House of the Dragon season 3 casts its Ormund Hightower after the character was teased in season 2

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The Hightower family tree has grown a𓃲 new branch with news from that James Norton is joining House of the Dragon as Ormund Hightower, the first cousin of Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and the nephew of Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans).

Norton has amassed impress𓆉ive work over the🌃 past few years, appearing in the HBO series The Nevers and delivering a BAFTA-nominated performance as a chilling murderer in the British crime drama Happy Valley.

This isn't the first time he has become involved in the family matters of influential female figures, having played ꦉJohn Brooke, husband to Meg March (Emma Watson), in Greta Gerwig's 2019 adapt♏ation of Little Women.

Naturally, Norton should expect far more heated family debates (quite literally, if dragons are involv♈ed) as he joins the Greens in their battle for the Iron Throne and the power that comes from it.

Until now, Ormund has only been mentioned in passing by his uncle Otto (Rhys Ifans) in season 2 and was reportedly drawing forces out of Oldtown to join the action. Of course, that was before 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Otto made 🏅a quick appearance in the🌺 finale, curled up in a cell with no cla🦩rification on who had imprisoned him after losing his duty as Hand of the King.

With that in mind, could Ormund's rounding up of soldiers who are just waiting to get torched get put on hold to arrange a brief rescue mission and bust his uncle out from behind bars? We can only wait and find out when House of the Dragon opens its doors again sometime in 2026. For all other updates on what's happening in Westeros, save yourself a raven and head here to learn eve𒅌rything we know about Ho𝓀use of the Dragon season 3.

Nick Staniforth
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