Jason Momoa Confirmed in HBO’s A Game of Thrones

Earlier today I was manning my twitter station and saw Winter is Coming pointing to a report by a con goer attending Armageddon Expo who said that they heard actor Jason Momoa state that he would be taking on the role of Drogo in the HBO adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. Being a fan of the series and knowing how much people like confirmation when it comes to projects that they love, I checked up on this and can now report that HBO has confirmed to me that this report (and Momoa’s statements) were both the truth (not that we had any reason to doubt!) and official.

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the previous work of Mr. Momoa enough to speak on what he brings to the table, but he certainly looks the part. Apparently, he was a fixture on Stargate Atlantis as “Ronon Dex”, and will be in Stargate: Exeinction. He was also in all of the episodes of North Shore.

     
Khal Drogo himself is obviously an important character as one would assume it is through him viewers will model (and use as contrast to Westeros) what the Dothraki are. His role in the life of Daenerys Targaryen (to be played by Tamzin Merchant) cannot be overstated, as I think that character’s transition is sold to us by Drogo. Also, I’m not sure if this is common knowledge, but I was also told that the show starts production in a week.

     
Other casting news we’ve noted include the filling of the roles of The Hound,  Cersei Lannister,  the Stark Sisters,  Theon Greyjoy,  Rob Stark, and Jorah Mormont. These announcements were additions to the earlier castings  of Sean Bean (Ned Stark), Kit Harrington (Jon Snow) Harry Lloyd (Viserys) Jack Gleeson (Joffrey) Mark Addy (Robert), Peter Dinklage, and Jennifer Ehle as Catelyn Stark.

Let’s get pumped! A Game of Thrones is based off of the novel by George R.R.  Martin, the first book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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