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Link will be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, (The Sandman, The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason. (Three Girls, King and Conqueror)

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/465224/the-legend-of-zelda-live-action-film-cast-revealed/



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Yeah, I've never heard of these two and have no idea who they are...

Which is EXACTLY what I wanted for this film and who would play these characters!
I was never on board with getting big name/A-list actors to play Link and/or Zelda.
It'd just be too weird.

That said: The guy playing Link - Ehh, not quite the 1:1 look I was hoping for. I can definitely see similarities, but I don’t know. Maybe I need to see him in the outfit before I make a judgement. The girl playing Zelda, though, oh yeah, she definitely looks the part!


With that said, I have a feeling they'll get a bigger, more well-known name for the villain - Which I'm 95% sure will be Ganondorf.

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Anybody got any clips of shows or movies these two have been in?

I want to see what they got and maybe see what Miyamoto and the casting crew saw that made them think: “Oh yeah! THAT’S our Link and THAT’S our Zelda!”



PAOerfulone said:

Anybody got any clips of shows or movies these two have been in?

I want to see what they got and maybe see what Miyamoto and the casting crew saw that made them think: “Oh yeah! THAT’S our Link and THAT’S our Zelda!”

Bo:

Benjamin:



curl-6 said:
PAOerfulone said:

Anybody got any clips of shows or movies these two have been in?

I want to see what they got and maybe see what Miyamoto and the casting crew saw that made them think: “Oh yeah! THAT’S our Link and THAT’S our Zelda!”

Bo:

Benjamin:

I kinda want to see Bryan Cranston as Ganondorf now. XD



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Yeah, after the casting choices for the Mario movie prolly mostly pushed on Nintendo by Illumination, I'm glad the live action counterparts of Zelda/Link aren't too hyped up there.



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Yeah I do like the fact that they have gone for less known actors this time around.

Both of them look the part too, which is a big relief in this day and age where it seems like so many movies and shows cast people who don't resemble the character at all.



Yeah, I'd say they look like the characters they are supposed to be portraying.
I've heard speculations that they tried to pull some "representation" shenanigans as per usual these days, but Nintendo wasn't having it. Good for Nintendo.



Good choices.

Bo apparently played as Young Luna in the FFXV movie lol



Dante9 said:

Yeah, I'd say they look like the characters they are supposed to be portraying.
I've heard speculations that they tried to pull some "representation" shenanigans as per usual these days, but Nintendo wasn't having it. Good for Nintendo.

If you mean the Hunter Scafer thing, apparently that rumor was started by a PR firm to drum up publicity.