According to Hollywood Reporter Academy awarded, the actor will play a significant role in the seventh season.
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Over the years “Game of Thrones” has found a way to cast some really accomplished actors for notable roles, even if they are ones who don’t stay around an extremely long period of time.
Given that Game of Thrones season 7 is now charging past the material established in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, there is very little chance of guessing exactly who Broadbent will be playing.
As previously reported, Game of Thrones won’t return for season seven until summer of 2017, a full three months after its usual spring debut.
The 67-year-old movie legend most acclaimed role was as writer John Bailey in Richard Eyre’s film based on Bayley’s memoir, Elegy for Iris. However, some swift digging around by fans revealed that the role of a “venerable priest with moral authority and gravitas”, intended for an actor in his 60s, had already been unveiled. Game of Thrones’ Westeros.
Other popular titles Broadbent has appeared in include the Harry Potter series as Professor Horace Slughorn, Hot Fuzz (also featuring GoT stars Rory McCann and David Bradley), Brooklyn, Cloud Atlas, Gangs of New York, Brazil, and much more.
Oscar victor Jim Broadbent has boarded the George R.R. Martin fantasy drama, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Ciaran Hinds was Albus Dumbledore’s brother Aberforth in the Potter series before appearing as Night’s Watch member Mance Ryder in Game of Thrones.
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And now, consider this your potential spoiler warning… But with Samwell now at the Citadel learning to be a Maester and Jon Snow newly revealed as a Tagaryen himself, it’s a good opportunity to bring this aspect of the prophecy into the HBO show. Bran may have seen the truth in a vision, but only Howland saw it with his own eyes…and can use this information to change everything.
