Reporting from George R.R. Martin’s blog, he’s got the identities of seven new cast members. Some of them great, experienced actors, others virtually unknown. But, they are some *big* parts and it’s making it seem more and more real to have them cast. So, on to the castings:
Ser Jaime Lannister is…Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Sappy tribute video below:
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Theon Greyjoy is…Alfie Allen.
How weird, he’s the brother of Lily Allen. You can see him in puppet form in the NSFW Lily Allen video here.
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Arya Stark is…Maisie Williams. Virtually unknown, and George couldn’t even find anything about her on the Web.
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Sansa Stark is…Sophie Turner. Another relative unknown, and *not* the Sophie Turner you think it is. Whatever Sophie Turner you found, it’s not her. 
Crappy pics of both Maisie and Sophie can be found at George’s blog here.
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Robb Stark is…Richard Madden. Primarily a stage actor, but a good-looking chap that I can totally see as Robb.
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Daenerys Targaryen is…Tamzin Merchant. Apparently George has the hots for her sex scenes in The Tudors, and she’s old enough to legally have sex in A Game of Thrones. Not sure what all that means, but I’ll have to reserve judgment. I’m not in love right off the bat, but then Dany’s not necessarily my favorite character. I pretty much don’t care about her story, frankly.
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And finally, Ser Jorah Mormont is…Iain Glen. This fellow seems alright, and rugged enough to play Ser Jorah.
This show can’t get made soon enough. I hope HBO picks it up, if even for one or two seasons. The odds of getting a full seven seasons out of it, or of the story even being able to be told in that time are slim to none, but I’ll take what we can get!
