{"id":34739,"date":"2014-07-26T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34739"},"modified":"2014-07-26T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T11:37:52","slug":"nine-new-characters-added-to-game-of-thrones-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=34739","title":{"rendered":"Nine new characters added to Game of Thrones cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine new characters have been unveiled for the fifth season of Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WH2ri8RhSnw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">via a video<\/a>\u00a0during a press conference at the Comic Con event in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Among those joining the HBO show will be Jonathan Pryce, who played a James Bond villain in Tomorrow Never Dies.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Siddig, who&#8217;s starred in 24, and Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes will also feature.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keisha Castle-Hughes\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/625\/media\/images\/76537000\/jpg\/_76537085_gotkeisha.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption>Keisha Castle-Hughes was Oscar-nominated for Whale Rider.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 6,000 people attended the Game of Thrones press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Existing cast on the panel included Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Gwedoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark).<\/p>\n<p>No plot details were revealed but a blooper reel was played, as well as a video announcing the nine new characters and who will play them.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jonathan Pryce\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/625\/media\/images\/76537000\/jpg\/_76537089_gotpryce.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption>Jonathan Pryce played a Bond villain in Tomorrow Never Dies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander Siddig\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/625\/media\/images\/76537000\/jpg\/_76537093_gotsiddig.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption>Alexander Siddig played Hamri Al-Assad in season 6 of 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pryce will play the High Sparrow while Castle-Hughes will appear as Obara Sand.<\/p>\n<p>Siddig is Doran Martell, the lord of Dorne and older brother to the late Oberyn Martell.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Sebastian has been cast as Prince Doran&#8217;s son, Trystane Martell, the heir to Dorne.<\/p>\n<p>Nell Tiger Free is Myrcella Baratheon, DeObia Oparei is Areo Hotah, Enzo Cilenti will be Yezzen, Jessica Henwick is Nymeria Sand and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers is Tyene Sand.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jessica Henwick\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/625\/media\/images\/76537000\/jpg\/_76537263_gothenwick.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption>Jessica Henwick played Amy Lang in BBC drama Silk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DeObia Oparei\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/625\/media\/images\/76537000\/jpg\/_76537259_gotoberai.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption>DeObia Oparei has appeared in Moulin Rouge, Dredd and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure>Source: BBC<\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine new characters have been unveiled for the fifth season of Game of Thrones. 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