The Hedge Knight Pronounces Casting for Lead Characters

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• Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell had been chosen to play Dunk and Egg within the GoT prequel,
  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight
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• Sequence follows younger adventures of Dunk and Egg previous to changing into legends in Westeros historical past.
• A century earlier than the unique
  Recreation of Thrones
  , discover narratively wealthy plot starring brave heroes in high-stakes settings.

HBO has introduced the casting of the leads for its upcoming Recreation of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Actors Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell have been chosen to painting the lead characters Dunk and Egg, respectively, in accordance with ComicBook.

The Recreation of Thrones spinoff will painting the early adventures of Dunk and Egg, properly earlier than they grew to become the legends identified within the historical past of Westeros as Ser Duncan the Tall and King Aegon V Targaryen. The sequence is predicated on George R.R. Martin’s trio of novellas – “The Hedge Knight” (1998), “The Sworn Sword” (2003), and “The Thriller Knight” (2010) – which had been later compiled right into a single quantity titled “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” in 2015.

These tales, collectively referred to as “The Tales of Dunk and Egg,” are set in an period almost a century earlier than the occasions of the unique Recreation of Thrones sequence and a couple of hundred years after the storyline of Home of the Dragon. They chronicle the escapades of a younger, earnest knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg, who’s none aside from the younger Prince Aegon, as they journey throughout Westeros.

HBO’s official description of the present hints at a story wealthy with excessive stakes and thrilling exploits:

“A century earlier than the occasions of Recreation of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a younger, naïve however brave knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Ansell). Set in an age when the Targaryen line nonetheless holds the Iron Throne, and the reminiscence of the final dragon has not but handed from dwelling reminiscence, nice destinies, highly effective foes, and harmful exploits all await these unbelievable and incomparable buddies.”

Writer George R.R. Martin commented on the anticipated content material and stylistic variations of those novella tales compared to Recreation of Thrones and Home of the Dragon, he stated,

“The Dunk & Egg novellas are fully-fleshed narratives extra just like the novels of A Music Of Ice & Hearth than the imaginary historical past of Hearth & Blood ; the tales are proper there on the web page, and our aim is to provide devoted variations of these tales for the display.”

The Rising Stars of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

Peter Claffey, identified for his roles in UnHealthy Sisters and Wreck, can be set to look in Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla Season 3 and alongside Cillian Murphy in Small Issues Like These. Dexter Sol Ansell, who started his appearing profession on the tender age of 4, has been seen in The Midwich Cuckoos, Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, and was featured as Younger Coriolanus Snow in The Starvation Video Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

The sequence is penned and produced by George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker, with Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw serving as government producers. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight will likely be a major addition to HBO’s increasing Recreation of Thrones franchise, following the success of Home of the Dragon, which is ready to return for its second season in June.

Throughout Warner Bros. Discovery’s This fall earnings name, David Zaslav introduced that the Hedge Knight spinoff is anticipated to debut in late 2025.