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trailer surfaced today courtesy of HBO Asia, bringing with it a few new shots of footage including one of a wildling woman with a familiar face.

Identified in our comments section by WotW reader SerCountryFriedSteak, the wildling is played by Danish actress Birgitte Hjort Sørensen. She’s best known for playing news anchor Katrine Fønsmark for three seasons on the hit drama 

The actress is also set to appear in the Martin Scorsese-directed HBO pilot focusing on the ’70’s rock ‘n roll scene.

The actress’s specific role is unknown at the moment. Our sources confirm that that was her in the trailer, but that she is not playing Val, the wildling ‘princess’ featured in the last few ASOIAF novels.

Last fall, multiple wildling leaders were cast for a major battle episode this year that we now know is focusing on the location called Hardhome. Perhaps Sørensen is playing one of the other notable wildling figures and her character is an invented one? Given that she is a well-established actress and featuring in an HBO pilot at the moment, she’d hardly be just an extra.

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Damn it! I got excited, I thought she would play Val!

haha yeah me too. She would be a great Val.

Likely an amalgamation of Mother Mole and Val, so technically not Val.

Yeah, with a shot focused on her like that, I doubt she’s an extra. Most likely a wildling leader at Hardhome. Maybe a version of Harma Dogshead, a very brutal and violent wildling figure.

Still keeping hope that Zoe Smedberg is Val’s version of the show !

She’d make a perfect Val but of course D & D gotta derp derpedy derp.

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