Daniel Ings & Sam Spruell Among Five Additions To HBO’s ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ – First Look
With production underway in Belfast, Ireland on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, HBO has announced five new additions to the cast, along with a new director.
New cast members include Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country), Bertie Carvel (The Crown), Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things), Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) and Sam Spruell (Fargo). Bennett plays Aerion Targaryen, with Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Crawford as Tanselle, Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Spruell as Maekar Targaryen.
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Also new to the production is Sarah Adina Smith (Lessons in Chemistry), who has joined to direct three of the six episodes. As previously announced, Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell will also star. Check out a first look still from the series below.
A drama series based on the novella The Hedge Knight from George R. R. Martin, the visionary whose A Song of Ice and Fire inspired Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set a century before the events of that series, watching as two unlikely heroes wander Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Ansell). 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 show is written by Martin and Ira Parker (House of the Dragon), who will exec produce alongside Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw. As previously announced, Harris will direct the other three episodes.
Most recently seen playing Officer Peter Prior in True Detective: Night Country, Bennett’s past credits include The Nevers, Domina, and the indie Hope Gap with Annette Bening and Bill Nighy, to name just a few.
Carvel recently portrayed former Prime Minister Tony Blair on The Crown and has also been seen on series like Dalgliesh, The Sister, Baghdad Central and Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned, among many others. On the feature side, he’s most recently been sen in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.
In addition to Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things, Crawford has been seen on Australia’s Swift Street and Apple TV+’s Servant.
Starring opposite Theo James and Kaya Scodelario on Netflix’s recent hit series The Gentlemen, Ings appeared prior to that in The Marvels, as well as series like The Winter King, Sex Education, and I Hate Suzie.
Recently putting in a memorable turn as the villainous Ole Munch in the fifth season of Fargo, Spruell’s also been seen in series like Doctor Who, The Bastard Executioner, and The Last Ship, as well as films like Outlaw King and Legend.
The winner of a DGA Award for her work on Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, which she also exec produced, Smith has also directed episodes of series like Looking for Alaska, Hanna, Legion, and Room 104. On the feature side, she’s known for titles like The Drop, Birds of Paradise, and Buster’s Mal Heart.
Bennett is represented by Tavistock Wood and CAA; Carvel by Hamilton Hodell; Crawford by Zero Gravity Management, Buchwald and MCSM; Ings by United Agents and ColorCreative; Spruell by Lou Coulson Associates and Luber Roklin Entertainment; and Smith by WME Management and 2AM.
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