Game of Thrones actor and sword fighting expert Miltos Yerolemou has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Yerolemou played swordsman Syrio Forel in Season 1 and will next be seen in BBC One’s Wolf Hall adaptation.

Gwendoline Christie, who plays Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones and Lexi in CBBC fantasy series Wizards vs Aliens, joined the movie’s cast earlier this year, alongside British actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Christina Chong (Monroe, Doctor Who’s ‘A Good Man Goes to War’).

Directed by JJ Abrams, Star Wars: Episode VII is filming now and arrives in UK cinemas on 18 December 2015.

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