{"id":1803523,"date":"2026-03-03T09:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1803523"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:43:40","slug":"amazons-god-of-war-casting-adds-several-of-thors-children-as-well-as-odins-fanatical-valkyrie-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1803523","title":{"rendered":"Amazon&#8217;s God of War casting adds several of Thor&#8217;s children, as well as Odin&#8217;s &#8220;fanatical&#8221; Valkyrie commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Amazon&#8217;s God of War casting adds several of Thor&#8217;s children, as well as Odin&#8217;s &#8220;fanatical&#8221; Valkyrie commander<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Things that go Thrud in the night.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Thrud-and-Atreus-in-God-of-War-Ragnarok.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Thrud and Atreus in God of War Ragnar\u00f6k\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Thrud-and-Atreus-in-God-of-War-Ragnarok.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-03T09:43:40+00:00\">March 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-casting-adds-several-of-thors-children-as-well-as-odins-fanatical-valkyrie-commander?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9963532b-6579-4c83-92f3-bf2f8be28c03\" data-name=\"God of War\" data-follow-text=\"Follow God of War\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow God of War\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow God of War\" title=\"Follow God of War\"><br \/>\n  Follow God of War<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Four more names have been added to the cast of Amazon&#8217;s upcoming God of War live-action series, with Thor&#8217;s lineage being well represented.<\/p>\n<p>Thor&#8217;s sons Modi and Magni will be played by Louis Cunningham and Ben Chapple respectively. Meanwhile, Evelyn Miller will star as Gna &#8211; Odin&#8217;s Valkyrie commander &#8211; and Island Austin as Thor&#8217;s daughter Thrud. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/god-of-war-live-action-series-cast-modi-magni-gna-thrud-1236676959\/\">Variety<\/a>, Cunningham and Austin will be series regulars, while Chapple and Miller will have recurring roles in God of War.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>The Asgard foursome join other confirmed cast members including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-casts-thors-wife-sif\">Teresa Palmer as Phoebe\/Sif<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ey-up-this-lad-from-emmerdale-is-playing-norse-god-heimdall-in-amazons-god-of-war-show-thats-norse-not-up-north\">Max Parker as Heimdall<\/a>, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-just-got-bigger-and-baldur-with-its-latest-casting\">Ed Skrein as Baldur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-keeps-casting-characters-from-ragnarok-adds-severance-and-homeland-stars-as-odin-and-thor\">\u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson the Norse God of Thunder<\/a>, Thor.<\/p>\n<p>As for their official character descriptions, you can check them out below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louis Cunningham as Modi:<\/strong> Sif and Thor&#8217;s middle child, Modi has a gentle disposition and an obsessive, almost insatiably curious mind. He loves puzzles and complex problems &#8211; to such an extent that he often gets lost within them and forgets everything else around him.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Chapple as Magni:<\/strong> Sif and Thor&#8217;s eldest son. Handsome and adventurous, Magni is an excellent hunter and natural ladies\u2019 man, but the life of an immortal playboy has begun to feel hollow and Magni is yearning for a greater purpose. He is extremely protective of his younger brother, Modi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evelyn Miller as Gna:<\/strong> Gna is Odin&#8217;s Valkyrie commander. A fierce warrior, she is devoted to her duty with a loyalty to Odin that borders on fanatical. Highly disciplined and uncompromising, she is dedicated to serving the realm, occasionally at the expense of her own wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Island Austin as Thrud: <\/strong>Sif and Thor&#8217;s youngest child, Thrud is precocious, inquisitive, curious, and fearless, with a natural yearning for knowledge. She&#8217;s gentle and kind, and often acts as a peace-maker with the rest of her troubled family. Her grandfather, Odin, sees seeds of greatness in Thrud (mostly because she reminds him of himself) and the two have a special bond.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cast for Amazon's God of War showing actors for Modi Magni Gna and Thrud\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Cast-for-Amazon's-God-of-War-showing-actors-for-Modi-Magni-Gna-and-Thrud.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4992503748125936\" width=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cast for Amazon's God of War showing actors for Modi Magni Gna and Thrud\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Cast-for-Amazon's-God-of-War-showing-actors-for-Modi-Magni-Gna-and-Thrud.webp\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4992503748125936\" width=\"1000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Via Variety<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;God of War follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human,&#8221; reads the show&#8217;s official logline. We still don&#8217;t have a release window for the first season, however a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-tv-show-getting-second-season-though-first-still-being-written\">second season of God of War has already been greenlit at Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, we got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">our first look at Hurst and Vinson as Kratos and Atreus<\/a>, in an image reminiscent of the opening of 2018&#8217;s God of War.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Four more names have been added to the cast of Amazon&#8217;s upcoming God of War live-action series, with Thor&#8217;s lineage being well represented.<\/p>\n<p>Thor&#8217;s sons Modi and Magni will be played by Louis Cunningham and Ben Chapple respectively. Meanwhile, Evelyn Miller will star as Gna &#8211; Odin&#8217;s Valkyrie commander &#8211; and Island Austin as Thor&#8217;s daughter Thrud. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/god-of-war-live-action-series-cast-modi-magni-gna-thrud-1236676959\/\">Variety<\/a>, Cunningham and Austin will be series regulars, while Chapple and Miller will have recurring roles in God of War.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>The Asgard foursome join other confirmed cast members including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-casts-thors-wife-sif\">Teresa Palmer as Phoebe\/Sif<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ey-up-this-lad-from-emmerdale-is-playing-norse-god-heimdall-in-amazons-god-of-war-show-thats-norse-not-up-north\">Max Parker as Heimdall<\/a>, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-just-got-bigger-and-baldur-with-its-latest-casting\">Ed Skrein as Baldur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-keeps-casting-characters-from-ragnarok-adds-severance-and-homeland-stars-as-odin-and-thor\">\u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson the Norse God of Thunder<\/a>, Thor.<\/p>\n<p>As for their official character descriptions, you can check them out below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louis Cunningham as Modi:<\/strong> Sif and Thor&#8217;s middle child, Modi has a gentle disposition and an obsessive, almost insatiably curious mind. He loves puzzles and complex problems &#8211; to such an extent that he often gets lost within them and forgets everything else around him.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Chapple as Magni:<\/strong> Sif and Thor&#8217;s eldest son. Handsome and adventurous, Magni is an excellent hunter and natural ladies\u2019 man, but the life of an immortal playboy has begun to feel hollow and Magni is yearning for a greater purpose. He is extremely protective of his younger brother, Modi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evelyn Miller as Gna:<\/strong> Gna is Odin&#8217;s Valkyrie commander. A fierce warrior, she is devoted to her duty with a loyalty to Odin that borders on fanatical. Highly disciplined and uncompromising, she is dedicated to serving the realm, occasionally at the expense of her own wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Island Austin as Thrud: <\/strong>Sif and Thor&#8217;s youngest child, Thrud is precocious, inquisitive, curious, and fearless, with a natural yearning for knowledge. She&#8217;s gentle and kind, and often acts as a peace-maker with the rest of her troubled family. Her grandfather, Odin, sees seeds of greatness in Thrud (mostly because she reminds him of himself) and the two have a special bond.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cast for Amazon's God of War showing actors for Modi Magni Gna and Thrud\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Cast-for-Amazon's-God-of-War-showing-actors-for-Modi-Magni-Gna-and-Thrud.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4992503748125936\" width=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cast for Amazon's God of War showing actors for Modi Magni Gna and Thrud\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Cast-for-Amazon's-God-of-War-showing-actors-for-Modi-Magni-Gna-and-Thrud.webp\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4992503748125936\" width=\"1000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Via Variety<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;God of War follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human,&#8221; reads the show&#8217;s official logline. We still don&#8217;t have a release window for the first season, however a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-tv-show-getting-second-season-though-first-still-being-written\">second season of God of War has already been greenlit at Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, we got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">our first look at Hurst and Vinson as Kratos and Atreus<\/a>, in an image reminiscent of the opening of 2018&#8217;s God of War.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Amazon&#8217;s God of War casting adds several of Thor&#8217;s children, as well as Odin&#8217;s &#8220;fanatical&#8221; Valkyrie commander Things that go Thrud in the night. 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