Lena Headey Joins Game Of Thrones HBO pilot's cast just got even better Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Oh boy oh boy. OK, we know it's TV not movies, but HBO's twisted fantasy A Game Of Thrones pilot has got itself a hell of a cast, with Lena Headey joining the line-up today as the thoroughly unscrupulous Cersei Lannister, a woman who's not the sort you want to trust with your last Rolo.
Cersei is a queen who cheats on her husband, has a thing for incest, approves of murder, assassination, conspiracy and treason if it will safeguard her own status and treats her friends and enemies much alike: as tools to be used in her quest for power and safety. She's not much of a mother either, and she kicks small puppies for fun*. It's a role that Headey, with the hard-edges she showed so well in The Sarah Connor Chronicles and 300, should slip right into. Admittedly, Cersei's described as blonde, so there may be wigs / hair dye to get into, but otherwise it seems like ideal casting.
To explain where Cersei fits in, she's married to Mark Addy's King Robert, elder sister to Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister and the elder twin of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's Jamie Lannister. Sean Bean's Eddard Stark is not among her friends and family, so expect sparks to fly there.
Should the David Benioff-scripted, Tom McCarthy-directed pilot go to series - and we're really hoping it's good and it will - Cersei's a consistent and continuing role, so this could replace Sarah Connor in Headey's plans for some years to come.
*Probably. That's not in the books to date, but it's very much implied.
This is being filmed in Belfast using the same warehouse as the latest Danny McBride film 'Your Highness'. I work right beside it, so i'll be keeping my eye out for Lena! ... Read More
Said it last time and i'll say it again. I'm happy for this in one way but if this means that George RR Martin has something else to distract him from actaullly writing the series (which he seems very good at at doing) than i'd rather it didn't exist. In fact, if it is successful the TV will be in for a massive snag when they get to the 5th book and realise he couldn't be arsed to finish the series and is more likely to go the way of Jordan and Gemil then give them the material they need. ah it ... Read More
if this gets anywhere near to being a fantasy equivalent of the superb Rome then it will be my TV event of the decade - all they need to do now is find roles for Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd and James Purefoy ... Read More
Im not surprised tv programmes are able to get such good actors....having watched way to much tv over the past few years I have come to think the standard of programming outpasses the standard of movies lately....not since state of play have i seen a decent film. whereas on tv I have Lost, 24, House, Criminal Minds, CSI....god i need a girlfriend ... Read More
