God of War TV Series Adds Lost Star Sonya Walger as Freya

Sonya Walger, known to legions of Lost fans arsenic Penny, has been formed arsenic Freya successful Amazon Prime Video's upcoming God of War TV series.

Walger joins Ryan Hurst arsenic Kratos, young histrion Callum Vinson arsenic Atreus and Homeland's Mandy Patinkin arsenic Odin — Freya's ex-husband. That's according to Variety, which broke the quality of Walger's casting today.

An authoritative blurb for Freya describes the quality arsenic "a Vanir goddess and princess who practices powerful, past magic. She is besides Odin's ex-wife and the erstwhile Queen of the Valkyries successful Asgard, a rubric bestowed upon her connected her matrimony day."

"She is strong, insightful, and filled with regrets," the statement continues. "When Freya's unhappy matrimony to Odin ended with her being exiled, she was chopped 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 the Witch of the Woods."

Lost fans volition cognize Walger arsenic Penelope "Penny" Widmore, the long-suffering spouse of hatch dweller Desmond. Walger featured connected Lost successful a recurring relation from its 2nd play onwards, appearing successful a much than a twelve episodes including the fan-favorite play 4 communicative The Constant — wide considered 1 of the series' best.

Production is present underway connected the God of War series, but reception to the archetypal representation of Kratos and Atreus hasn't needfully been positive. Many fans person already weighed successful and leveled criticisms astatine the photo. Meanwhile, God of War creator David Jaffe wasn't precisely mincing words erstwhile helium said of Hurst's Kratos, "Could you find a representation that doesn't look similar he's s***ing successful the woods, cuz that's what the representation looks like."

Other antecedently announced roles for the bid see Max Parker arsenic Heimdall, Alastair Duncan arsenic Mimir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson arsenic Thor, portion Teresa Palmer is Sif. Amazon and Sony person not announced a merchandise day for God of War but, portion we wait, it's worthy checking retired our interrogation with Ronald D. Moore from SDCC 2025, wherever helium talked astir his imaginativeness for the series.

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