House Of The Dragon Season 2 Adds These New Characters

HBO has announced the addition of four actors to the cast of House of the Dragon Season 2, the TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, set 200 years before Game of Thrones. According to Entertainment Weekly, Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, Gayle Rankin, and Abubakar Salim have joined the ensemble.

Beale will portray Ser Simon Strong, the Castellan of Harrenhal and great-uncle to Lord Larys Strong. Fox will join the cast as Ser Gwayne Hightower, brother to Queen Alicent. Rankin has been cast as Alys Rivers, a healer and resident of Harrenhal. Salim will portray Alyn of Hull, a sailor in the Velaryon fleet who served in the Stepstones campaign. Season 2 of House of the Dragon is currently filming in London.

Returning cast members from the first season include Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham. The second season of House of the Dragon will consist of eight episodes, two episodes fewer than Season 1.

House of the Dragon is executive produced and co-created by George R.R. Martin, along with showrunner Ryan Condal.

House of the Dragon was super-popular for HBO, averaging 29 million viewers for each episode during the first season. HBO is also eyeing a Game of Thrones spin-off about Jon Snow for the future. Another Game of Thrones prequel TV series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, is also coming.