Game of Thrones Season 4 Casting Update: Roger Ashton Cast as Mace Tyrell
Games of thrones fans have seen the beautiful Margaery Tyrell, played by Natalie Dormer; it is time to meet her father - Mace Tyrell. Roger Ashton-Griffiths has been cast as the lord of the High Garden. The British actor is known for his roles in movies like "Gangs of Newyork", "A Knight's Tale" and "The Brothers Grimm." He has also been casted in shows based in the medieval period like "The Tudors" and "Henry VIII."
Mace Tyrell is the son of Olenna Tyrell also known as "Queen of Thrones" for her sharp tongue. Fans will remember that even the quick witted "spider," Lord Varys couldn't stand his ground in a verbal duel with her.
So how will the son of the queen of thrones and the father of the beautiful Margaery be like? Well, viewers will have to wait till early 2014 to find out. According to the Game of Thrones books he is more of an arm chair strategist rather than a fierce warrior. His son Loras however is a different story. Fans will remember him as the" knight of flowers" who gave Sansa stark a red rose in a jousting tournament and his relationship with Renly Baretheon. Loras is a skilled fighter and fans can expect to see more of him now that he is in king's landing amid all the plots and counter plots.
The Tyrell family has a large role to play in the coming season, Loras is expected to wed the widowed Cersei Lanister and even the queen of thrones couldn't stop that from happening as she was brow beaten in a meeting with Tywin Lannister. Will the coming of Mace Tyrell make a difference? Let us wait and watch.
The Game of Thrones series is known to take unexpected turns with important characters dying; even characters that fans thought were the protagonists. The series started in Winterfell with a grand banquet to welcome the King, now that king is dead so is the then lord of Winterfell (Ned Stark), the castle is in ruins with many of the family members dead and the remaining spread across Westeros. Fans are eagerly waiting for the next season with bated breath wondering who will die next.