Loki season 2 casts Game of Thrones alum as new Marvel villain

Game of Thrones actress Kate Dickie has been cast in an unspecified villain role in Season 2 of Loki, which will be part of Phase 5 of the MCU.

Loki Season 2 cast a game of Thrones alum a big role. Loki, created by Michael Waldron and premiered on Disney+ in June 2021, was one of the first spinoff series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It follows the adventures of Thor’s brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) after the events of Avengers: Endgamein which an earlier version of him escaped, becoming a “time variant” and resulting in his being captured by the Time Variance Authority.

Per meetingKate Dickie was cast Loki Season 2. The actress is perhaps best known for her starring role on the HBO fantasy series game of Thrones as Lysa Arryn, who became Lady Regent of the Vale after her husband was murdered. Although her character was more morally gray in this series, she will reportedly play a total villain Lokialthough it has not yet been announced exactly which character she will portray.

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Where else do you know Kate Dickie?

Although Dickie is known for her work on game of Thrones, her screen career has spanned decades since she took off in earnest in the early 2000s (after an early television appearance as a young woman in 1994). She started getting more roles after appearing in the BBC series tinsel town, mainly in short films and television. She started steaming after appearing in the Ken Follett miniseries That pillars of the earth In 2010 he appeared alongside the likes of Ian McShane (who would go on to star as well game of Thrones), Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen.

After this project, she held roles in projects including game of Thrones and the Ridley Scott from 2012 extraterrestrial precursor Prometheus. Continued after her stint as Lysa Arryn game of Throneswhich ended with a 2-episode appearance in Season 4 in 2014, she starred in Robert Egger’s horror project in 2015 The witch, in which she played Anya Taylor-Joy’s mother. More recently she has had roles in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, The Alienist, Peaky Blindersand the new Hulu-exclusive horror movie matriarchwhich came out this October.

Everything we know about Loki Season 2

It’s hard to predict which Marvel villain Dickie will be portrayed in Loki Season 2. So far, the details of the plot have been kept under wraps. However, what is known is that it will pick up where Season 1 left off, with Loki returning to an alternate version of the TVA and dealing with the aftermath of his split from his variant Sylvie, with whom he has developed a romantic bond. There was also a gentle confirmation from Kevin Feige that part of the season will take place in the 1970s, meaning this new villain could potentially be from an alternate Earth timeline, perhaps a storyline referring to a different character in the MCU references who were active during this time, which could potentially include a young Nick Fury.

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Source: Deadline