‘House Of The Dragon’ Casts James Norton As Ormund Hightower In Season 3
deadline.comJames Norton has been tapped to portray Ormund Hightower in Season 3 of HBO‘s House of the Dragon, Deadline has learned. Ormund Hightower, who was referenced in Season 2 but never appeared on onscreen, is Otto’s (Rhys Ifans) nephew, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Gwayne’s (Freddie Fox) cousin, and the Lord of Oldtown.
He is presently leading the Hightower host in a march on King’s Landing to support his house against Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy).
Variety was first to report Norton’s casting. Based on Martin’s Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon tells the story of House Targaryen.
In addition to Ifans, Cooke, Fox and D’Arcy, cast also includes Matt Smith, Emma, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban and Jefferson Hall.
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