Yesterday, Nintendo and Miyamoto announced the lead roles for the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. Taking the role of Link is Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason.
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Both are relatively unknown names in the world of acting, with Evan Ainsworth making a single appearance in an episode of Netflix's Sandman, and Bragason having roles primarily in a range of smaller TV shows. Surprisingly, though, despite being relatively new to the scene, The Legend of Zelda won't be Bragson's first appearance in a video game-centric piece of media, previously appearing in an official Final Fantasy project.
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is an anime adaptation of Final Fantasy XV. It was released in 2016, just ahead of the launch of the game, and runs parallel to the events of the beginning of Square Enix's title. It was here that Bo Bragason made her first appearance in the media.
As initially pointed out by Bazztek on Twitter, Bo Bragason performed the motion capture and served as the 3D scan model for Young Lunafreya Nox Fleuret in the movie....
