Four more names have been added to the cast of Amazon’s upcoming God of War live-action series, with Thor’s lineage being well represented.
Thor’s sons Modi and Magni will be played by Louis Cunningham and Ben Chapple respectively. Meanwhile, Evelyn Miller will star as Gna – Odin’s Valkyrie commander – and Island Austin as Thor’s daughter Thrud. According to Variety, Cunningham and Austin will be series regulars, while Chapple and Miller will have recurring roles in God of War.
The Asgard foursome join other confirmed cast members including Ryan Hurst as Kratos, Callum Vinson as Atreus, Teresa Palmer as Phoebe/Sif, Max Parker as Heimdall, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Ed Skrein as Baldur and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson the Norse God of Thunder, Thor.
As for their official character descriptions, you can check them out below:
Louis Cunningham as Modi: Sif and Thor’s middle child, Modi has a gentle disposition and an obsessive, almost insatiably curious mind. He loves puzzles and complex problems – to such an extent that he often gets lost within them and forgets everything else around him.
Ben Chapple as Magni: Sif and Thor’s eldest son. Handsome and adventurous, Magni is an excellent hunter and natural ladies’ man, but the life of an immortal playboy has begun to feel hollow and Magni is yearning for a greater purpose. He is extremely protective of his younger brother, Modi.
Evelyn Miller as Gna: Gna is Odin’s Valkyrie commander. A fierce warrior, she is devoted to her duty with a loyalty to Odin that borders on fanatical. Highly disciplined and uncompromising, she is dedicated to serving the realm, occasionally at the expense of her own wellbeing.
Island Austin as Thrud: Sif and Thor’s youngest child, Thrud is precocious, inquisitive, curious, and fearless, with a natural yearning for knowledge. She’s gentle and kind, and often acts as a peace-maker with the rest of her troubled family. Her grandfather, Odin, sees seeds of greatness in Thrud (mostly because she reminds him of himself) and the two have a special bond.
“God of War follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human,” reads the show’s official logline. We still don’t have a release window for the first season, however a second season of God of War has already been greenlit at Amazon.
Earlier this month, we got our first look at Hurst and Vinson as Kratos and Atreus, in an image reminiscent of the opening of 2018’s God of War.
