The second season of the successful “Game of Thrones” offshoot “House of the Dragon” is eagerly awaited. According to reports, this will not happen until next year, but the first newcomers, who will play an important role in the civil war between the two Targaryen camps, have already been confirmed. As “Variety” reports, four actors join the cast.
According to the report, one of them is “Glow” actress Gayle Rankin (33), whose role is also said to have been determined. Accordingly, she embodies the character Alys Rivers. In the book “Fire and Blood” by George R.R. Martin is the character of a witch with mystical visions who turns out to be a powerful ally of the so-called green faction – that is, on the side of Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke, 29) and thus against Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy, 30). .
“King Lear” star and Tony Award winner Simon Russell Beale (62) will apparently also be part of the second season. He is to slip into the role of Ser Simon Kraft, a great uncle of the scheming Larys Kraft (Matthew Needham, 39), who had almost his entire family murdered in season one.
Freddie Fox (34) is also a new player in the Hohenturm family – he is to play Ser Gwayne Hohenturm, son of Otto (Rhys Ifans, 55) and thus brother of Queen Alicent. Fox is known, among other things, for his role in the AppleTV series “Slow Horses”. According to “Variety”, newcomer number four is “Raised by Wolves” mime Abubakar Salim (30). He plays Alyn of Hull, a member of House Velaryon’s powerful fleet.
The second season of “House of the Dragon” has been officially in the making for around two weeks – according to pay-TV broadcaster Sky, which owns the broadcasting rights for the series in this country, the starting signal sounded on April 11 in the British Leavesden Studios for the filming. Season two will reportedly consist of eight episodes, two fewer than the premiere season.
