Celeb roundup: Game of Thrones actress talks diversity in media, others land new gigs

In the words of the immortal pop star Conner Friel, the Game of Thrones cast just won’t stop stopping. Such an enormous cast means someone is always up to something, and first up we have Ms. Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel. Emmanuel is best known to Thrones fans for playing stalwart Daenerys adviser Missandei, but Emmanuel has often branched out into other areas. One of those areas, has been speaking out about the lack of diversity in Hollywood casting. Speaking and posing for Hunger Magazine (in a three thousand dollar leather coat) Emmanuel touched on the issue both now, and when she was growing up.

There has been an improvement in casting, but what I often worry about is because it’s been called out that means that now people are saying, ‘Okay, we’re going to make it really diverse.’

Will it be that they just do the one film and then it goes back? If you go up for anything, you know there is always a cast of people and a small number of them are [from] a minority.

It’s an argument that has been leveled in Thrones’ direction before. Emmanuel went on to praise the racial diversity of the Fast and the Furious franchise, of which she has been a part.

Elsewhere, Maisie Williams (Arya) continues to add to her resume, this time securing a role in the film Departures per the Poughkeepsie Journal. The film, directed by Peter Hutchings, is said to revolve a “spunky” teenager named Skye, who will be portrayed by Williams. Skye, who has a terminal illness, will befriend “Calvin, a 19-year old hypochondriac who is afraid of his own shadow.” The film will focus on the pair’s attempt to complete Skye’s “eccentric bucket list.” No release date is yet scheduled, still, sounds like fun.

Photo Credit: HBO

And last, Richard Dormer who plays the often killed by never dead, Beric Dondarrion, has also latched on to a new project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dormer will take on the role of detective Gabriel Markham in the joint BBC Cinemax project Relik. Relik, a six part mini-series, “will tell the story of a serial killer in reverse, with the drama moving backwards in time to the very beginning.” Now that sounds interesting. Dormer will play the lead detective assigned to capturing the as yet uncast serial killer. Hopefully Dormer makes it out alive in this one.

 

 

h/t EveningStandard

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