‘The Winter King’: Bad Wolf & ITVX Round Out Cast On Arthurian Legend Drama, Filming Wraps
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Additional cast members have been revealed for the first series of ITVX’s The Winter King, produced by His Dark Materials and Doctor Who outfit Bad Wolf.
Based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles, the series, which has just wrapped in the UK, stars Iain de Castecker as Arthur Pendragon.
It follows Pendragon’s exploits as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. Eddie Marsan plays High King Uther, Ellie James is Nimue, and Nathaniel Martello-White plays Merlin.
The new cast includes Jordan Alexandra (Mammals) as Guinevere, “the exacting, beautiful and ambitious exiled-Princess of Henis Wyren”; Steven Elder (The King) as Bishop Bedwin, the “deeply kind and affable Bishop of Dumnonia”; and Andrew Gower (Outlander) as Sansum, “Bishop Bedwin’s fanatical novice, who holds great sway over the Christians of Britain”.
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