Keisha Castle-Hughes rumored to be joining Game of Thrones 

Keisha Castle-Hughes rumored to be joining Game of Thrones

By Ours is the Fury on July 12, 2014 in Casting, Rumors.

Academy Award-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is rumored to be the newest addition to season five of

reports that the actress, best known for starring in

, is telling friends she’s landed the part of a Sand Snake in the upcoming season. The specific Snake is unknown at this time, as three of Oberyn Martell’s daughters will be turning up in season five.

The newspaper cites Castle-Hughes’s Twitter activity as another possible hint at casting, with her traveling to London and Belfast recently and frequently expressing enthusiasm for the show.

Ours is the Fury: This is an unconfirmed rumor at the moment, but I’d love it if it turns out to be true. She’s a terrific actress and would be a good fit for any of the Sand Snakes. We’ll keep you posted on any official confirmation or denial of Castle-Hughes joining the show.

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Apparently she is not that tall but based on a quick google search she could totally be Obara. She has really nice and unique features and with phisical training she could rock the part. I need official casting news HBO!

Tyene- in the books she’s a pale blonde, in the show the casting call made no mention of that. This is IMO the safest bet for now.

Obara- she fits the look, but does she have the physicality?

Tyene- specifically mentioned as mixed race, so I think Tyene’s actress will be… Mixed race! This actress doesn’t seem to fit the bill.

Yes I agree she is so Arianne! Sadly it seems like Arianne is cut

Well, she could totally be Pedro/Oberyns daughter. She has that jawline.

The first thought that come to my mind was Arienne…

If any of you has Syfy, they are airing a show she was in, The almighty johnsons, on fridays; she played Gaia

When I saw her, I thought of Obara right away.

But why would the producers do that? It seems with absolutely no sense, we need to wait to see…

I mean, Arianne is SO more important than any of te Sandsnakes

Why is everyone assuming Arianne is cut? Did I miss something?

Perhaps not in the long run? But yes at this point the decision seems completely senseless

I hope I’m wrong, and I think we’ll know for sure in the coming weeks.

The scripts for the Obara, Tyene and Trystane audition made it seem probable. Especially since it hinted Ellaria will be assuming Arianne’s role

She is following Sophie, Carice, Isaac and Maisie on twitter. :)

Because her name was not on the leaked partial casting call and because of the apparent expansion on the roles of the Sandsnakes (evidenced by the leaked audition tapes of Tyene, Obara and Quentyn) some people think they are cutting Arienne. I think that is HIGHLY unlikely but who knows, everyone is entitled of an opinion…

Sorry for the double comment but i must ask this. When was Ellaria assuming Arianne’s role hinted in the auditions? I’ve seen all the leaked tapes and Ellaria is not mentioned a single time in any of them.

could have a motive to crown Myrcella when she’s not even married to Trystane yet? An intricate method of killing Lannisters even though thousands of Dornish would die too?

Cary Storm Posted July 12, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Using Google as my friend, I see that this young lady was in “Whale Rider” when she was just a kid. She was very good in that though I didn’t recognise her straightaway. She looks a bit pale in the publicity shot at the top of the feature but she passed for a Maori in “Whale Rider”. She could be Tyene if the show-runners go the “wiggy” route, as they have with Cersei and Daenerys.

Saw the pic, and thought “Yes! Looks good.” Then realized she was in Whale Rider. I loved that movie.

I think they just hand it over to the Sand Snakes and Ellaria, which kind of simplifies the whole plot (IMO in a bad way).

I don’t know if they’re cutting Arianne or not, but I can see D&D deciding to make Oberyn’s daughters the viewpoint characters quite easily. The family dynamics in the book would change quite dramatically, but I’m excited to see this subplot on screen. And Castle Hughes is a GREAT choice, whatever the role. As would her Whale Rider costar Cliff Curtis :)

Castle-Hughes is all of 5’6, so I have a hard time seeing them picking her to be Obara. She’s not imposing.

She could be either of the remaining two, though she really doesn’t fit with the casting description they gave for Nymeria (which they’re not bound to, of course).

On the “is Arianne cut or not?” front, if they’re hiring an Oscar-nominated actress for one of the Sand Snakes, that’s not a positive sign for Arianne fans, in my opinion.

The person talking to Obara who mentions that “Cersei loves her children and we have one of them” (paraphrasing).

At first glance you’d think that she’s Arianne, but there’s a line in the audition tape said presumably by a third character (who is definitely one of the Sand Snakes, I think Tyene) where they say “Mother.” Now, in the books Ellaria isn’t the mother of any of the three Sand Snakes being cast in this season, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine they change, say, Tyene into being Ellaria’s daughter. And what else could it be, really, if this “mother’ is suggesting using Myrcella against Cersei?

Not sure she exactly fits any Sand Snake to me, but her talent will win me over I’m sure.

She is not as physically imposing as I pictured Obara and not physically how I pictured Nymeria, but she does have a unique look that may fit the desired look for Nymeria as the show described her in the casting leaks.

Nymeria was my first guess. I don’t think she looks like an Obara or Tyene at all.

From what I remember from the audition, Obara directs a comment to Nym and Tyene, who are apparently fighting (She tells Tyene to give up because Nym’s mother taught her the whip before knife and fork)and then another person appears (The actress reading for obara clearly changed her posture at that moment) and they start speaking. I really can’t recall “mother” or any other evidence of a third person in the dialogue… Well, in a couple of weeks (Comic-Con) we probably will have the near-complete official castng list so we’ll know soon.

EDIT: Just to point out, in the books, from all of the main Dornish characters, Ellaria is the only one who does not want more revenge because she thinks it will just lead to more death, so I think if they do as you said they might be changing Ellaria’s character quite a lot.

Regarding Arianne, count me as being among those that are hopeful that she’ll be in the show. At this point, I’m more concerned that we haven’t heard anything (as far as I can recall) about the

There is one rumor about a location being found for the

Greatjon of Slumber Posted July 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm

Ok, so, WOW, if this is true. Its possible she’s any of the three – they don’t need to keep the blonde for Tyene, and I’d considered Nymeria to be even darker than KCH, to be honest (she’s going to be the new NCW in terms of people we refer to by initials). Agreed she’s probably not imposing enough to be Obara, but hell, she’d be fine anyway.

If she is cast, she would be the first ever Oscar-nominated actor to be on the show (yes, really).

So who knows if she’s in it, but if so, that’s great. She’s grown up to become very pretty, and would work well as any of the three main Sand Snakes. I’m jazzed they’re casting these characters. (Hell, she could be Arianne as well, as she’s the right age, and I don’t believe she’s been cut as we have no evidence, just absence of evidence.)

Great to have her join the show. We shall see which sister she is.

I know, and that makes this potential change even more annoying since it not only deprives us of Arianne and her relationship with Doran but also alters Ellaria from a semi-pacifist into yet another revenge seeking anti-establishment woman (and we have enough of that from the Sand Snakes already).

What I can tell you for certain is that there was a line that went something like this: “Mother, Nym, Obara.” We don’t know if it was “Mother.” with another character (Ellaria maybe) responding “Nym, Obara.”

And believe me, I really hope I’m wrong (Arianne is one of my favorites). There is definitely some confusion as to what characters the woman off screen is reading for so there’s still a chance, but I see it as yet another piece of evidence (alongside Arianne missing from the casting sheet and GRRM not mentioning her when he said he expects Doran, Hotah and the Sand Snakes to make the cut).

All I’m saying is keep your hopes down. They might give us a surprise, but for now I’d rather get over Arianne getting cut so it doesn;’t hurt when it’s official.

That’s right, I had completely forgotten about that rumor — thanks for the reminder. I really am curious as to what they’re going to do with that storyline. At the very least I thought that we would see/be informed of

Balon’s death this past season, but that obviously didn’t happen. I know the storyline isn’t universally beloved by book readers, but I think the show would lose quite a bit if it were completely excised.

has her twitter name always been “kemamo STARK” I swear I checked it earlier and it didn’t say that…obviously she’s not playing a Stark but maybe it’s a nod to the show?

I generally agree. But I think we might get Euron, considering they HAVE to follow up with Yara returning to Pyke and getting blame for escaping the Dreadfort (Bryan Cogman said it will happen, so probably on screen)

and of course the leeches. They could have easily removed the Balon leech from the show- I was half expecting it to happen in season 3.

Good news, I liked Whale Rider, too.

I can’t imagine her as Obara or Tyene, my first thought was Lady Nymeria, too. But let’s not forget, none of the Sand Snakes have even been mentioned by name so far. The producers could easily make up completely new characters.

ok so I scrolled down, it looks like she’s just a super fan of the show which is the reason for the STARK in her twitter name

well, she started following a bunch of the cast’s twitters between June 5th and June 11th and didn’t start tweeting about the show until after that…so something happened during that time…yeah she’s definitely playing someone

They must have done a table-read by now, no?

Janina Gavankar has been to the last two Game of Thrones NYC premiers and has a few selfies with GRRM himself. She was also on another HBO show (True Blood) That has just had it’s final season. My theory is that they had already had her selected for the last year or so and the reason that there was no casting call was because Arianne had already been cast.

This is so true. An Oscar nominated actress is exactly the kind of thing Dan and David go for.With a blonde wig, she could pass for Tyene. She has an innocent mien.

Janina is a beauty, but she’s about ten years too old to be Arianne. I don’t think they’re pulling a Margery on us again.

Is there a breakdown of which locations will be shooting when yet?

well, she started following a bunch of the cast’s twitters between June 5th and June 11th and didn’t start tweeting about the show until after that…so something happened during that time…yeah she’s definitely playing someone

May also suggest that cast positions have only recently been filled basically in the last week.

Not saying that rules out Arianne, but I think Janina looks considerably older than the desired 18-25 age range they stated for Sand Snakes in the casting leaks. And by that I mean she may look her age, but she looks good! XD

Do we have confirmation about Gemma Whelan returning next season?

She looks younger than her age, but she definitely doesn’t look 20.

Agree that Tyene is the best bet, and there’s no real reason she has to be a blonde for the show. In fact if D&D are in part using DOrne to bring more persons of color to the show they might prefer not to use one.

if they decided to scrap Aegon(and I think they have,) then anything else Arianne does of importance could be given to one of the Sand Snakes.

Balon’s doomed and I think they’re keeping the Kingsmoot and Euron-but Vic and Damphair are out for sure. I also don’t think Qwentyn made the cut either.

Why would they drop Balon’s leech in the flame if nothing happens with it? I think it’s quite certain that balon will die, but they might skip over the king’s moot and just make Euron king immediatly and then give him a smaller role then in the books. Basicly some of the victarion travels and maybe some dialogue of how the reach has been attacked by ironman. They also don’t have to do all battles onscreen, they did not in the first two seasons and it worked very well for me.

Maybe they simply decided to rename Arianne since it sounds too close to Arya (and Yara). At least it depends on how you spell Arianne; to me it’s always been “Arian” which is almost identical to Arya.

I remember Whale Rider. That was quality, and her talent was evident then.

I know you can’t really infer current talent from one movie 10+ years ago, but still.

I guess it technically works but I think the original intention within the script was to cast someone who’s mixed race with some darker skin than that. Trying to be politically correct but you get the point.

I also doubt they’d restrict themselves to that if they find someone that is absolutely right for the role.

Janina Gavankar has been to the last two Game of Thrones NYC premiers and has a few selfies with GRRM himself. She was also on another HBO show (True Blood) That has just had it’s final season. My theory is that they had already had her selected for the last year or so and the reason that there was no casting call was because Arianne had already been cast.

Your theory is incorrect. Gavankar is a series regular on NBC’s fall series “The Mysteries of Laura”, and will not be able to film any other show.

First, Momoa, now possibly Castle-Hughes. As a Polynesian, this news pleases me. Always thought my peeps would be suitable picks for the Dothraki or the Dornish. If they can somehow cast Cliff Curtis, I would be over the moon.

I was thinking Cliff Curtis would make an interesting Doran when I read this news!

This is great news if it’s real. Would this be the first Oscar nominee to be on GOT?

She’s too pretty for Obara and would be best as Nym or Arianne (if she’s in).

So, why is everyone thinking this is Obara or Tyene. She is palying Nymeria think about it. obara is shorthaired no?, tyene si Blonde no? So , she is not balck so It’s not Sarella. It’s 100% Nymeria like why are you even disccussing this…

Yeah, Tyene’s hair is pretty irrelevant, length or color. Almost everyone wears wigs. I doubt they feel obligated to stick with blonde hair for her anyway. A source told me that Tyene is going to be the daughter of Oberyn and Ellaria in the show. That’s not officially confirmed but it makes sense they’d want Ellaria to have a blood connection to one of them.

I agree that this seems to be another nail in the coffin of TV Arianne.

With this comment in mind, Fury, have your little birds whispered anything about Arianne?

Do you take that to mean she’s been cut?

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