Let’s take a look at why going this route is exactly what the Zelda movie needed. Although both Bragason and Ainsworth are not making their debut here (Netflix viewers may recognize them from Renegade Nell and The Haunting of Bly Manor respectively),

Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto said on Wednesday that Bo Bragason will star as the titular character, with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth playing Link.

Doe-eyed 16-year-old Evan Ainsworth, meanwhile, voiced Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action version. More importantly, he was apparently in Emmerdale (a British soap) one time, which will leave our US readers unfazed but send a jolt into a deep, ancestral area of UK readers' spines.

In today’s Daily Fix: Nintendo has officially revealed the stars of the live-action Legend of Zelda movie. Bo Bragason will play Princess Zelda with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth playing Link. With a release date set for May 7, 2027, this video game adaptation ...

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The Wind Waker on Switch 2 and suggest its ocean odyssey could be template for a post-Tears Of The Kingdom game. I’m sure I’m not the only mid-30s nostalgia hunter who bought a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch purely to replay The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker.