Just when you thought you'd learned all the names of Game of Thrones' massive cast, HBO goes and adds ninemore actors to their roster. One of those roles is a re-cast of a previous character, so at least that's someconsolation. The rest, however, are all new. They are as follows:
Brazil's Jonathan Pryce will play The High Sparrow, "A devout and pious man, the High Sparrow came to Kings Landing to serve those forgotten by much of the world the poor, the downtrodden and the infirm and quickly amassed a large following. His fellow believers have swarmed over the city, ministering to the lowest and decrying the corruption of the highest." Neill Tiger Free (Broken) plays Myrcella Baratheon, "the eldest child of Cersei Lannister and the late King Robert Baratheon, though in truth her father is Cerseis own brother, Jaime Lannister. For years, she has been a guest and ward of Prince Doran, betrothed to his son, but her position has become tenuous with the death of Oberyn Martell, the Princes brother." Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Da Vinci's Demons actor Alexander Siddig plays Doran Martell, "the ruling lord of Dorne and older brother to the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Unlike his brother, Doran is even-tempered and deliberate. Now, all of Dorne waits to see how their lord will react to his brothers death." Toby Sebastian (After the Dark) plays Trystane Martell, "Prince Dorans son and heir to Dorne. His father betrothed him to Myrcella Baratheon as part of the alliance offered by Tywin Lannister, then Hand of the King. Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) plays Obara Sand, A fearsome warrior and the eldest bastard daughter of the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother was a Dornish peasant girl who caught the eye of the late Prince. Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (The Whistleblower) plays Tyene Sand, "the daughter of the late Prince Oberyn Martell by Ellaria Sand, his final paramour. Tyene is fiercer than she looks, especially with her twin daggers. Jessica Henwick (Silk) plays Nymeria 'Nym' Sand, "the second eldest of the late Prince Oberyn's bastard daughters. Her mother was an Eastern noblewoman who brought Nym up to be cultured, graceful, and deadly with a whip." DeObia Oparei (The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) plays Areo Hotah, "the long-serving captain of Doran Martell's palace guard, renowned for his loyalty and his longaxe." And Enzo Cilenti (Rome) plays Yezzan, "an extremely wealthy slave trader before Daenerys Targaryen outlawed the slave trade."
So, start doing your memorizing, becuase season 5 is gearing up to be the biggest season yet, and it looks like the people of Dorne are going to have some vengeful motives of their own now that Oberyn's head has been popped like a grape.
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