Gwendoline Christie To Play Commander Lyme In ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’

Renad Farid

Staff Writer

@OhMyRino

With the release of Mockingjay Part 1 in November, and casting for Mockingjay Part 2, we can tell 2014 is an exciting year for The Hunger Games fandom.

But after Lily Rabe dropped out of playing Commander Lyme in Mockingjay Part 2 due to schedule conflicts, as she will be playing a role in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Lionsgate studios has confirmed that Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie will be replacing Rabe to do Commander Lyme, according to Deadline.com.

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Christie is not the only Game of Thrones star to be part of the blockbuster franchise final movie. Natalie Dormer, who portrays Margaery Tyrell in GoT, will also appear on THG: Mockingjay as Cressida, a film director from the Capitol that joined the rebellion along with her camera crew Castor and his Avox brother Pollux.

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Mockingjay Part 2 comes out in cinemas in 2015, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julianne Moore as President Coin.

Christie plays Brienne of Tarth on GoT which returns on Sunday on HBO.

Do you think Gwendoline Christie would make a good Commander Lyme? Share your thoughts in the comments below!