Keisha Castle-Hughes quotes #14 & Keisha Castle-Hughes: Things you may not have known 9 (Game of Thrones Edition)

Didi you know this? About Keisha Castle-Hughes and the Game of Thrones.

In the current season 5 of Game of Thrones, Keisha is playing the part of Obara Sand. A part she knew she could fit as being a big fan. Keisha was a reader of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels long before it was announced that HBO was going to adapt them into a G.O.T. TV series. So when the TV adaptation started to air on HBO she watched it avidly, but when Oberyn Martell was introduced in Season 4, she started to wonder if she could obtain a role in the show.


Keisha Castle-Hughes on the Sand Snakes role....

"When Pedro showed up, I said, ‘Who is this person?’ He was sexy and powerful and devilish. I went back to the books. I remembered the Sand Snakes. I felt I could pass as Pedro's daughter. And then I campaigned with the series’ London casting directors. I was definitely persistent."

When she got the chance to show what she can do and they liked her. She went out and was trained in the Chinese martial art wushu for the role.