‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Cast Adds ‘Game Of Thrones’ Actor Jerome Flynn As A ‘Cowboy’
Having failed to work on the big screen,Stephen King’s fantasy epicThe Dark Toweris headed to smaller pastures with Amazon’s newDark TowerTV series. Rather than follow the path of King’s books exactly, the series is said to be more of a prequel – which means it will likely use elements from the forth book in the series,Wizard and Glass. We already learned who would be playing the leads of the show, and now a newDark TowerTV series cast member has been added.Jerome Flynn, who plays Bronn onGame of Thrones, has come aboard in an unspecified role. All we know is that Flynn is playing some sort of cowboy.
Speaking withThe Mirror, actor Jerome Flynn spilled the beans regarding his involvement inThe Dark TowerTV series:
“Game of Thrones has opened doors to some great stuff. I’m getting offered stuff I never would have.” And his next part is another fantasy – one of his own. He will play a cowboy in the dramatization of Stephen King’s seven-book Dark Tower series. Jerome says: “I’ve always said I’d like to play a cowboy – and now one has come along. I’m excited for that.”
This news is a bit bittersweet, because Flynn would actually make agreatRoland Deschain, the lead character of the saga. But that’s not who he’s playing, because Sam Strike (Leatherface) is playing that part instead. So who is Flynn playing then? That’s not entirely clear. The story refers to his character as a “cowboy”, but that means he’s likely playing a Gunslinger, one of the peacekeeper of Mid-World, the alternate universeThe Dark Toweris set in. Think of them as knights, with guns.
Roland is the main Gunslinger of the books – the last of his kind, in fact, whenThe Dark Towerbooks begin. But since the TV series is a prequel, more Gunslingers will still be alive and kicking.Wizard and Glass, book 4 in the series, jumps back in time to tell a prequel story about Roland’s younger days, where we meet his fellow Gunslingers and hisKa-tet– a group bound together by fate. Could Flynn be playing one of these characters? Maybe, but most of them are Roland’s age, and Flynn is clearly older than actor Sam Strike.
With that in mind, my guess is Flynn is playing someone a bit further along in years. My guess is Flynn is playingSteven Deschain, Roland’s father who was also a Gunslinger. He could also be playingEldred Jonas, a failed Gunslinger who is the villain ofWizard of Glass. Of course, he could also be playing a brand new character invented for the show. Hopefully we’ll know more soon.
