Jim Broadbent will join the cast of Game of Thrones for season 7 in a "significant" role. Entertainment Weekly reported that the "spoiler-averse GoT team doesn't want to say anything yet about who the actor is playing on the series. Some vague casting descriptions have leaked in recent weeks, but oftentimes such character rundowns sent to casting agents are deliberately inaccurate because producers assume the notices will wind up online."
GoT, which will film Season 7 in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, premieres next summer and will consist of seven episodes, reduced from the show's usual 10.