The God of War tv has a significant new piece of casting. Amazon has confirmed by way of a press release that Mandy Patinkin, an actor whose profession spans over 50 years throughout each stage and display, will seem within the recreation as Odin.
Odin, the All-Father of Norse mythology, is a vital determine in God of War: Ragnarok, serving as the sport’s foremost villain. In response to the press launch, Odin is “not essentially the most bodily imposing” determine, but “he’s essentially the most highly effective Aesir god, a patriarch who leads with an iron fist, and an unequalled seeker of data.” The collection will comply with the plot of 2018’s God of War and its 2022 sequel.
Patinkin has had many memorable roles, however his most well known is Inigo Montoya from Rob Reiner’s 1987 traditional The Princess Bride, a travelling swordsman who’s looking for the six-fingered man who killed his father. In newer years, he performed Saul Berenson throughout 96 episodes of the Showtime drama Homeland.
Within the recreation God of War: Ragnarok, Odin is performed by Richard Schiff, who’s most well-known for enjoying Toby Ziegler in The West Wing. It’s, to this point, Schiff’s solely efficiency in a recreation.
The forged for the God of War TV collection has been coming collectively, and contains Ryan Hurst as Kratos, alongside Teresa Palmer as Sif, Severance’s Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor, and Max Paker as Heimdall. Essentially the most main casting determination but to be introduced is the a part of Kratos’ son, Atreus.
Amazon is committing exhausting to recreation diversifications, with each its Fallout present and the upcoming Tomb Raider collection, starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. In the meantime, there’s lots of movie diversifications of video games on the horizon: this is an entire record.