Arrived this October 7 on Prime Video, Catherine Called Birdy blows a breath of fresh air and well-felt feminism! As pop as it is irreverent, Lena Dunham’s medieval film relies on actors we already know well. See for yourself.
heroine of Catherine Called Birdy, 14-year-old Birdy is determined to prevent her forced marriage. A reckless and independent young girl played brilliantly by Bella Ramsey. If her face and her rebellious side tell you something, it’s quite normal since the actress was revealed for the role of Lyanna Mormont, in Game Of Thrones. Remarkable and noticed beginnings, which allowed him to integrate the cast of His Dark Materials, Judy and Resistancewithout forgetting the long-awaited series The Last of Us in which she will be Ellie.
Mother of Catherine in the medieval film of Lena DunhamLady Aislinn is played by Billie Piper. If she participated in series like Doctor Who, Diary of a call girl and Penny Dreadfuland made a passage to the cinema in Spirit Trap Where City of Tiny Lightsshe was first known as Billie as a singer, when she was only 15 years old.
Dean-Charles Chapman as Robert
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Before playing his big brother in Catherine Called Birdy, Dean Charles Chapman had already crossed paths with Bella Ramsey in Game of Thrones (he was Tommen Baratheon). The actress is not the only one he had already met, since he shot with Andrew Scott in 1917.
But if there is a role that has drawn all the light on him, it is that of Billy Elliot, in the musical in London.
Isis Hainsworth as Aelis
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Revealed in the horror series Red Rose and in the movie Metal Lords, Isis Hainsworth is Aelis in the Prime Video feature film adapted from the book by Karen Cushman. As soon as she meets Birdy, she becomes his best friend and the one with whom she shares the same idea of men!
Paul Kaye as Sir John Henry Murgaw VIII
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Barely recognizable as Sir John Henry Murgaw, Paul Kaye has already necessarily been seen by your eyes of series lovers: it is none other than him who played Thoros de Myr in Game of Thrones. He was also Cook’s attorney in Skinsstarred in Doctor Who and Wanderlustand at the cinema in Match Point, Tomorrow and Bang.
Sophie Okonedo as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter from Devon
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She is also on the poster, decidedly starred, of Catherine Called Birdy, Sophie Okonedo has been delighting the English (and not only) for many years now, whether in the cinema, on television or on the boards.
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Actress for A Raisin Sunshe was nominated for the 2005 Oscars in the category best actress in a supporting role for Rwanda Hotelbut also at the Golden Globes in 2007 for the series Tsunami – The days after.
David Bradley as Lord Gideon Sidebottom
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It only took a few seconds for fans toHarry Potter to recognize David Bradley, the iconic Argus Filch, as Lord Gideon Sidebottom, Aelis’ dad. Beyond the character of the cult saga, the actor has turned in Game of Thrones, The StrainDoctor Who, and will be the voice of Geppetto in the adaptation of Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro.
