While HBO‘s “Game of Thrones” spinoff series “House of The Dragon” returns in June, another series is on the horizon with “A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” (likely to get trimmed down to “The Hedge Knight”), and they’ve officially cast the two lead roles of Dunk and Egg, another spinoff show that has been given a series order. Entertainment Weekly has revealed that actors Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell have landed those respective roles that were first introduced in the “Tales of Dunk & Egg” novellas from George R.R. Martin, who is creatively involved with this show.
Claffey plays Sir Duncan The Tall, the titular Hedge Knight, and Ansell plays the future King, Aegon V Targaryen, who is given the nickname of Egg and is the squire to Duncan.
Here is the show’s official logline from HBO:
“A century before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,’ two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.”
“The Hedge Knight” has a 2025 premiere with casting underway it would suggest that filming could begin by the end of the year.
SOURCE: EW
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