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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who played Commander Frank Pike in the pilot for Fox's spaceship saga “Virtuality,” will play “Kingslayer” Jaime Lannister, a knight and key player in HBO's pilot for “A Game of Thrones.”

Coster-Waldau joins Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Kit Harrington, Jack Gleeson, Harry Lloyd and Jennifer Ehle, recently cast as Catelyn Stark.

Also just added to the cast are Iain Glen ("Resident Evil: Extinction") as disgraced knight Ser Jorah Mormont, Tamzin Merchant (2005's "Pride and Prejudice") as exiled teenage princess Daenerys, Richard Madden (the BBC's "Hope Springs") as Robb Stark, Sophie Turner ("Doctor Who") as Sansa Stark, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark and Alfie Allen ("The Other Boleyn Girl") as Stark ward Theon.

“The Visitor” director Tom McCarthy is reuniting with his “Station Agent” star, Peter Dinklage, for the project, based on George R.R. Martin’s series of “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels .

Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.

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