Whereas the upcoming God of War tv present for Prime Video has largely been casting new faces for key roles, followers of the sport can anticipate to see at the very least one actor reprising his unique position. Welcome again, Mimir.
A report from Deadline confirmed that Scottish actor Alastair Duncan will as soon as once more painting Mimir, the self-declared “smartest man on the earth.” Duncan first appeared as Mimir within the 2018 installment, and his different online game credit embrace Dying Stranding 2 because the President and Steel Gear Rising: Revengeance because the nano-machine-loving Senator Armstrong.
Mimir was Odin’s advisor earlier than his imprisonment in Midgard, endlessly sure to a tree. Kratos then freed him (by chopping his head off and getting it resurrected, thoughts you), and Mimir’s speaking disembodied head grew to become a everlasting companion all through the sport and its 2022 sequel.
Deadline additionally reported the castings of Jeff Gulka and Danny Woodburn as blacksmith brothers Sindri and Brok, respectively. Although Duncan is the primary actor introduced to return to his position within the recreation, he is not the one one with prior God of War ties: Ryan Hurst, who portrayed Thor in God of War Ragnarok, is taking up the position of Kratos within the live-action present, a casting transfer that Kratos recreation actor Christopher Decide endorsed.
The God of War solid is shortly taking form with a bombardment of casting bulletins, together with film legend Mandy Patinkin as Odin and Severance’s Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor.
Amazon has been fairly busy adapting in style online game franchises for its streaming service, with Season 2 of Fallout about to wrap up and capturing for a Sophie Turner-starring Tomb Raider present underway.