Prince Andrew ‘Kneels On All Fours’ Over Unknown Woman in Newly-Released Jeffrey Epstein Photos

Prince Andrew 'Kneels On All Fours' Over Unknown Woman in NewlyReleased Jeffrey Epstein Photos Justin HarpJanuary 31, 2026 at 6:50 PM 0 Getty Images/AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool Andrew MountbattenWindsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — appears to kneel on all fours over an unknown woman in new photos obtained from late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate. On Friday, January 30, the Justice Department released more evidence from Epstein's estate, including 100 new photographs.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — appears to kneel on all fours over an unknown woman in new photos obtained from late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate.

On Friday, January 30, the Justice Department released more evidence from Epstein's estate, including 100 new photographs. Mountbatten-Windsor seemingly appears in three new images alongside a fully-clothed woman whose face has been redacted.

The former prince touches the woman's stomach and waist in two shots taken at separate angles while a third picture seemingly shows him kneeling on all four while staring directly at the camera.

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No additional context has been provided for this latest evidence drop from the Justice Department so there is no confirmation on when or where these photos were taken.

Us Weekly has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. (Epstein died by suspected suicide at age 66 in August 2019 after being arrested on federal sex trafficking charges.)

BBC News reported that separate emails between Epstein and a contact referred to as "The Duke," who is presumed to be Mountbatten-Windsor, were also released on Friday. (Mountbatten-Windsor's title was "The Duke of York" prior to being stripped of his royal honors in late 2025.)

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The messages were reportedly exchanged in August 2010, two years after Epstein pled guilty to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute in 2008.

At the time, Epstein had just completed a stint under house arrest after being sentenced to 18 months in a minimum-security prison. The newly-released emails were sent between August 11 and August 12, 2010, and included Epstein offering to introduce "A" to a 26-year-old Russian woman he "might enjoy having dinner with." "The Duke" responded that he was in Geneva "until the morning of the 22nd but would be delighted to see her."

"Will she be bringing a message from you? Please give her my contact details to get in touch?" asked "The Duke."

When "The Duke" asked for "any other information you might know about her that might be useful to know," Epstein replied that "she [is] 26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email."

"The Duke" mentioned it must be "good to be free," with Epstein replying, "Great to be free of many things."

In other emails exchanged in September 2010, Epstein asked "The Duke" whether they could arrange "private time" while he was in London.

"I am just departing Scotland should be down by 1800," his contact replied. "I'll ring you when I get down if you can give me a number to ring. Alternatively we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy. A"

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Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing when it came to Epstein. He told BBC's Newsnight in 2019 that he cut off his relationship with Epstein after a final visit to the disgraced financier's New York City home in December 2010.

Asked if he regretted his friendship with Epstein, Mountbatten-Windsor replied to Newsnight, "Now, still not and the reason being is that the people that I met and the opportunities that I was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful."

"He himself not, as it were, as close as you might think, we weren't that close," the former prince went on. "So therefore I mean, yes, I would go and stay in his house but that was because of his girlfriend [Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed in 2022 for sex trafficking offenses], not because of him."

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Mountbatten-Windsor announced in October 2025 that he would give up his royal titles amid growing pressure over further disclosures regarding his relationship with Epstein.

"In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family," Mountbatten-Windsor said in a statement to Us at the time "I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life."

He concluded, "With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me."

Buckingham Palace announced days later that King Charles III planned to strip his brother of his royal titles. The palace clarified that the former prince would now be known as "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor" and that he would be forced to move out of his home at Royal Lodge, which he acquired as part of a peppercorn lease agreement in 2003.

"[Mountbatten-Windsor's] lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence," Buckingham Palace told Us in a statement. "Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."

Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to move to Marsh Farm on Charles' private Sandringham estate in early 2026.

If you or someone you know is a human trafficking victim, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

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*Marty Supreme* and *I Love LA* actress Odessa A'zion has announced her exit from a new movie following backlash over her casting.

Controversy bubbled up online after news broke earlier this week that A'zion — the 25-year-old daughter of *Better Things*' Pamela Adlon — would star in *Deep Cuts*, an A24-backed adaptation of Holly Brickley's 2025 novel to be directed by *The Iron Claw* filmmaker Sean Durkin.

The recent Actor Awards nominee was set to portray a half-Mexican, half-Jewish supporting character named Zoe Gutierrez, leading to intense pushback to her casting on social media.**** On Wednesday night, A'zion, who is Jewish but has no Mexican heritage, shared a series of Instagram posts claiming that she initially auditioned for a different role, but was offered the part of Zoe instead — and that she accepted without reading the full story.

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"Guys!! I am with ALL of you and I am NOT doing this movie. F--- that. I'm OUT," A'zion wrote on the social media platform, before elaborating on how her casting happened.****"THANK YOU guys for bringing this to my attention. I AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! This is why I love you guys. I'm so so sorry that this happened. It is SO important for me to let you in on how it all went down," she said. "I went in for Percy, but was offered Zoe instead and instantly said yes! I'm so pissed y'all, I hadn't read the book and should have paid more attention to all aspects of Zoe before accepting… and now that I know what I know??? F--- that! IM OUT."****A'zion said she'd "never take a role from someone else that's meant to do it" and expressed that she felt "there are a plentitude of people more than capable of playing this role and I am NOT one of them."

She doubled down on her earlier claim, telling her followers, "I was so excited I just said hell yeah cause I knew how much I loved the story so I was just down to be a part of it, and so excited to work with this group of people! But f--- thattttttt y'all never again!"

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The BAFTA nominee finished with a pair of slides on her Instagram Story, telling fans she's "been so busy with other work" and hadn't had time to read the full script before signing on to the project.

"I wish I found that time sooner and clocked her name. That's all that's mentioned in the script when I just finally did. Thank you thank THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME KNOW!!!" she continued. "Still haven't read the book but the story in the script is focused on Percy and Joe, so of course on my initial read that was my main focus as well. I was happy to be involved as a different role, but I just can not do it knowing more about Zoe now. I love you guysss sleep tight."

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*Deep Cuts*, starring Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey, is based on Brickley's book that's set across the 2000s, and follows two music fans (Spaeny as a music journalist and Starkey as a songwriter) who grow up together against the backdrop of the era.

A'zion is coming off of two of her most notable projects to date, following the season 1 finale (and renewal of) her HBO comedy series *I Love LA*,* *as well as her breakout role opposite Timothée Chalamet in the theatrical hit *Marty Supreme*.

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After Karim Diané landed the role of Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet at the titular *Starfleet Academy* of the new *Star Trek* series, co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman suggested the kind of meet-up that would have any diehard Trekker selling their memorabilia to secure: a one-on-one with the great Michael Dorn.

Having played the most famous of Klingons, Worf, starting with the Jean-Luc Picard-captained *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, Dorn never properly mentored a younger actor coming into the universe of *Trek*. He doesn't quite think of his FaceTime phone call with Diané as "mentoring" in the traditional sense, but he did offer his own experiences with the transformation process to this Klingon-in-the-making.

"To think that you were gonna be doing something like this was kind of unheard of. I don't know about anything that's happened like this before in the business," Dorn tells ** in an exclusive joint interview with Diané. "Thirty or 40 years later, you're talking to the next generation, basically. It just doesn't happen. So I wasn't prepared for it, but I was happy to be part of it."

Diané tells Dorn: "I obviously Googled the crap out of you beforehand and watched every single video that you have ever posted on the internet about the prosthetics process, so I felt mentored by you before I even got the chance to talk to you for the first time. There's a couple podcasts where you're just brutally honest about how challenging this experience is, and so I felt guided by you."

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Dorn holds the distinction of the most franchise appearances as a series regular actor, which famously includes all seven seasons of *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and multiple movies. He returned as Worf in four seasons of *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* and, more recently, in season 3 of *Star Trek: Picard*.

Diané's Jay-Den arrived in *Starfleet Academy* as an aspiring medical officer, which inherently feels at odds with the brutalism and warrior code of Klingon culture. Episode 4, titled "Vox in Excelso" and streaming now on Paramount+, digs into Jay-Den's backstory and how his pacifist nature made him feel like an outsider at a young age. Flashbacks depict the moment Jay-Den's family abandoned him on a planet as he grapples with the survival of the Klingons in the present.

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Diané relates to Jay-Den's origin story on a personal level. "I am West African. So I'm half Guinean and half Congolese, and I'm from the Mandingo tribe," he says. "Mandingos are known for their warriors. I was raised to essentially be a warrior, be a tough sports guy, and like basketball and soccer. I had no interest in any of that. I just wanted to go dance and sing and go act and do plays."

Dorn and Diané wouldn't meet in person until the Rose Bowl Parade in Los Angeles this past New Year's, for which the *Starfleet* cadet rode the "Space for Everybody" *Star Trek* float alongside fellow franchise stars Rebecca Romijn (*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*), Tig Notaro (*Star Trek: Starfleet Academy*), and George Takei (OG *Star Trek*). But it was the day of Diané's first Jay-Den makeup test, prior to filming season 1 of *Starfleet Academy* in 2024, that he spoke with Dorn for the first time over FaceTime.

Karim Diané as Jay-Den on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' episode 4.

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Much of what they discussed on that call involved the Shakespearean demeanor of the Klingons and swapping war stories over the prosthetics process. For Diané, it initially took him between four-and-a-half and five hours in the chair every day, including hair, makeup, prosthetics, and costume.

"I would have to wake up at 1 a.m. just to get to work, film like 18-hour days," he recalls. "Some weeks I'm working five days a week." The *Starfleet* team eventually cut that time down to two hours. "I get ready faster than Genesis now," Diané adds, referring to costar Bella Shepard, who plays Dar-Sha cadet Genesis Lythe.

For Dorn, starting out on *Star Trek* in the 1980s, it would take him three hours, five days a week, every week.

"But after two years, that's when I went, 'Guys, I just can't do this anymore,'" he recalls to Diané. "And they got it down to same thing to where you are, where it's two-and-a-half hours."

Michael Dorn as Worf on 'Star Trek: Picard' season 3.

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Decades later when Dorn returned for *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), "They got it down to an hour for the full makeup," he adds, "but they had two people working on me."

Diané felt a mix of excitement and nerves heading into this meeting with Worf himself. He acknowledges how "sometimes you meet people in this industry, and they aren't the nicest." He wasn't sure what he was going to get.

"But I got on the phone, and immediately he was so chill and really kind," he says of Dorn. "That felt very nice because playing this character, I went in feeling like people are gonna compare me to him. So you go in nervous in a lot of ways — not sure how it's all gonna be received by the fans."

Dorn can relate.

Holly Hunter as Nahla and Karim Diané as Jay-Den on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' episode 4.

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"You're stepping into this whole *Star Trek* world, which, I gotta tell you, nobody is ready for," he says. "For us [on *Next Generation*], we had the fans and the press on our ass about, 'Who do you think you are?' 'Do you think you are replacing Kirk and Spock?' 'Who are you supposed to be?'"

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Diané responds, "Listening to Michael say that, I'm like, wow, history really repeated itself, 'cause we all are experiencing the same exact thing right now [on *Starfleet Academy*]. Like, 'You think you're a Klingon?!' You're not this and that. It's with me every single time I open my phone. I get notifications. I'm probably the most chronically online out of the entire cast. I'm on every single social media platform. I go through everything, just because I like to keep my feet on the ground. There definitely is a lot of chatter."

Both Dorn and Diané agree: "There's definitely a toxic corner in the fan base."

At the same time, they acknowledge the waves of positivity percolating around the internet.

"This is the most rewarding job I have ever had in my life," Diané comments when the actors speak with EW on the Wednesday before the *Starfleet Academy *episode 3 drop. "These episodes have been out for six days and two episodes, and already my Instagram is blowing up. My Facebook messages are flooded. People are freaking out, and they love these characters. So, yeah, I'm honestly happy to do this for season 3 and 4 and 5 and 6."**

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Disney's live-action *Tangled* actor Milo Manheim has saddled up for his biggest role yet — and now he's revealed some of the intense preparation he's endured to bring his character, Flynn Rider, to the big screen.

The 24-year-old *Zombies* series alum appeared on Thursday's *Live With Kelly and Mark*, where he teased to cohosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos all of the physical feats he's tackling as he slips into Flynn's boots for the studio's remake of the 2010 animated classic.

"Yes, *Tangled*, I'm here for you. I can't believe that it's happening. I love this movie," Manheim — the son of *Law & Order* actress Camryn Manheim — said on the talk show, referencing his part opposite Teagan Croft as Rapunzel.**

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Manheim said that he's now "learning how to hold my breath for five minutes" and "how to ride a horse right now" before shooting begins.

"That's the thing I'm most excited about, whatever y'all need me to do. They're looking for a giant stallion!" he said, as Ripa and Consuelos noted that he's already a particularly tall person, so any horse he rides would need to be equally as tall.

The star said, "They're going to make these angles work, you guys, movie magic! But I've always loved horses. I can't wait for that."

Manheim added that the "experience has opened up so many doors," including allowing him to scale new heights — literally — as he's "learning how to rock climb right now" as well.

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"I'm meeting so many fantastic people, I get to travel the world," he said of the role, which marks the latest in Disney's growing filmography of live-action adaptations of its animated classics, with the most recent being 2025's $1 billion-grossing *Lilo & Stitch*.

In a prior interview with * *(watch below), Manheim revealed that Disney informed him and Croft of their castings mere minutes before the announcement went wide.

"It's important the world knows this! People think that I booked this like a long time ago and I've been keeping it a secret," Manheim told EW earlier in January. "I found out 10 minutes before the news was released that I'd be playing Flynn. So that day was — I woke up, just like any other day, and by the end of the day... it was beautiful. The world knew, it was great."

Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) and Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) in Disney's 'Tangled'.

Manheim and Croft take over the roles of Flynn and Rapunzel from the animated original's voice actors Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore, who fronted the prior production that went on to become one of Disney's most popular modern releases.

*Tangled *earned just under $600 million at the global box office during its original theatrical run, with legendary musician Alan Menken's soundtrack tune "I See the Light" scoring an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in 2011.

The film also spawned other projects, including the Disney Channel animated series *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure*, the short film *Tangled Ever After*, a themed section of Disney World's Magic Kingdom park, and a full boat ride based on the film that opened in 2024 at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.

Disney has not yet announced a release date — or additional casting, including who will play the villain, Mother Gothel — for the live-action *Tangled*.

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Susan Lucci is revealing how Jonah Hill changed her mind about joining the cast of his upcoming film after she initially turned the project down.**

The *All My Children *actress revealed on a recent episode of the *Soapy* podcast that she was offered an undisclosed role in the film *Outcome*, which was written and directed by Hill. However, she originally declined the opportunity because it arrived at a particularly "raw" period in her life. **

"I was told I was receiving this script from Jonah Hill for his movie, and it's for Apple [TV], and my name, 'Susan Lucci,' was watermarked," she said. "It was an offer. And I read this script, and it's not a big part, but it's pretty sizable, the scene, and very powerful. I remember thinking, 'This is really something. And this is challenging.'"

Jonah Hill at the press conference for the film 'MID90s' in 2019.

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Which is when the doubt started to creep in for Lucci. "It was gonna require me to go to a place I thought I was still too raw to go to," she explained. "Not that it's literally the same rawness — or same place that caused the rawness — but I was just coming out of being that raw."**

So Lucci went with her gut and decided to pass on the opportunity. "I thought, 'This is probably just not good for me to do,'" she continued. "'I don't know... It's good for my career to do, but I don't know. As a human being, it's probably not good.'"

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So she rang her publicist and explained why she wouldn't be turning down the project. But, as the day progressed, Lucci found herself unable to stop thinking about the role. **

"I couldn't help myself. I started working on this character," she said. "And I thought, 'Maybe I should read this again in the light of day. Maybe I should give it another go around because, God, I would hate to watch this and see some other actress take the challenge, and I didn't take the challenge.'"

It was then that Hill, who Lucci noted is an* All My Children* fan, personally rang her up to ask if she'd reconsider. "He really did have me in mind for this part," she said of the writer-director. "And he was so lovely and wonderful to talk to, and I could tell he was really invested in this. By the time we finished talking, I was like, 'Okay, we're gonna talk in the morning.'"

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When she hung up the phone, Lucci said that she experienced a wave of "enormous cathartic gratitude" that a project like *Outcome* had come her way.

"I was going to accept that challenge," she noted. "And I was going to do it the best I could. I love that feeling, so I did take it and I was so thrilled. I had a wonderful experience."

*Outcome* tells the story of Reef (Keanu Reeves), a Hollywood star who is forced to confront his past after he's threatened with video footage from his younger years. The film also stars Hill, Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Kaia Gerber, David Spade, Laverne Cox, Roy Wood Jr., and more. A release date has yet to be set.

While speaking on the *Soapy* podcast, Lucci noted that Reeves was "spectacular to work with" on the film.

"A real actor," she added. "I mean, we did about four passes at it, just between ourselves. And he said, 'God, I wish we were doing this on Broadway.' And I said, 'So do I,' because you keep finding things."

Listen to Lucci talk about the outcome of *Outcome* in the clip above.

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Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos in 'God of War'. Credit:

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Amazon's live-action *God of War* TV series continues to forge its cast.

The adaptation of the mega-popular PlayStation video game franchise brings the characters of Kratos, Atreus, Thor, Odin, and various figures from myth to live-action. With a two-season order already in place, pre-production is currently underway in Vancouver ahead of a filming start later this year.

From showrunner, writer, and executive producer Ronald D. Moore, *God of War* will begin to adapt the storyline that began with 2018's game of the same name from Santa Monica Studio and continued with the 2022 follow-up *God of War Ragnarök*. Emmy-winning director Frederick E.O. Toye (S*hōgun*, *The Boys*) will helm the first two episodes.

Let's meet the cast.

Ryan Hurst, Kratos

Ryan Hurst will play Kratos in the 'God of War' TV series.

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Ryan Hurst already has a connection to *God of War*. The veteran of *Sons of Anarchy* and *The Walking Dead* played the original Thor in *God of War Ragnarök*, released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022. Hurst will now play the lead role of Kratos in live-action form.

Though the show will begin with the events of 2018's *God of War*, the character arrives with a history that goes back to the original 2005 video game.

Kratos began as a Spartan warrior and a servant of Ares, the Greek god of war. After Ares tricked him into killing his family, earning him the nickname "the Ghost of Sparta," Kratos embarked on a mission to slay his tormenter and become the new war god. Across multiple games, he faced numerous figures — human, monster, and immortal alike — until he battled against Zeus himself and the full force of Mount Olympus.

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When we meet Kratos in the 2018 game, he's left the Greek world behind to live in Scandinavia with his new wife, Faye, and their son, Atreus. Upon Faye's death, the father and son set out to spread her ashes, a journey that will bring them into conflict with the Norse gods of Asgard, test Kratos' already strained relationship with Atreus, and dig up traumatic memories from his past.

Terrence C. Carson voiced Kratos in the games from 2005-2013, after which Christopher Judge took over, including *God of War* and *God of War* *Ragnarök.*

Max Parker, Heimdall

Max Parker cast as Heimdall in 'God of War'.

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After the cancellation of Netflix's *Boots*, for which he delivered a standout performance as Sergeant Liam Robert Sullivan, actor Max Parker joins *God of War* as the god Heimdall.

The deity and son of the All-Father, Odin, has the ability to anticipate what's about to happen, which makes him a formidable opponent. "Handsome and dynamic, he feels unappreciated by his father and underestimated by the rest of the family, and as a result, Heimdall is constantly looking for ways to improve his position in the hierarchy and increase his stature and power," a character description reads.

Heimdall appeared in *God of War Ragnarök*, in which Scott Porter (*Ginny and Georgia*, *Friday Night Lights*) played the part.

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Thor

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson cast as Thor in 'God of War'.

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Known internationally for roles in *Severence* and *Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga*, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson will succeed Hurst in the role of Thor, the Asgardian god of thunder.

The character featured prominently in *God of War Ragnarök*. He's described as "a mountain of a man who has weathered many a battle in his time but whose actions in a war fought long ago now haunt his waking hours."

The show's character summary continues: "Once the loyal soldier of Asgard and his father's right-hand man, Thor is now but a shadow of his former self as he drowns himself in alcohol and tries not to think of the price he paid. Keeping his wife and children at arm's length has only deepened his isolation, but the power (and danger) of the god of thunder is still there just beneath the surface."

Ólafsson previously tangoed in the world of Norse myth with the animated Netflix series *Twilight of the Gods*. He also has some gaming credits from lending his voice to *Assassin's Creed: Valhalla*, *The Last Worker*, and *Total War: Warhammer III*.

Mandy Patinkin, Odin

Mandy Patinkin cast as Odin on 'God of War'.

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Mandy Patinkin of *The Princess Bride* and *Homeland* fame will play the king of the Asgardian gods, known as the Aesir, on *God of War*.

Dubbed "the All-Father," Odin "is not physically imposing or particularly god-like, but looks can be deceiving," reads the character description. "He is the most powerful Aesir god, a patriarch who leads with an iron fist, and an unrivaled seeker of knowledge. When it comes to seeking out prophecy, Odin is paranoid, manipulative, and dangerous — he will do anything to try and prevent Ragnarök, the Norse end of days. He serves as a formidable antagonist to Kratos."

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*This article will be as more casting is confirmed.*

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