A few days ago Mumbai Mirror reported that B-Town actor Neil Nitin Mukesh claimed to have been offered a role in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones (GoT). The report said Neil was offered the role by GoT’s stunt director, Greg Powell
However, turns out that the news was false. Entertainment Weekly‘s (EW) senior writer aka EW‘s resident Game of Thrones expert, James Hibberd tweeted that the Bollywood actor “has NOT been cast in Game of Thrones“:
Greg was roped in to direct the action sequences in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (PRDP) and Neil had professed that the stunt director was so ‘impressed’ by the actor’s technique and training in PRDP‘s sword-fighting sequences that he offered him a role in GoT.
Neil had also claimed that a member of the GoT production team would be making their way to India soon to take the conversation further.
Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with PinkVilla, the actor said that the statement released by HBO isn’t “official”, and refrained from commenting further.
“As of now I am not allowed to comment on anything because global agencies have refrained me from doing so. Unfortunately, speculation about me doing the show has just gone out of control,” he said.
Looks like fans of the TV series can breathe a sigh of relief because there seems to be nothing concrete as of now. Earlier, when news of him being cast in GoT made headlines, people took to Twitter to express their utter disappointment.