Marvel Agents of SHIELD star Iain De Caestecker is transformed into Arthur Pendragon in first-look images for a new series which retells the Arthurian legend.
Upcoming ITVX series The Winter King is based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles and will debut on the streaming platform later this year. Set in the fifth century in a land filled with warring factions and tribes, the series follows outcast Pendragon as he becomes warrior leader King Arthur.
Scottish actor Iain, who was the original Adam Barlow actor in Coronation Street, stars as Pendragon. The actor has also appeared in the films including Not Another Happy Ending, Lost River, and Overlord - but he's perhaps best known for his role of Leopold Fitz in the Marvel series Agent of SHEILD.
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Actor Nathaniel Martello-White, who also directed 2022 Netflix film The Strays, will play legendary Arthurian figure Merlin. Newly-released images show Iain as Arthur looking weary and beaten alongside Nathaniel's Merlin, dressed in a light-coloured tunic.
Another picture sees Arthur don a cloak with a fur-lined hood as he meets his future wife Guinevere, played by Jordan Alexandra. Eddie Marsan, who featured in the 2008 comedy Happy-Go-Lucky, has been cast as High King Uther and is pictured donning blue robes and long hair.
Other cast members include Daniel Ings as Owain, Ellie James as Nimue, Stuart Campbell as Derfel, Valene Kane as Morgan and Simon Merrells as Gundleus.
Produced by Sony Pictures Television-owned Bad Wolf, which has produced three seasons of His Dark Materials, the series was shot in locations across Wales and the West Country.
Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore adapted Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles to create the series, with both acting as executive producers on the show.
A release date is yet to be announced.
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