God Of War Prime Video Series Casts A Sci-fi Tv Veteran As The Goddess Freya

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That faint rumbling you perceive is nan voices of millions of "Lost" fans crying retired successful unison, "Not Penny's boat!" No "God of War" adjustment would beryllium complete without 1 of its astir important characters of all, Freya, and now we cognize nan formidable acting talent recruited to bring her to life successful nan Prime Video series. It's conscionable been announced that "Lost" seasoned Sonya Walger has been formed successful what will beryllium a recurring domiciled passim nan show.

Gamers are good acquainted pinch nan goddess of emotion who's (justifiably) angry beautiful overmuch each nan clip and a sizable beingness other protagonist Kratos successful some 2018's "God of War" and nan game's sequel, "God of War Ragnarök." Amid nan avalanche of casting news for nan "God of War" series, however, Freya has remained conspicuously absent until now. While nan live-action show will inevitably person to alteration definite aspects of nan root worldly (we each sewage a sensation of that pinch the alternatively divisive first-look image from nan set), fans tin remainder assured that Freya will beryllium portrayed pinch plentifulness of passion, fierceness, and fury pinch Walger successful nan role.

Here's Freya's charismatic characteristic description, courtesy of Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios:

Freya is simply a Vanir goddess and princess who practices powerful, ancient magic. She is besides Odin's ex-wife and nan erstwhile Queen of nan Valkyries successful Asgard, a title bestowed upon her connected her matrimony day. She is strong, insightful, and filled pinch regrets. When Freya's unhappy matrimony to Odin ended pinch her being exiled, she was trim disconnected from her family, arsenic good arsenic her autochthonal land, Vanaheim. Freya has lived unsocial successful Midgard for a century, a recluse successful a hidden glade, feared by humans, and often referred to arsenic nan Witch of nan Woods.

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It's safe to get excited for "God of War," particularly now that character Sonya Walger has officially been formed arsenic the Vanir goddess Freya. Most well-known for playing nan characteristic Penny and starring successful arguably nan best-ever section of "Lost," Walger has spent nan past decade aliases truthful appearing successful shows for illustration ABC's "The Catch," "Get Shorty," and, possibly astir memorably, arsenic nan badass astronaut Molly Cobb successful Apple TV's "For All Mankind." Even so, "God of War" marks her astir important domiciled since 2022, and nan characteristic of Freya will undoubtedly time off rather nan belief connected viewers.

In nan games, Freya is some an uneasy state and a full chaotic card. Traditionally depicted arsenic nan woman of Odin (as seen successful nan "Thor" films successful nan Marvel Cinematic Universe), 2018's "God of War" video crippled adds respective neat layers to her arsenic Odin's jilted wife, manipulated into an unhappy matrimony and stolen distant from her people. After nan crippled ends connected a constituent of nary return for some Kratos and Freya, "Ragnarök" pays this disconnected brilliantly and further explores her character. With nan Prime Video bid already greenlit for 2 seasons, it's easy to ideate Freya's arc breaking down neatly betwixt both.

Walger joins a packed "God of War" formed alongside Ryan Hurst arsenic Kratos, Callum Vinson arsenic his boy Atreus, "Severance" star Ólafur Darri Ólafsson arsenic Thor, Mandy Patinkin arsenic Odin, Max Parker arsenic Heimdall, Alastair Duncan arsenic Mimir, Danny Woodburn arsenic Brok, Jeff Gulka arsenic Sindri, and Ed Skrein arsenic Baldur. The bid is group to debut connected Prime Video connected a to-be-announced date, apt successful 2027.