Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) produces a documentary, Gemma Whelan dusts off Yara Greyjoy’s old boots, and…there might be another Game of Thrones alum on The Masked Singer?
The cast of Game of Thrones remains as busy as ever as we approach the two-year anniversary of the show’s ending, starting with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), who has joined the documentary Flee as both a producer and an actor, according to Variety.
Flee, which was made in Coster-Waldau’s native Denmark, is an animated movie about a child refugee’s journey traveling from his home in Afganistan to safety in Denmark. The movie is mostly a recounting of his story to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Coster-Waldau will voice Rasmussen in the English language version of the movie, while Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed will voice refugee Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym).
“When I watched Flee I was blown away by the power of a story told in a simple way,” Coster-Waldau said. “Flee is a story of extreme perseverance and hope where all hope seems lost. By using animation director Jonas Poher Rasmussen captures the intensity of one refugee’s unbelievable journey from the streets of Kabul to the Danish suburbia. Because Amin is able to tell his story hidden behind his animated avatar it feels so much more revealing and honest than had it been a standard filmed interview.”
Flee will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this Thursday.
In less serious celebrity news, Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy) got out “the old original Yara boots” for a walk in the snow:
Wait, did she actually get to keep those?
She also takes us behind the scenes of the second season of HBO’s Gentleman Jack, which was a really solid English period drama I’m excited to see more of.
Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy) was happy to jump on that Bernie Sander meme train that left the station last week:
Hail the King. The true King of the north. A wildling, a Targaryen, a Stark, a Greyjoy and a Lannister all in one... Bernie THE WISE aka the 6456 eyed Raven #GameOfThrones https://t.co/Eoe4dZvKl0
— Pilou Asbaek (@PilouAsbaek) January 21, 2021
Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell) stars in a pretty funky ad campaign for Fendi:
Finally, last week we had word that one of the singers on Fox’s The Masked Singer — the Viking, to be specific — may actually be a Game of Thrones star: Jerome Flynn, who had a career as a crooner before becoming Bronn the mercenary. Now, folks think that another contestant — the Dragon, obviously — is also a Game of Thrones veteran in disguise.
The clues are these: 1) She’s a dragon, and; 2) She made reference to not being an “oathbreaker,” a word that was thrown around on Game of Thrones often enough. Folks think it might be Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), but I dunno: I don’t think it sounds much like her, although she has been known to sing on occasion.
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h/t The Daily Mail