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New stars join House of the Dragon

Production on the highly anticipated show resumed earlier this month
Production on the highly anticipated show resumed earlier this month

New cast members have been announced for season two of HBO's hit Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon.

Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) has been joined by Freddie Fox (Black '47), Gayle Rankin (GLOW) and Abubakar Salim (Raised by Wolves).

Simon Russell Beale

Production on the highly anticipated show resumed earlier this month in the UK.

The popular prequel series is set 200 years before the events of author George RR Martin's Game of Thrones series.

It chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to the Targaryen civil war, known as the Dance of the Dragons.

Freddie Fox

HBO announced the additional cast members on Monday, one day after House of the Dragon scooped three prizes at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards.

The actors will join Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy and Paddy Considine, who will be reprising their roles for the second series.

Gayle Rankin

Production is again taking place at Warner Bros Discovery's Leavesden Studios in Watford.

HBO has also ordered another Game of Thrones prequel series, based around the adventures of author Martin's The Hedge Knight.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, tells the story of two unlikely heroes in the land of Westeros, Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg.

Abubakar Salim

Source: Press Association

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