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Game of Thrones actor James Cosmo roped in as the antagonist of Karthik Subbaraj's next, starring Dhanush

Actor-filmmaker Dhanush will be starring in director Karthik Subbaraj's upcoming Tamil gangster-thriller film, which will be completely shot the United Kingdom. Aishwarya Laxmi plays the female lead in the film, which will go on the floors in August. Now adding to the excitement, we hear that British actor James Cosmo, who is best known for playing Lord Commander Jeor Mormont on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, has been roped in as the antagonist in Dhanush's yet-untitled project.

Confirming the same, Karthik took to Twitter to welcome James on board and wrote, “Welcome on board @MrJamesCosmo sir!! Very happy, honoured and excited to work with an actor who starred in legendary creations like #Braveheart #Troy #GameOfThrones and many more (sic)”.

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Reportedly, the project is expected to go on floors in London this week. Speculations were rife that Karthik was trying to get in touch with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro for the role but eventually finalised James.

Coming back to Dhanush, he was last seen in Maari 2 and has Asuran, Durai Senthil Kumar’s Pataas, and Vada Chennai 2 in the pipeline.

(Source: Twitter)

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