Another exciting announcement today! Con of Thrones has announced this afternoon that Game of Thrones cast members Sibel Kekilli (Shae) and Sam Coleman (Young Hodor) have joined the Special Guest lineup for Con of Thrones 2018.
Kekilli and Coleman join previously announced guests including cast members Esmé Bianco, Kate Dickie, Hannah Murray and Aimee Richardson, Game of Thrones Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, and fan-favorite podcasts A Storm of Spoilers and The Ringer’s Binge Mode.
Sibel Kekilli joined GoT in season 1 as Shae, Tyrion’s strong-minded lover, and remained with the show until season 4. Kekilli first made a splash in the award-winning film Head On before winning her role on Thrones. Since her time on the show, she’s appeared in Berlin, I Love You, starred in Bruder: Schwarze Macht, and continued her long-running role as Sarah Brandt on the German TV series Tatort.
Sam Coleman left an indelible impression on fans with his role as young Hodor/Wylis in season 6 of Game of Thrones. The actor has also put in appearances in last year’s Leatherface and 2018’s Lords of Chaos.
Autograph and photograph experiences with Sibel Kekilli and Sam Coleman are now on sale.
Con of Thrones, the premier convention for fans of Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the epic worlds of fantasy author George R. R. Martin, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, TX, May 25-27, 2018. Tickets are on sale now at ConofThrones.net.
Con of Thrones is produced by Mischief Management. Watchers on the Wall is the official programming partner for Con of Thrones, and will be helping bring a wide array of panels to this year’s con!
Hold the door!!!
Sam Coleman is just the bee’s knees!!! 😊
I was very impressed with young Mr Coleman’s performance albeit his role was small.
Dame of Mercia,
Thanks in large part to Sam Coleman’s performance, the last five minutes of “The Door” ripped my heart out.
Is there anyone who wasn’t shell shocked or crying when the screen faded to black?
I hope someone asks Sibel about the time she appeared on set and in costume during season six filming.
Ten Bears,
Ten Bears, I doubt anyone wasn’t completely wrecked!
I’m so excited to meet Sibel, she seems like a sweetheart in all her interviews.
And Sam was great at last year’s con.
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Wonder if he can dead lift the IRON THRONE?
Not me. I just……*wipes a tear from my cheek*……had something in my eye during that scene. Yea, that’s it!
Shae, please, don’t…
It’s good to see that even people playing minor GoT characters get to do the American con circuit. They’re people like me and you, just doing their job, but can turn their association with GoT into some financial positive. Plane tickets, at least, and accomodation.
I used to work for a film festival in my country. Mostly I wrote glowing PR for films I hadn’t actually seen, hahaa. I also hosted our international guests, usually the directors and their “stars”. Keep them well fed and watered and distracted, so they won’t get bored. Allow arty time for looking at the “amazing” scenery etc. We all enjoyed the pretend glamour. It was a fun job.
Good for the Conofthrones crowd to have Sibel Kekilli. It may not be so known in the English-speaking world that she is quite a famous and multiple awarded film and TV actress in Germany. She even received a very distinguished German civil award, the Order of Merit (similar to British Knighthood), and at a comparatively young age.
In Germany, she very rarely gives interviews or appears on talk shows. So feel honoured, guys!