Who Was @ Comic-Con 2014 on Friday?

Robert Nesti READ TIME: 5 MIN.

They traveled a long way from the continent of Westeros to get there, but cast members of HBO's "Game of Thrones" at Friday's Comic-Con panel remained tight-lipped on spoilers.

Fans were told they would not get any plot details about the upcoming fifth season.

They did play a blooper reel and a video introducing nine actors that have been added to the series.

Among the new faces are relatives of the late Oberyn Martell, also known as the Red Viper, played by Pedro Pascal.

Alexander Siddig is Doran Martell, the lord of Dorne and older brother to Oberyn.

Toby Sebastian has been cast as Prince Doran's son, Trystane Martell, the heir to Dorne.

Jessica Henwick will play Nymeria Sand, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers is Tyene Sand, and Keisha Castle-Hughes is Obara Sand.

"Game of Thrones" leads the pack of Emmy nominations with 19, including best drama series.

It's based on the best-selling book series by George R.R. Martin.

Walking Dead

Fans attending Friday's panel for "The Walking Dead" at Comic-Con got to see the first trailer for season five.

The new episodes stick largely to the comic-book version created by Robert Kirkman, and producers say it will get even darker in tone.

"The Walking Dead" stars Andrew Lincoln as a sheriff deputy who awakens from a coma to find flesh-eating zombies now roam the world around him.

Lincoln told the audience his preparation for scenes was a quiet process, prompting moderator Chris Hardwick to show a video montage of the actor shouting and pounding his fists to pump himself up on set.

"It's so normal for all of us to be so weird now," explained co-star Lauren Cohan. "We're really performing the craziest tasks on the show, so you have to be a little bit crazy."

The appearance marked the first Comic-Con visit for Chandler Riggs, who plays Lincoln's son.

Lincoln said of Riggs, now 15: "When I first met him, he was barely the size of his action figure. He looked like a cuddly, little Ewok. In season two, I was able to carry him. I nearly put my back out doing it. In season five, I'm hoping that he will carry me."

"The Walking Dead" returns to AMC Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. EDT.

Orphan Black

If Tatiana Maslany is upset she wasn't nominated for an Emmy for portraying multiple clones on TV's "Orphan Black," she didn't show it at Comic-Con.

The actress appeared Friday alongside co-stars including Jordan Gavaris and Maria Doyle Kennedy.

When the moderator asked Maslany about getting overlooked for an Emmy bid, she said, "We're at a point where television is extremely exciting. I just feel really lucky to be at this point in television history making a show like this."

The audience didn't hold back. Maslany received a standing ovation when she walked out. One fan presented her with homemade nesting dolls in the likeness of her various characters. At the end of the panel, security guards had to keep some people from rushing the stage.

Actor Ari Millen was also there. It was revealed at the end of season two that he is the new male clone on the show.

He said he's "had a couple of conversations" with the writers and looks forward to the "personal journey" of making his clones unique from one another.

Millen also knows he can look to Maslany for guidance.

He called her "one of the most generous actors out there," adding, "I know if I have any questions, she'll be there."

"Orphan Black" will return for its 10-episode third season in 2015 on BBC America.

Mike Tyson's Mysteries

He didn't always stay on topic, and not everything he said was politically correct or easy to understand, but most of the audience at the Comic-Con panel for Mike Tyson's new animated Adult Swim series roared with laughter throughout.

Actor Rob Corddry moderated the session featuring producer Hugh Davidson and stars Tyson, Jim Rash and Rachel Ramras.

On "Mike Tyson Mysteries," a cartoon version of Tyson teams up with a pigeon to solve cases.

Ramras voices the character of Tyson's adopted Korean daughter. When this was brought up on the panel, Tyson interrupted, saying he thought until that moment that she was Chinese. He then commented that he "never adopted a Chinese girl in real life."

When Rash was answering a question about doing voice work, Tyson interrupted to point out an audience member who resembled Jerry Garcia.

"And that's the end of my answer," Rash said with a laugh.

Tyson then went on a tangent about a Garcia documentary he watched.

At another point, he launched into why he's glad he's no longer boxing.

"Listen, I'm glad I don't have to punch people no more. God, that was stressful," he lamented. "That's why I don't like doing it. I got punched enough, too. You (get) hit with the lawsuits afterward. You knock the guy out quick (and) you're so geeked up, you hit somebody else, you've got an officer involved and the next thing you know you've got a lawyer, you've got a jury .... you've got a witness involved in your life."

"Somebody recorded that last bit, right?" Davidson asked.

When Tyson was asked whether he would ever help write for the show, he said, "That'd be beautiful, but you'd have to spell."

At the end of the panel, many audience members cheered, pumped their fists and gave a standing ovation.

"Mike Tyson Mysteries" is slated to premiere this fall on Adult Swim.


by Robert Nesti , EDGE National Arts & Entertainment Editor

Robert Nesti can be reached at [email protected].

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