News Analysis India

Tag: Indira Varma

  • Obi-Wan Kenobi series casts Indira Varma

    By Express News Service
    Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi has roped in Game of Thrones star Indira Varma. The actor will join Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, who are reprising their roles as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in the upcoming series.

    The show, which was announced during D23 in 109, is amongst the many Star Wars shows that are slated to be released on Disney Plus. The show will be directed by Deborah Chow, who is known for directing two episodes in The Mandalorian season one.

    Indira is best-known for her role as Ellaria Sand in HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones. Her other credits include HBO’s Rome, Carnival Row, and most recently, ABC’s For Life.

    There is no information available currently about Varma’s character. The show is expected to start filming in late spring this year.

  • ‘Game of Thrones’ star Indira Varma joins Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series on Disney+

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Indian origin British star Indira Varma, best known for her roles in TV shows “Rome” and “Game of Thrones”, has joined the cast of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi television series on Disney+.

    Details about Varma’s character are still under wraps, reported Deadline.

    Varma, who has starred in TV shows “Carnival Row”, “Luther”, “Paranoid” and “For Life” and movies such as “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love” and “Crisis”, will appear in the series alongside Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy.

    The Obi-Wan serie on the streamer is among the number of “Star Wars” shows that are lined up for Disney+ following the success of “The Mandalorian”.

    The third season of “The Mandalorian” will premiere on Disney+ in late 2021.

    The character of Cassian Andor from “Rogue One”, played by Mexican star Diego Luna, is also getting a new series besides the two “Mandalorian” spinoffs and other stories.