The past few weeks have been tough forGame of Thronesfans . After Season 6 ended , HBO confirmed that only seven episodes of the show will air in 2017 , that the abbreviated Season 7 will air later than common , and time of year 8 will be the series ' last . Woe to those who need Westeros on their sieve incessantly .
To facilitate the painfulness of the eternal postponement for the next season to get down , we found some moving picture to well out featuring the prominent ( and surviving ) member of theGame of Thronescast . You do n’t require us to say you about Gwendoline Christie ’s inconspicuous role inStar warfare : The Force Awakens , or aboutX - Men : Apocalypse , Sophie Turner ’s blockbuster debut . But here are a few hidden gems to keep theThronestimes hold out :
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
Movie : Knights of BadassdomIf you want to see Peter Dinklage ’s prestigious roles , tryThe Station Agentor his abbreviated - but - memorable debut inLiving in Oblivion . If you need to watch Dinklage play a political party bro obsess with resilient - activity roleplay , watchKnights of Badassdom . In the LARP - ing escapade , Dinklage acts like he ’s tripping on mushrooms even when his character is n’t really mellow , an even wilder turn than hisGame of Throneswino act . In a film stacked with television favorites – fromTrue Blood ’s Ryan Kwanten toFirefly ’s Summer Glau – Dinklage distinguishes himself by being the best of the bunch . Where to learn : Stream on Netflix , rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
moving picture : Dom HemingwayEmilia Clarke is one of those actors who made their name onGame of Throneswithout too much else on their résumé ( unless you countTriassic Attack ) . In Dom Hemingway , she curb her own opposite Jude Law as the title gangster . After being publish from a 12 - year prison judgment of conviction , Dom ca n’t keep his explosive temper in hindrance , affront vicious assassin and drug God Almighty alike in a campaign of debauchery . He slams to a freeze when face up by his daughter , played by Clarke , whom he snitch by refusing to rat out his bosses . It ’s a low - key role than the Mother of Dragons , but visualize theThronesactress play a seedy barroom singer with a backbone of steel is a trip . Where to watch : lease on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Kit Harington (Jon Snow)
picture : will of YouthThis BBC biopic of Vera Brittain , famed British memoirist and pacifist , is a star vehicle for Oscar - victor Alicia Vikander – but Harington , in a sweeter - than - Snow persona , excels as her honey pursuit . As a moony schoolboy with a penchant for poesy , Harington ’s knock down out in Edwardian finery , British army - greens , and clean - shaven mark . For those who care British costume dramas , Testament of Youthis a must , depicting a relationship crack-up and the meat - grinder conflict on a continent . Where to watch it : Rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark)
flick : The FallingCarol Morley ’s BBC film about a case of aggregated hysteria in an all - girls school proves that Maisie Williams is n’t just a Tumblr favourite , but the existent deal . InThe Falling , the actress plays a teenage girl lashing out against her mother , her teachers , and even her best friend . The role takes Williams far away from Arya Stark – seeing her in a schoolgirl uniform is deeply upsetting . For all the repulsion she confronts onGame of Thrones , Arya is at least protected by her supernatural assassinator attainment ; follow Williams push through the painfulness and overweening ego - regard of teenagedom in1960s England is significantly scarier . Where to watch : Stream on Netflix , split on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)
Movie : St. Trinian’sThis boarding school romp features an A - leaning mold that includes Colin Firth , Russell Brand , Rupert Everett ( in two gender - swap function ) , and a literal host of anarchic teenaged girls crumpled on wipeout and deviltry . It ’s a full situation comedy , yet one worth watching if you have an pastime in impressive British worker behaving outrageously . Headey is almost unrecognizable in her role as the soft - mannered English instructor . She ’s made a career out of playing a hardass , from Queen of the Seven Kingdoms toSarah Connorto a crazed drug lord inDredd . Here she plays a mousy , quivering agent of orderin the citadel of chaos . That ’s range . Where to watch : Rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister)
film : HeadhuntersIt ’s prosperous to ideate David Benioff and D. B. Weiss sick Nikolaj Coster - Waldau as Jaime Lannister after watchingHeadhunters . The Norse thriller pits Coster - Waldau ’s remorseless killer , Clas Greve , against a resourceful fine art stealer ( Aksel Hennie ) . Greve looks like the human variation of a shark , all hand-build menace gather into form - equip greyish suits . His respectable look and fortune are a threat that only grows throughout the thriller . Dangerous gender is central to hisHeadhuntersrole and Jaime , too . Where to watch : Stream on Netflix , rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish)
Movie : CalvaryGillen had a pre - Throneslife as Tommy Carcetti onThe Wire , where he honed calculating and ruthless skills . InCalvary , Gillen slips back into a rude Irish speech pattern to render a scarey performance of a different nature . A parable about the sins of the Catholic Church , the actor plays a skilled physician who economize lives , but tests the beliefs of a non-Christian priest ( played by Brendan Gleeson ) with narrative of operating table horror stories . It ’s a pleasurably parky function , and one that emphasise Gillen ’s effectiveness without the operose breathing and outrageous flourish required of Littlefinger . Where to watch : Rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth)
Movie : The GuardJohn Michael McDonagh , who send both Calvary and this black-market - comedy criminal offence tomboy , distinctly lovesThrones . The Guardpits Brendan Gleeson against a scheming Irish drug top banana ( Cunningham ) , a steely job that symbolise a certain sort of office that Cunningham has played over the year . We know him as the truehearted , obstinate , and tough Davos , but Cunningham can often be seen as a heavy . The Guardtakes full advantage of the typecasting . Where to watch : rive on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark)
flick : The AwakeningThe British be intimate their World War I movies . The Awakeningopens after that engagement , when everyone is still haunted by the war . The son we know as " Bran " play a gent left behind at boarding school with a small group of badly troubled adults . Released the same year as the first season ofGame of Thrones , The Awakeningfeatures Hempstead - Wright as if he ’d never been pushed from the tower by the Lannister sib , jaunty and avoiding all the pitfalls that so often entrap child actors . With a backcloth charge from a Brontë novel , the atmospheric thriller sees Hempstead - Wright and actress Rebecca Hall stray across all sort of creaking old manors and cloud - shadowed moors . Where to watch : Stream on Netflix , rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane)
Movie : Birkebeinerneor(The Last King)Hivju has n’t been in a ton of English - language productions – he had a substantive use in last year ’s hugely acclaimedForce Majeureand appeared in the substantially less - acclaim prequel to John Carpenter’sThe Thing . But forGame of Thronesfans , his latest role seems like an obvious option : Birkebeinernedramatizes an iconic moment in a Norse civil warfare when the monarchy took on the church . This is a slick knightly war movie – and Hivju clear up every aspect as the new Riley B King ’s escort ( the top executive happens to be a yearling ) . If you ever wanted to see Tormund babysit and fight masses while skiing , this is the moving picture for you . Where to view : Rent on Amazon , iTunes , Google Play , and YouTube
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