We could have just wrapped up one Recreation of Thrones spinoff (for now, at least), however one other journey to Westeros is already on the way in which subsequent yr with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Whereas the present has already discovered some key figures in its solid, a couple of extra acquainted faces from George R.R. Martin’s Hedge Knight tales are coming alongside too.
Deadline reviews that HBO has revealed seven new solid members for the prequel collection—set roughly midway into the two-century hole between Home of the Dragon and Recreation of Thrones. Edward Ashley, Henry Ashton, Youssef Kerkour, Daniel Monks, Shaun Thomas, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and Danny Webb have all joined the collection as characters linked to a serious occasion from the first “Dunk and Egg” short story, The Hedge Knight: the tourney at Ashford Meadow.
The match is the place Duncan the Tall (performed by Peter Claffey within the present) first comes into his personal as a knight; he’s a former squire trying to compete after his mentor passes away from sickness. Having picked up his personal squire within the course of—the younger boy generally known as “Egg,” secretly the younger prince Aegon V Targaryen (Dexter Sol Ansell)—Duncan finds himself dealing with a trial by fight when he inadvertently will get into an altercation with Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett), which then turns into a full on seven-vs-seven melee to clear his identify.
A number of of the individuals in that trial are among the many new solid. Ashley and Thomas play brothers Steffon and Raymun Fossoway, respectively, who find yourself on both facet of the trial by fight after Steffon goes again on his assist of Duncan. Monks will play Ser Manfred Dondarrion, a knight who declines Duncan’s request for assist each to first enter the tourney as a combatant, after which throughout the trial. Ashton in the meantime performs Prince Daeron Targaryen, Aerion and Aegon’s brother, supporting the previous in Duncan’s trial. Lastly, Kerkour and Vaughn-Lawler play two vital figures at Ashford—Steely Pate the Blacksmith, and the grasp of the video games for the tourney, Plummer—whereas Webb performs Ser Arlan of Pennytree, the hedge knight Duncan initially squired for.
The casting at the least provides us a superb indicator of at the least what we are able to count on the present to adapt—and one main scrap within the course of—in its six-episode debut. Presumably the present may solely find yourself protecting the occasions of the tourney and trial, however little question we’ll discover out extra the nearer we get to its launch on HBO someday in 2025.
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