Independence Day 2 adds Game of Thrones actor DeObia Oparei

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Roland Emmerich keeps on casting his mega-sequel INDEPENDENCE DAY 2. The director has just added DeObia Oparei, who is currently on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones as King Doran’s captain of the guard Areo Hotah (see him in character above). The actor will play Dikembe, the Oxford-educated son of an African warlord.

Oparei joins Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Sela Ward, Brent Spiner, Vivica Fox, Judd Hirsch, Jessie Usher, Liam Hemsworth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joey King and Maika Monroe in the film, which is coming out June 24, 2016.

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2 was written by Emmerich, producer Dean Devlin, Carter Blanchard, James A Woods and Nicolas Wright.

Maika Monroe