The cast just keeps on growing. Now anyone who has read the books will have known that most of the characters were going to pop up but many felt that some would be left until later seasons. Not so. It seems season 2 of Game Of Thrones is to be as faithful to the second novel, "A Clash Of Kings", as the first one was.
The first new addition is Balon Greyjoy. From EW..
Another actor has joined The Biggest TV Show Cast in the Universe. British actor (you probably guessed that part) Patrick Malahide had joined Game of Thrones season two as Balon Greyjoy. Malahide has appeared in movies like The World is Not Enough and Billy Elliot.
Balon, father of Theon and Yara (formerly Asha), is a right miserable old git. He rules the Iron Islands and regularly sends sacrifices to the Ironborn's Drowned God. Expect his role to be little more than a cameo here, but you never know. We also have Irish stage and screen actor
Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton. Bolton is even worse than Greyjoy. A sinister but reserved sadist who is the lord of The Dreadfort. His coat of arms is a flayed man, referencing Bolton's favorite method of torture: skinning people alive. Again, probably not much more than a cameo but expect him to make an impression. You recognize McElhatton from the likes of
Intermission and
I Went Down.
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