Monday, May 28, 2018

Keisha-Castle Hughes is set to star in The Ropes

She shot to fame as the fierce warrior Obara Sand on Game Of Thrones.
But Keisha-Castle Hughes will now flex her acting muscles in a different kind of drama, when she stars as a boxer in a 'sexy, gritty' four-part SBS show The Ropes. The 28-year-old New Zealander will share the screen with acting legend Jack Thompson and Romper Stomper actor Nicole Chamoun. The drama, described as a 'sexy, gritty drama that is fast-paced and full of heart', went into production on Monday in Western Sydney. Keisha plays hard-nosed fighter Jess O'Connor, who fights in a professional debut match thanks to her Iraqi-Australian trainer Amirah (Chamoun). Chamoun, who works in the family gym in Sydney's western suburbs, is cut off by her world champion father Sami (Igal Naor) for organising the match.
Jack Thompson will star as play Sami’s long-time promoter Strick. SBS director of television Marshall Heald said: 'The Ropes continues SBS's run of acclaimed provocative dramas that reflect Australian stories through a uniquely multicultural lens. The Ropes will premiere on SBS later in the year.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Keisha Castle-Hughes To Produce & Star In The Indie Film ‘Wellwood’

Keisha Castle-Hughes is attached to produce and star in Wellwood, a sci-fi indie that centers on a terminally ill Laura and her husband Nick, who makes an extraterrestrial discovery that he decides will cure his wife. Game of Thrones actress Castle-Hughes play Gracie Marsh, the skeptical and thorough local deputy to Nichols’s Sheriff Bradley, the small town’s de facto leader.

Lance E. Nichols, Camille Balsamo and Reid Collums also co-star. Production is underway in New Orleans with Eliza Hooper directing from a script by Collums. The project hails from studioADI with special effects artists Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. serving as exec producers. Castle-Hughes, who recurred on HBO’s Game Of Thrones, was most recently was seen in Universal’s Thank You for Your Service and Discovery Channel’s limited series Manhunt: Unabomber. She’s repped by Industry Entertainment and Innovative.