Lost's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Joins Game of Thrones
Mr. Eko is Heading to Westeros.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, of Lost and Thor: The Dark World fame, has signed on to a role in the upcoming fifth season of Game of Thrones.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, not much has been revealed about the actor's place on the HBO show, but it is said that the actor's character isn't in the books and goes by the name of Malko.
While Akinnuoye-Agbaje will be taking on an unfamiliar character, season five will see the return of our favorite Game of Thrones names--including some surprises--in new exotic Westeros lands, such as Prince Oberyn "The Red Viper" Martell's birthplace of Dorne. GoT showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have said that they "see no reason why the coming season shouldn’t be the strongest yet."
Akinnuoye-Agbaje will also join Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, and Diane Lane in Trumbo, and stars in Annie, opposite Jamie Fox and Quvenzhane Wallis, which opens this holiday season.
Season five of Game of Thrones is set to air spring 2015.
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