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Keisha Castle Hughes TBT
In December 2003, Keisha Castle-Hughes was a guest on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno".
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Keisha Castle-Hughes and Natalia Tena talk Osha and Obara at Armageddon Expo
The Armegeddon Pulp Culture Expo, an all-purpose sci-fi, video gaming, and comics convention held in New Zeland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and a couple of Game of Thrones stars showed up for the occasion. Natalia Tena (Osha) and Keisha Castle-Hughes (Obara Sand) were both in attendance. Both were asked about what may be in store for their characters come Season 6, with varying levels of success.
As interviewed by The New Zealand Herald, Castle-Hughes was the more up-front of the two, although her knowledge was hampered by the fact that the cast, much like Jon Snow, “know[s] nothing.” She’s hoping her character survives, but “[t]he craziest thing about the show is that we are almost as in the dark as everyone else.” According to the Herald, Castle-Hughes even said that some cast members have even tried to bribe the producers into revealing future plotlines, but that “they are rock solid” in their commitment to secrecy.
We know that Castle-Hughes was recently near the Alcazaba of AlmerÃa, where the show filmed scenes for Dorne, so it’s assumed that she’s shot at least some material for Season 6. You’d figure that, with that under her belt, she would know more than nothing, but maybe she has more to shoot, or perhaps she’s just being coy.
Castle-Hughes, who was a fan of the books before getting cast on the show, also commented on the genesis of her role—apparently, she had to convince producers that would be able to play the “brutish” Obara despite her small stature (Castle-Hughes is 5’6”). Also, kudos to Castle-Hughes on the Breaking Bad shirt. Finally, this group of Armageddon attendees cosplaying as a Game of Thrones slave train is pretty great. Head over to the Herald to see some video.
Elsewhere at Armageddon, Movie News Guide (MNG) caught up with Natalia Tena. Given these shots of the actress in Belfast from a while back, it’s a good bet that Tena will be back as Osha the wildling for Season 6, but if MNG thought she would spill the beans on anything, it was disappointed. Apparently, “people from the show” were on hand to discourage any questions. “No questions about season six of the show,” they said. There’s that commitment to secrecy again.
Still, Tena did say that, even if she was asked, she wouldn’t reveal anything, which we’re free to take as an implicit admission that she knows something, which at least sort of confirms that she’s in Season 6. Geez, those are a lot of dots to connect. Tena also had some fond words for her character, saying that Osha was a strong fighter, good on her feet, and has a very strong centre—she’s firm but with a heart of gold. I’m quite looking forward to her inevitable return—she brought a wild-eyed steeliness to the show that was pretty captivating.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Keisha hopes to survive Thrones
Kiwi actress Keisha Castle-Hughes has no idea if her character on massively popular HBO series Game of Thrones will last another season. In Auckland for pop-culture convention Armageddon, she said the cast was as in the dark about the future as fans of the show were. "Honestly, we know nothing. The craziest thing about the show is that we are almost as in the dark as everyone else. I actually learn more about the show from the fans then I do from working on it," Castle-Hughes told the Herald on Sunday. Castle-Hughes said the cast had offered bosses bribes to find out upcoming storylines, but "they are rock solid" in their secretive stance. The 25-year-old played warrior Obara Sand in series five and would love to be back for more.
Obara Sand is the oldest of the Sand sisters and she is a bad-ass warrior who wields a spear," she said. "She is not angry but she just has no room for emotion other than vengeance. "I am a massive fan of the show and I had read all the books years before the beginning [of the TV show] ." Castle-Hughes had her work cut out applying for the role, having to "convince the show runners that I could pull [it] off". "I am using muscles in my body that I didn't even know I had. In the books Obara is described as big and brutish [whereas] I am quite small. "I did a bunch of martial arts training and it was really exciting, and really different, but it is like a nice skill to have. "I don't know when I will ever have to wield a spear in real life." The actress first came to stardom at 13 in 2003 when she starred in Whale Rider. Juggling acting and being a mother and wife is sometimes difficult, Castle-Hughes said, but she and daughter Felicity "make it work". "It is like anything. It is a hard balance to try and figure it out but it is no different to any working mother in the world," she said. The actress is now working on Roadies, a TV show written and directed by Cameron Crowe, playing the role of a sound engineer. The series also stars Christina Hendricks, Luke Wilson and Imogen Poots.
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