Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has landed his first television role since his eight-year stint in Game Of Thrones.
The 48-year-old actor, who played Jaime Lannister in the HBO franchise, is kissing goodbye to fantasy and throwing himself head first into brand new FX pilot Gone Hollywood.
Joining Nikolaj is fellow Thrones star Jonathan Pryce – aka the Lannisters sworn enemy The High Sparrow. Whether or not their rivalry will continue into this project so far remains to be seen.
Set in 1980, the series follows a team of agents who ditch their old-guard firm and found their own agency that skyrockets to industry dominance, disrupting the business and changing movies forever.
The synopsis teases that the show will mix its fictional protagonists with real-life entertainment figures and events.
Gone Hollywood also stars The Umbrella Academy’s John Magaro, Mozart In The Jungle’s Lola Kirke, A Beautiful Mind’s Judd Hirsch and Pride’s Ben Schnetzer.
The pilot will be written and directed by Ocean’s Eleven’s Ted Griffin, with School Of Rock’s Scott Rudin serving as executive producer.
It’s yet to be confirmed as to whether or not FX will decide to pick up the pilot for a full blown season.
Game Of Thrones came to an end just last month, with a number of cast members already signed up for projects beyond the realm of Westeros.
Emilia Clarke is set to appear in two films by the end of this year – a rom-com, Last Christmas, which is based in London, and Above Suspicion, which tells the true and shocking love story on a scandal in the Appalachian mountains.
Meanwhile, Peter Dinklage is due to appear in crime drama The Thicket where he’ll be recruited by a man named Jack Parker to join a team trying to save his sister Lula from murderous bank robbers.
Game Of Thrones is available to stream on NOW TV.
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