Four more stars have been added to the House of the Dragon Season 2 cast nearly two weeks after the first set photo was released.
According to Variety, Gayle Rankin has been cast as the healer Alys Rivers, while Simon Russell Beale will play Ser Simon Strong — the great uncle of Matthew Needham’s Lord Larys Strong.
Freddie Fox has been cast as Ser Gwayne Hightower, who is the son of Rhys Ifans’ Otto Hightower, while Abubakar Salim is set to play the sailor Alyn of Hull. All four will appear in the second season, which is set to be eight episodes in length.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon chronicles the rise and the downfall of the Targaryens, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. It takes place 200 years before the events of the award-winning series adaptation of Game of Thrones, which aired its final episode in 2019.
The first season was led by Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. It also featured Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish, Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Matthew Needham, Bill Patterson, Gavin Spokes, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Savannah Steyn, and Theo Nate.
