‘God of War’: Prime Video Series Is Officially Recasting Its Lead!!

What a year it’s been for God of War fans, who were finally treated to good news surrounding the highly anticipated live-action series in the works at Prime Video. After casting news for the show was released one-by-one, it was announced back in February that cameras were officially rolling on Prime Video’s God of War show, with Ryan Hurst set to star in the lead role of Kratos. Hurst previously voiced and did the motion capture work for Thor in God of War: Ragnarök. God of War fans were also surprised when Santa Monica announced at the PlayStation State of Play back in June that a new spin-off game was officially in the works, God of War Laufey, starring Deborah Ann Woll as the titular character. Santa Monica displayed 20 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay footage during the announcement.

After Amazon dropped the first-look photo of Ryan Hurst as Kratos back in February to announce that production was underway, there have been few updates surrounding Prime Video’s God of War series until yesterday. News broke yesterday evening that production on God of War had come to a halt after leading star Ryan Hurst suffered a torn bicep performing a stunt, an injury that could take up to a year to fully recover from. Later in the evening, it was reported that, instead of waiting for Hurst to recover to resume production, Amazon was instead going to recast the role of Kratos so that filming could get back on track more quickly. The studio has already shot four full episodes, which will all be redone once a new actor steps into the role.

Who Else Stars in Prime Video’s ‘God of War’ Show?

Prime Video’s God of War series is skipping the Greek mythology part of the story and jumping directly into the Norse chapter of Kratos’ saga, meaning that Season 1 will loosely adapt the events of the 2018 Game of the Year-winning God of War game. Callum Vinson has been tapped to star as Kratos’ son, Atreus, in God of War, with Ed Skrein playing his primary antagonist in Season 1, Baldur, son of Odin and brother of Thor. Prime Video has enlisted Mandy Patinkin to play the All-Father, aka Odin, in God of War, with Ólafur Darri Ólafsson starring as Thor, the God of Thunder. Teresa Palmer has also been cast as Sif with Sonya Walger playing Freya.