TV Lowdown » Game of Thrones http://thetvlowdown.com The best and worst that TV has to offer. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lena Headey cast as Cersei Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones" http://thetvlowdown.com/2009/09/02/lena-headey-cast-as-cersei-lannister-in-hbos-game-of-thrones/ http://thetvlowdown.com/2009/09/02/lena-headey-cast-as-cersei-lannister-in-hbos-game-of-thrones/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:23:39 +0000 tvlowdown http://thetvlowdown.com/?p=364 Lena Headey, most recently TV’s answer to Linda Hamilton, is joining the ever-expanding cast of “Game of Thrones”, the new HBO series based on the novels of George R.R. Martin. Headey’s character Cersei is the twin sister of Jaime Lannister (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). From what I’ve read about the role, it should apparently be [...]]]> Fox Upfront After PartyLena Headey, most recently TV’s answer to Linda Hamilton, is joining the ever-expanding cast of “Game of Thrones”, the new HBO series based on the novels of George R.R. Martin. Headey’s character Cersei is the twin sister of Jaime Lannister (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). From what I’ve read about the role, it should apparently be quite a juicy part.

Other names currently cast are Sean Bean, Kit Harrington, Jack Gleeson, Harry Lloyd, Jennifer Ehle, Iain Glen, Tamzin Merchant, Richard Madden, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Alfie Allen and Peter Dinklage.

The pilot starts shooting next month in Belfast, but as yet there doesn’t seem to be an air date announced for the show.

]]> http://thetvlowdown.com/2009/09/02/lena-headey-cast-as-cersei-lannister-in-hbos-game-of-thrones/feed/ 1 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau joins HBO's "Game of Thrones" http://thetvlowdown.com/2009/08/21/nikolaj-coster-waldau-joins-hbos-game-of-thrones/ http://thetvlowdown.com/2009/08/21/nikolaj-coster-waldau-joins-hbos-game-of-thrones/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:49:11 +0000 tvlowdown http://thetvlowdown.com/?p=197 Coster-Waldau, who recently starred in the sadly-failed TV pilot Virtuality has been cast in HBO’s Game of Thrones, a series based on the George RR Martin series of fantasy novels. I have to confess to not being familiar with the novels at all, so if any of you readers have enjoyed them, let me know! [...]]]> 022908cCoster-Waldau, who recently starred in the sadly-failed TV pilot Virtuality has been cast in HBO’s Game of Thrones, a series based on the George RR Martin series of fantasy novels. I have to confess to not being familiar with the novels at all, so if any of you readers have enjoyed them, let me know! I thought Coster-Waldau gave an interesting performance in Virtuality; it’s a shame we’ll probably never see that story brought to life, since most of the cast have moved on. (Kerry Bishe, who also appeared in Virtuality, has just been given a regular role on Scrubs.)

It’ll be interesting to see if Game of Thrones does well, simply because fantasy is such a hard genre to get right. Take the material too seriously and it comes off as po-faced and inaccessible, but treat it too lightly and it seems immature and cartoonish. Still, if HBO are pumping money into it, at least we know it’ll be visually impressive. Perhaps this could be the next Rome? The BBC co-funded that series with HBO, just as they’re doing with Game of Thrones, so it’s entirely possible.

Shooting starts in Belfast in October 2009.

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