the Conjuring series, simply titled The Nun. Filming is set to begin this week with an anticipated release date of July 13, 2018.
Sometimes, cast members just need to get their pretty on, as when Sophie Turner (Sansa) attended the annual Met Gala Party in New York City the other day. We’re going to leave this one here without comment:
And at the other end of the spectrum, Carice van Houten (Melisandre) shared a photo of herself in her “Old Melisandre” makeup. This is a different picture of Old Melisandre from the ones van Houten released a few weeks back. Given the captain — Throwback Tuesday — this is likely an old photo…unless that’s exactly what she wants us to think…