Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth cast
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Let’s take a look at why going this route is exactly what the Zelda movie needed. Although both Bragason and Ainsworth are not making their debut here (Netflix viewers may recognize them from Renegade Nell and The Haunting of Bly Manor respectively),
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth plays young Alex Burgess in the opening episode “Sleep of the Just.” His brief role shows the emotional fallout of his father’s obsession with capturing Dream. With very few lines, he uses expression and hesitation to make Alex’s fear real.
Doe-eyed 16-year-old Evan Ainsworth, meanwhile, voiced Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action version. More importantly, he was apparently in Emmerdale (a British soap) one time, which will leave our US readers unfazed but send a jolt into a deep, ancestral area of UK readers' spines.
Bo Bragason will play Princess Zelda with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth playing Link. With a release date set for May 7, 2027, this video game adaptation is being led by Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball and co-written by Detective Pikachu’s ...
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