After months of radio silence, The Legend of Zelda movie has finally revealed the actor playing series villain Ganondorf. And fans now think we got our first glimpse of the King of the Gerudo last year in leaked set videos.
As noted by @farourage on Twitter, a widely shared set video from The Legend of Zelda’s New Zealand shoot appears to feature the actor Uli Latukefu, who we now know is playing the treacherous Ganondorf. Intriguingly, Ganondorf appears to be casually walking around a forest with Bo Bragason’s Zelda and Dichen Lachman’s Impa. Have his true, Triforce-snatching intentions yet to be revealed at this stage in the movie? Check out the original video below.
If the video does in fact feature Latukefu’s Ganondorf, it’s certainly a more grounded take on the character, who’s traditionally depicted with a long mane of red hair and, in recent games like Tears of the Kingdom, with bulging pectorals on display. Latukefu’s Ganondorf, however, appears to have closely cropped hair, though in some videos it does appear to be red, at least.
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Either way, fans seem (mostly) thrilled to have a morsel of new information on the movie, which releases in just over 8 months, and until yesterday had only two confirmed cast members in Benjamin Evan Ainsworth’s Link and Bragason’s Zelda. Alongside Latukefu and Lachman, Deadline‘s report also claimed that Mass Effect star Yvonne Strahovski will play a “Queen character” (almost certainly the Queen of Hyrule). Sam Neill, who died last month, was also revealed to be part of the cast, though precisely who he’s playing is something of a mystery. Fingers crossed he’s voicing the Deku Tree.
Despite this influx of casting news, The Legend of Zelda movie is still something of a mystery. We still don’t know precisely which game the movie is adapting (the costumes in the first look suggest Breath of the Wild). Though we do know that Ainsworth is something of a newcomer to the series, as he told us he was too young to play Breath of the Wild when it released.
The Legend of Zelda movie releases on April 30, 2027. For more, check out our list of upcoming video game movies.