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Sean Bean joined by Lean Hedely
Sean Bean who played Major Richard Sharpe will be joined by Lean Hedely of The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame, in HBO’s ‘A games of Thrones’ based on George RR Martin popular ‘Song of Fire and Ice’ series of fantasy books. Lean will be playing the role of queen everyone loves to hate-Cersei Lannister
They will be accompanying Peter Dinklage, Mark Addy, Jennifer Ehle, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tamzin Merchant, and Iain Glen in the cast, an addition to a few lesser known and completely unknown actors who have been confirmed for the pilot. No view date has been set for the pilot as yet, and there is no firm promise that HBO will commit to a full series. However with an impressive cast list headed up by Bean and Hedley, this project is definitely being taken seriously.
The strong cast is already creating excitement, but with some of the casting is still to be announced, including the unconfirmed but heavily rumoured casting of Rory McCann as Sandor “The Hound” Clegane.
The show is been adapted and is being produced by David Benioff and Dan Weiss. David Benioff has suggested a ‘crappy’ tagline for the project could be, “The Sopranos in Middle-earth”, which can only get you thinking. If true to the books plot elements that should contain a spot of conspiracy, incest, child murder, corruption, conspiracy, a rival claimant to the throne across the sea, the still-festering legacy of a civil war 20 years before, a growing threat in the North and did I say conspiracy? We should see a show which is much darker than previous fantasy adaptations Sean Bean has starred in.
Production of the pilot will begin in Northern Ireland in 26th October 2009, at Paint Hall Studios in Belfast and has the support of the northern Irish government. It is also likely that the BBC will have a financial involvement in the same way they did in HBO’s Rome series.
HBO has a excellent history of producing great TV drama. So with the quality of the source material, the cast and HBO’s pedigree. I think we can look forward to a truly exciting proposition on our screens.