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One of the most shocking deaths in Game of Thrones, many fans are still wondering why Tommen killed himself. The young Baratheon emerged as the heir to the Iron Throne, but the pressures of his family and the tension among Westerosi powers eventually got the best of him. Tommen Baratheon's death is one of the most tragic ends for a Game of Thrones character given his youth and how he was more innocent than his vicious brother.

Tommen was a more compassionate ruler than Joffrey, even showing admiration for the black sheep of Game of Thrones' House Lannister, his uncle Tyrion. However, Tommen was still a boy who was afraid and unsure, manipulated by anyone who could get their claws into him. This included family members like his mother Cersei, his grandfather Tywin Lannister, his wife Margaery Tyrell, and the High Sparrow. Without any sense to see the threats surrounding him,...

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Game of Thrones and its spin-off, House of the Dragon, are generally known for tragedy, politics, and plot twists. The Red Wedding, the Purple Wedding, and the birth of Daenerys' dragons were all massive twists that completely redefined their respective seasons. Even Jon Snow's true parentage twisted Rhaegar and Lyanna's story into a tragic romance steeped in bloodshed and loss. The shows are simply filled with those three tropes.

One story in particular, however, was utterly defined by all three of them. It was a narrative that explored the life of a single royal child and featured numerous horrific tragedies. While he managed to rise above the trauma for a time, the successive crises simply became too much. Tommen Baratheon, Game of Thrones' most tragic character, deserved so much better than he ever received from his family,...

"Game of Thrones" had its share of recastings -- they were inevitable with a production and an ensemble as sprawling as the show had. The series had two Daario Naharises (Ed Skrein and then Michiel Huisman) and three Gregor Cleganes. After season 2, "Game of Thrones" also recast both of the younger Lannister-Baratheon siblings, Myrcella (Aimée Richardson and then future "First Omen" star Nell Tiger Free) and King Tommen (Callum Wharry and Dean Charles Chapman). Even Daenerys Targaryen was played by Tamzin Merchant, not Emilia Clarke, in the unaired (and then remade) "Game of Thrones" pilot.

One "Game of Thrones" recasting might have slipped your notice, though, because both successive actors were buried beneath make-up. That recasting would be the Night King, leader of the undead White Walkers. In seasons 4 and 5, the Night King was played by Welsh actor Richard Brake; you might recognize him as Joe Chill (murderer of Bruce Wayne's parents) from "Batman Begins,...

Perhaps the most important theme of both the Game of Thrones TV series and the George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels it’s based on is the critique of monarchies, particularly the kind of absolute monarchies found in the show's medieval societies. While some are significantly more noble than others, all the various kings and queens who claim Westeros’ Iron Throne throughout the series eventually become corrupted by their pursuits of power, except for poor, doomed Tommen Baratheon (Callum Wharry and Dean-Charles Chapman), who was manipulated by so many different factions that he barely held any real authority, despite nominally being king.

14 year old Nell Tiger Free (represented by Independent Talent) has joined the cast of Game of Thrones, to play Myrcella Baratheon. Myrcella Baratheon is the child of Cersei Lannister and the late King Robert Baratheon, though in truth her father is Cersei’s own brother, Jaime Lannister. In the second series she was shipped off to be the guest and ward of Prince Doran, betrothed to his son, and hasn't been seen since, but things are set to change with the death of Oberyn Martell, the Prince’s brother.

Nell is best known for her starring role as Chloe in the BBC adaptation of Mr. Stink.

In Series 4, Myrcella's brother Tommen was also recast, the role going from Callum Wharry to Dean Charles-Chapman, star of Cbbc's The Revolting World of Stanley Brown.

Jessica Henwick (represented by Tavistock Wood Management) joins the cast playing Nymeria (“Nym”) Sand, the second eldest...

With season 4 not even cold in its grave, we take a spoiler-free look ahead to what Game Of Thrones season 5 has in store…

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Warning: contains major spoilers for the season four finale, The Children, but designed to be safe for non A Song Of Ice And Fire readers.

“Season five gives me nightmares”. It may not be the most inspiring quote from Game Of Thrones co-showrunner David Benioff, but as A Song Of Ice And Fire readers will tell you, his fears aren’t unjustified.

Book four of George R.R. Martin’s series - A Feast For Crows, the events of which would ordinarily be adapted for season five - is easily the saga’s least popular volume. Were season five to follow it slavishly, we wouldn’t see fan favourites Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen or Jon Snow back next year as none features in the fourth book. Instead,...

Read no further if you haven't caught up on this week's Game of Thrones. Spoilers ahead.Also, this article gives away one of next week's plot points regarding succession. Now that King Joffrey is dead, you might well be wondering, who is next in line for the Iron Throne? A lot of folks in Westeros were fighting over that very question when he was alive — hence the War of the Five Kings — but what changes now that he's permanently out of the picture? Not even the person playing the would-be king knew the answer to this question when he was cast for season four. Dean Charles Chapman, a teenager who replaces child actor Callum Wharry, told Vulture at the season-four premiere party that he was surprised to discover that his character Tommen — Joffrey's little-seen younger brother — was next in line for the Iron Throne. "I was like,...

Games of Thrones producers have inexplicably replaced Ed Skrein in the role of mysterious mercenary Daario Naharis with Michiel Huisman.

Michiel Huisman Lands Role Of Daario

It’s unknown why Skrein will no longer inhabit the role of Daario, but trailers for Game of Thrones Season 4 show Huisman in the part and looking quite different that his predecessor. Skrein, with his devilish smile and long golden hair, played Daario as a flamboyant and passionate man, as well as an impossibly skilled assassin. In shots of the dark, curly-haired Huisman in the part, it looks like Daario is going to be even more toned down than the blue-haired version in the books for the foreseeable future.

Huisman, who stars as Liam McGuinnis on Nashville, is set to play a major part in the fourth season of Game of Thrones and to return for the HBO series’ fifth season as well. Alongside...

For those of you keeping up at home, we’ve had a plethora of casting announcements for the currently-shooting season four of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, including the addition of Pedro Pascal, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Roger Ashton-Griffiths. Today, via Comic Book Movie, we have two new announcements that include a new actor joining the cast, as well as a character who is apparently being re-cast.

First up, it’s being reported that Joseph Gatt (Thor, Banshee) has been cast in the role of Styr, Magnar of Thenn. The character is a wildling chief described as “a tall lean man with no ears. He is clean shaven, bald with a straight nose and grey eyes. He rules with an iron fist and commands absolute loyalty from his men.” You may recall from the book that he has a pretty decent sized role, always butting heads with...

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Oscar winner Marion Cotillard has been cast as Lady Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender in Justin Kurzel's "Macbeth" for See-Saw. Filming begins in the UK in January.

Cotillard replaces Natalie Portman who was previously attached in the role. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will produce. [Source: Screen Daily]

Dark Places Christina Hendricks has signed on to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's "Dark Places". Charlize Theron, Chloe Moretz, Corey Stoll and Andrea Roth also star.

Hendricks will play the older version of Krissi Cates character. Krissi has been haunted by a secret from her past that could have great implications for Charlize Theron and Corey Stoll's characters. [Source: Deadline]

Sils Maria Daniel Bruhl, Brady Corbet, Bruno Ganz and Tom Sturridge have all joined the cast of Olivier Assayas' "Sils Maria" at IFC.

Juliette Binoche plays an older actress who gets obsessed-over by a younger thesp (Chloe Moretz) taking on a...

HBO's new fantasy series Game of Thrones creates a massive world with its own jargon and a ton of characters-Jace Lacob's glossary and character gallery explain all!

For the uninitiated, Game of Thrones can be confusing. Based on the long, plot-heavy novels by George R.R. Martin, the HBO show (premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. Edt) is bursting with more characters and settings than you can swing a broadsword at.

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Game of Thrones is a political potboiler crossed with the essence of medieval legend, as ambitious and power-hungry lords and ladies vie for the throne, unleashing a violent and dangerous game that threatens the tenuous peace of this feudal society. The world of Martin's novels-which contain maps, character lineages, and a slew of appendices to keep readers on the right path-is a complicated one, containing separate and sometimes interconnected storylines,...