Gabriel Byrne Cast In History’s ‘Vikings’
Gabriel Byrne has been cast as Earl Haraldson in History channel’s first scripted series, Vikings, which premieres in 2013. Byrne will play a powerful figure in the historical telling of the Norsemen who raided and explored during Medieval times. He goes against the story’s protagonist, Ragnar Lothrok. Vikings is a 10-episode drama from MGM TV and The Tudors and Camelot masterminds Michael Hirst and Morgan O’Sullivan. Other executive producers on the series include John Weber of Take 5 Productions, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, James Flynn and Sheila Hockin. As with Hirst and O’Sullivan’s other productions, it’s an Irish/Canadian co-production. History has U.S. rights; MGM TV has most international rights.
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Nice coup for history channel
LO-HOVE Gabriel! GREAT casting!
Intriguing actor in an intriguing series.
Gasmer and Co are on a roll!
Congratulasions!! I am expecting to see GB.
Love Gabriel Byrne. Excited to see him in this period of history.
Sounds like a great show, but whats History Channel gonna do about all their shitty reality shows that are on 22 hours a day? Gee, you think this may take some time away from those daily marathons?
Great casting choice! I loved him in In Treatment. Vikings is sounding better and better the more I hear about it. Hopefully this turns out to be more like Game of Thrones than Pillars of the Earth.
Hopefully this is the history channels direction. The have so much crap on there now.Sounds like a good show. They could use more of this
go gaz go