George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 210

I can also confirm that we have cast Arya's dancing partner. Playing Syrio Forel, former First Sword of Braavos, will be MILTOS YEROMELOU.



The London-based Yeromelou has done a lot of stage work, including Shakespearian turns at the Globe and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He's played a hunchback, a panther, a clown, and a Beast (not Vincent), he's familiar with TinTin and Narnia and neanderthals, and he knows which end of the sword you stick 'em with. Some of that would have been used...

The ranks of the black brothers are beginning to fill up.

The part of Rast, one of the nastier of Yoren's recruits, will be played by a young British actor named LUKE MC EWAN, a 2009 graduate from the Oxford School of Drama.



More information about Luke can be found at http://www.spotlight.com/6697-3497-3183

And as SAMWELL TARLY, we've cast a very talented newcomer named JOHN BRADLEY-WEST:



The side used in the auditions for Sam featured the scene where Sam tells Jon Snow how his father Lord Randyl...

... continued whirling madly while I was off in San Diego, offline and out of touch.

Names have been leaking out all over the place, I discovered last night on my return. (Some are a little premature, since no deal is yet in place). In this age of Twitter and Facebook and social gaming, the days of managing and controlling the flow of information may be behind us. I could give you hints about new cast members... but what's the point, when their names and vitae are already up on half a dozen...

Look out for:

Gregory Bossert. Stacie Brown. John Chu. Nick Farrar. Erin Gonzales. Jessica Hilt. Jennifer Hsyu. Adam Israel. Dustin Monk. Tamsyn Muir. Laura Praytor. LaTisha Redding. Dallas Taylor. Leah Thomas. Karin Tidbeck. Tom Underberg. Kali Wallace. Kai Ashante Wilson.

It took me the best part of a week to learn their names -- mostly I just called 'em all "Kid," as in, "Hey, kid, not half bad" -- and it may take you a little longer. But you'll know some of those names e...

Off to San Diego tomorrow, to teach my week at the famous Clarion Writers' Workshop.

Yes, I will be doing a public appearance while there -- Wednesday night, at the wonderful Mysterious Galaxy bookshop. Click on the link on the appearances page of my website for full details. I'll be reading a chapter from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, and defacing various copies of my books with my infamous illegible scrawl.

Unless provoked, I will try to be good and avoid any mention of last season's Jets / Charg...

I don't believe in omens, really, but...

One of the organizations I donate to is the World Wildlife Fund. So every year they send me a nice wall calendar, full of pretty pictures of endangered animals.

I just flipped over the calendar from June to July (okay, I'm a little late). And what do I find staring at me?

A huge gorilla.

He looks pretty pissed off, too.

Could this be a sign?

(Then again, June was a sea turtle, and turtles have been my totem since childhood, so I thought that was a good ome...

I get a lot of emails from readers who are interested in reading the Wild Cards series, but want to start at the beginning and can't find many of the older, out of print titles.

And yes, while we do hope to have those books reissued eventually, right now some of the old Wild Cards are VERY hard to find.

I just noticed a guy on ebay selling his entire 20-volume set, however:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200489981558

Have no idea what his reserve is... but he has all twenty vo...

The boys and girls at Fantasy Flight Games have really been kicking ass lately. Two new Ice & Fire releases are either in the stores or on the way.

First, there's BATTLES OF WESTEROS, a brand new -- well, I don't know, would you call it a board game, a miniatures game, a war game? -- whatever it is, it looks great. Based on the BattleLore system that FFG acquired. Fight your own Stark/ Lannister wars.



I've just received my own copies of this one. FFG has done a bang-up job, as always. The ...

I am interviewed... in Spanish:

http://triadamagica.blogspot.com/2010/06/trimaginas-primer-numero.html

And hey, I don't even SPEAK Spanish!

I hope I said something smart.

Sorry, no casting puzzles for you today.

Offers are out on quite a few parts, both major and minor, but I'm not aware of any deals closing besides the ones already announced. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week. Who knows? These things can take time.

Meanwhile, readings and auditions continue for a lot of other roles, and I've been reviewing tapes when I can. Lots and lots of kids of late. Mycah. Rickon. Tommen. Myrcella. Casting kids is really tough, especially when they only have a very...