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in college and I’ve been given a fast pass to kick
start my future.To have an ambition and a goal
at this stage is amazing. I can’t ask for anything
else, I’m so grateful.What I can take away is that
I’ve been given the chance to do what I love. I’ve
got my foot in the door and I’m not going to back
down on doing what I love.
If Arya was living in today’s what would
she be like?
I’m going to put it in ‘mean girl’ terms.
So, you know there’s always that girl who looks
perfect and has perfect hair, and make-up stays
on all day and wears a perfect handbag and
has her nails done and they would never chip?
Arya would not be that girl. She’d be the polar
opposite and love it. She would be the ruler of
the underdogs. She wouldn’t be popular and
people would hate her but she wouldn’t care.
That’s what I like about her, she wouldn’t care.
Do you think Arya will ultimately get
her revenge?
Hell yeah! She’s realising very quickly that
just because you’re a good person doesn’t mean
you’re going to survive. She’s proud of the
actions that she takes.
“I am soooo excited to be on the show, I can
hardly contain myself,” says Kiwi star Keisha
Castle-Hughes about the joining the cast of
Game Of Thrones, the fifth season of which is
expected to be aired here around April time.
She plays Obara Sand, who is the oldest
of the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell,
one of the major new characters introduced in
Season 4. In George V Martin’s books, Obara is
the fiercest and most warrior-like of the siblings
known as the Sand Snakes, a number of whom
will be introduced in the fifth season.
As usual, HBO is keeping tight-lipped as
to which storylines will emerge in the new
season, although the land of Dorne and its
ruling family, House Martell, are expected to
feature prominently this year.
However, from now it’s going to be harder
than ever to predict what tack the show will
take, as the new series will draw on the last
two books to be published, A Feast For Crows
and A DanceWith Dragons. Unlike previous
volumes, the action in these two book occur
concurrently in the same time frame, but focus
mainly on two different sets of characters.
Further complicating matters is that a number
of storylines are fast coming to their end; for
example, HBO has already confirmed that Bran
Stark will not be appearing in the fifth season
as his current published story arc from the
books has largely come to an end.
As yet, a publication date is still to be
announced for the sixth volume in the series
TheWinds Of Winter; there is an outside
chance it will be delivered this year, but some
believe it may not even turn up until 2017.
And with the Fire & Ice saga not due to
be wrapped up until the seventh volume
(provisionally titled A Dream Of Spring), sooner
or later the TV series may have to go it alone.
A KIWI IN WESTEROS
New Zealand star joins Game Of Thrones.