The first images from the movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda have been unveiled, showing actress Bo Bragason in the lead role, not trans star Hunter Schafer .
A movie based on the popular video game series was first announced in 202,3 with fans quickly rushing to the Internet to fancast Euphoria star Schafer in the lead role.
However, in July , Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, who is also producing the film, shared that Bragason, a British actress, had been cast as Zelda. Meanwhile, The Haunting Of Bly Manor ’s Benjamin Ainsworth, also British, has been cast as Link.
Bragason is known for her roles in BBC One’s Three Girls and The Jetty and Disney+’s Renegade Nell . She also starred in Euros Lyn’s 2024 vampire comedy film The Radleys .
Ainsworth is also known as the voice

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