Season two auditions begin today in London

The auditions for season two of Game of Thrones are set to begin today in London. In fact, they are likely on-going right now. These auditions will only be the first round of many, many rounds of auditions, so don’t expect casting announcements any time soon.

If it is any thing like last year, the first round of auditions will only be in front of a casting associate or two. They will be recorded and sent to Nina Gold, David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and George R. R. Martin. From there, they will make a list of callbacks and those folks will come in and audition in front of Nina and usually either David or Dan. So we’re only at the start of a long process.

Also, for those who have hopes of making it onto the show, this post has some good information on where to send your headshot and CV. It also includes a rundown of the types of extras they need. I haven’t seen a call go out from Extras NI yet, the company that supplies the extras, so this info might just be a rehash of last season’s extras casting call. But I’m sure they will need more of the same.

Winter Is Coming: Exciting! I love the whole casting game. Searching for actors’ audition tweets and messages, digging up casting sides and breakdowns, waiting to hear casting rumors… fun stuff! Who do you think they are auditioning for today? They usually go roughly in order of importance and appearance. I’m guessing Brienne, Asha and Davos are all at or near the top of the list.

• Published on 05/04/2011 at 9:44 AM CDT
• Last updated on 05/04/2011 at 9:44 AM CDT