Robert Baratheon: Last News

HBO show Game of Thrones are in danger of being cut down for being “potentially dangerous”.The tunnel of beech trees are found in Armony, County Antrim in Northern Ireland and they remain a popular tourist destination for fans of the series.But as reported by the Coleraine Chronicle, a recently commissioned report has recommended that eleven of the trees should be cut down, while one of them has already died.The Department of Infrastructure and Tree Survey have issued the warning, describing the trees as “potentially dangerous and structurally compromised.” Some of the trees are protected by local government, meaning the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council may have the final say on the trees’ future.The trees are part of the cluster known as Dark Hedges, which were planted in 1775, with roughly 80 currently surviving. Rob McCallion from the Save the Dark Hedges campaign group said: “If they don’t do something over these trees, someone is going to be killed, because of the state they’re in.”The trees featured most famously in ‘The North Remembers’, which was Season 2, Episode 1 of Game of Thrones.

Game Of Thrones.In his memoir, Putting The Rabbit In The Hat, published two years ago, the Succession star addressed a number of near misses in his career, which included the opportunity to play Robert Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series.READ MORE: ‘Succession’ season four, episode one recap: deals, drama and divorce“I’m often asked if I was offered a role in Game of Thrones – reason being that every other bugger was – and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon,” he wrote.The actor explained that he turned down the role because the money wasn’t great and the character got killed off early.“There’s always been a tendency of American productions to treat British actors differently from American actors,” he said. “In other words, to get them cheap.”Cox also rejected the part of the governor in Pirates Of The Caribbean, a role that eventually went to Jonathan Pryce.

Jordan Moreau George R.R. Martin’s world of Westeros from his “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels is one of the most sprawling fantasy universes ever created. There are countless complex characters (with confusing names) that lived across dozens of generations in which they fought, killed, allied, betrayed and had children with one another.

The long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel - House of the Dragon - is set to premiere in the coming days. The first episode will be available to watch in the UK in the early hours of Monday morning (22 August).

Just weeks before HBO's highly-anticipated House of the Dragon debuts, the stars are opening up about advice they got from the original Game of Thrones stars.House of the Dragon is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, following the reign of House Targaryen, where Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) both descended from.Several House of the Dragon stars opened up to The Hollywood Reporter to reveal who in the original GoT cast they reached out to, including Maisie Williams. Opening up:Just weeks before HBO's highly-anticipated House of the Dragon debuts, the stars are opening up about advice they got from the original Game of Thrones stars Maisie:Several House of the Dragon stars opened up to The Hollywood Reporter to reveal who in the original GoT cast they reached out to, including Maisie WilliamsOlivia Cooke plays Lady Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Rhys Ifans' Ser Otto Hightower, who serves as Hand of the King to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine).It's no surprise, then, that she reached out to Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark, the daughter of Ned Stark (Sean Bean), who once served as Hand of the King to King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy) in Game of Thrones.

Succession star Brian Cox revealed he turned down iconic roles in Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Brian Cox is a celebrated actor with over 230 film and TV roles to his credit in an illustrious career that spans over 50 years, with the actor revealing some famous roles he turned down.The 75-year-old actor is publishing a new memoir - Putting the Rabbit in the Hat - on January 18, with the actor sharing an excerpt to GQ.The actor revealed why he turned down roles in Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises in the excerpt... while also bashing Pirates star Johnny Depp.

Game of Thrones actor Joe Dempsie, who played Gendry Baratheon on the HBO series, recently opened up about his experience on the iconic show. The actor also shared that according to him, the fling between his character and Arya Stark would have "never" lasted beyond the final season of the show.  The last season of the epic fantasy drama, which ended it's over eight-year-long run in May 2019, saw Gendry, the last living bastard son of King Robert Baratheon, and Maisie Williams' Arya spend the night together before the battle against the White Walkers begins.  Reflecting on their equation, Dempsie said Gendry, who was unaware about his lineage for the most part of his life, was "drunk on the legitimacy" when the duo got together.

Game Of Thrones actor Joe Dempsie has suggested his character Gendry “lost his head a bit” in pursuing Arya Stark romantically.The actor, who is currently promoting his new show on Channel 4, Adult Material, said Gendry was so “drunk on legitimacy” in the HBO drama’s final season last year that he lost his inhibitions “and popped the question!”In season eight of the hit drama, Gendry [Baratheon] – the formerly unacknowledged bastard son of King Robert Baratheon – gets together with and then proposes to Arya, the youngest daughter of the Stark family (House Stark of Winterfell).Despite the storyline potentially pleasing fans who were eager to see the pair end up together, Dempsie told Digital Spy: “I think Gendry just lost his head a bit,

Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie has said he thinks Gendry’s mother is Cersei.The actor, who played Gendry in the HBO show, commented on the possibility of his character’s mother, considering he was the bastard son of Robert Baratheon.Reflecting on some loose ends left after the series ended last year, Dempsie told NME in a recent interview: “I still wanted to find out who Gendry’s mother was. I have a theory that it was actually Cersei and he was actually [her and Robert Baratheon’s] only biological child.“In season one, when Ned Stark comes to visit him, he asks him about his parents and he said he never knew his father but his mother had yellow hair.

GAME of Thrones star John Bradley looks completely unrecognisable in his upcoming role playing late comedian Les Dawson. The 32-year-old actor is a world away from Sam Tarly in his appearance in Sky’s new drama Urban Myths: Les Dawson’s Parisienne Adventure.

TMZ broke the news saying that Sophie gave birth last Wednesday, July 22, to a baby girl and JustJared is now reporting the little one’s name has a Game of Thrones connection.The outlet is claiming the couple have called her Willa and interestingly this is a name that appears no less than twice on the character list for the fantasy series and once albeit with a different spelling in the book of A Game of Thrones.When King Robert Baratheon, the Ned Stark who the mother of his ‘bastard’ son John Snow is, Ned says her name is Wylla.Ned quickly says he doesn’t want to talk about it, and Robert observes she must have been quite a woman, if she was able to make Ned forget his marriage vows even for an hour.Other mentions of Wylla in a Storm of

It's been a year since fans had to bid farewell to Game of Thrones, a show which changed television history forever. However, the fandom was left with a bitter aftertaste as the ending was not what they had expected it to be. In a recent interview with Insider, Carice van Houten, who GoT fans know as Melisandre, spoke candidly on her thoughts regarding the ending as well as the major fan backlash to season 8. "I loved the ending. I loved the randomness of just picking a king," Carice shared.