GAME OF THRONES: Oscar Nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes Reportedly Joins Season 5

GAME OF THRONES: Oscar Nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes Reportedly Joins Season 5

Word is that 24-year-old Kiwi actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) has joined the fifth season of the HBO series as one of the "Sand Snakes"; the highly skilled bastard daughters of Prince Oberyn Martell. More after the jump.

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 15, 2014 06:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones
Source: NZ Herald
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According to the New Zealand Herald, we may just have our first bit of major casting news for the fifth season of Game Of Thrones. They report that 24-year-old “Whale Rider” star and Academy Award Nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes will play one of Oberyn Martell's bastard daughters, who are known as the Sand Snakes. The site don't know which one exactly, but given the actress's age, speculate that it'll likely be Nymeria Sand, who is described as "beautiful, of mixed race, emotional and strong" in the official casting call. Though there are 8 Sand Snakes in the books, the show is expected to utilize only 3: Nymeria, Obara Sand, the eldest, and Tyene Sand, the youngest. Apparently we're still awaiting conformation from Castle-Hughes' manager, so don't take this as a done deal just yet.
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yossarian
yossarian - 7/15/2014, 6:51 AM
Whale Rider?

Sounds like something Merc wrote/produced/starred in.
LuisFcknLorenzo
LuisFcknLorenzo - 7/15/2014, 6:53 AM
She really looks like Pedro Pascal, same nose and same color. Give me Victarion and Euron Greyjoy!!!!!
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 7/15/2014, 6:55 AM
She was in Revenge of the Sith for two seconds.


I'm excited to see Dorne.
Klone
Klone - 7/15/2014, 6:56 AM
Arianne, Doran, Victarion, Wyman and Euron is what I am looking forward to.
capcyclopsftw
capcyclopsftw - 7/15/2014, 7:04 AM
How do you not put an actual picture of the actress in the article? Lazy ass super users.
shabat
shabat - 7/15/2014, 7:06 AM
@Gusto

Ok, there was an old couple caught making grex in front of a church in Oklahoma. When police arrived, they had to be separated by a water hose. Where you in Oklahoma?

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yossarian
yossarian - 7/15/2014, 7:06 AM
hahahahahahahahahaahhaaa
shabat
shabat - 7/15/2014, 7:06 AM
*were you in Oklahoma?
yossarian
yossarian - 7/15/2014, 7:07 AM
@Gusto - Dude. I just learned about this Hunt for Yoss article. How funny was it and did that get you banned from making articles?
batz11
batz11 - 7/15/2014, 7:07 AM
@shabat WTF, dude hung like a horse...
shabat
shabat - 7/15/2014, 7:08 AM
It turns out they were performing their act of passion for one another while under a cross...
shabat
shabat - 7/15/2014, 7:09 AM
@batz11

lol, like a can of febreeze
batz11
batz11 - 7/15/2014, 7:09 AM
@blackandyellow calls himself the Whale-Rider...
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 7/15/2014, 7:18 AM
Aww, I got deleted...

You're mean, Ror...lol.

@yoss

You still suck.

@Gusto

Me missed you man, the place was starting to not smell of old man and teenage tears...

I suppose I should put something on topic...

Sounds good, no idea who the characters are, but if they're related to the Red Viper, can't be bad.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 7/15/2014, 7:23 AM
@batz11

I thought b&y had a little more tan?
batz11
batz11 - 7/15/2014, 7:25 AM
Ha, ha, couldn't find the diversity lol...
Klone
Klone - 7/15/2014, 7:35 AM
@Merc

She's playing one of Oberyn's eight bastard daughters in Dorne, four of which are trained killers.
Carl
Carl - 7/15/2014, 7:37 AM
I dont know about Euron but vicarion greyjoy got the shaft already
Klone
Klone - 7/15/2014, 7:45 AM
@Carl

Given that AFFC and ADWD are being mixed together it is possible that Season 5 will show us the Dornish storyline and Season 6 the Iron Island one, because the casting announcements for Season 5 only mentioned characters from Dorne.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 7/15/2014, 7:46 AM
@Klone

I gathered that from the article. But thanks man. I'll check it on on Wiki. See what I can learn.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/15/2014, 7:50 AM
batz, thick women need lovin' too. I know you know that game with the wildebeests you have in Minnesota.
Archgoat
Archgoat - 7/15/2014, 8:05 AM
Book readers, do Sand Snakes have any nude scenes?
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/15/2014, 8:13 AM
@gusto and @yossarian

Did yoss' question get answered about Gusto's editorial?
yossarian
yossarian - 7/15/2014, 8:18 AM
@B&Y - No. It never will either. Gusto doesn't check his alerts because he has more sense than us.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 7/15/2014, 9:26 AM
Bills training training camp gets going Friday. finally Football is back, unfortunately they will probably be eliminated from playoff contention by Saturday. I know it's coming so i will say it myself.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/15/2014, 9:35 AM
I believe the Bills and Giants start the preseason during the Hall of Fame game on August 2nd. Those games are like watching the CFL.
EarOne
EarOne - 7/15/2014, 9:46 AM
haven't read the novels...but, for a much needed variety on the show, how bout employing more Oriental, Indian, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, African and Latin actors..especially, for the characters of a more ambiguous race, like those in Dorne, or any place conquered by Khaleesi.

with Keisha playing Nymeria. i can see Belle's Gugu Mbata-Raw playing Obara and Raid 2's Julie Estelle as Tyene...they're all HOT.

judging from Oberyn's view of life and his life style..it's truly logical for him to have multi-raced bastard kids.
SoSayethTheSpiderman
SoSayethTheSpiderman - 7/15/2014, 2:32 PM
@Archgoat, technically they do not have any sex scenes, but they are very much like their father and mostly very open sexually, it is said. However Oberyns's brother has a daughter that is said to be equally or surpassing the Sand Snakes beauty that has multiple sex scenes in the books.

Love the Sand Snakes, but I'm more excited to hear about the castings of Areo, Arianne, and Darkstar
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