Bridgerton’s actress Jessica Madsen has the cast as Gunhild in the Viking drama of Prime Bloodaxe

Jessica MadsenAbove all known for his role as Cressida Cowper with a sharp language BridgengeronHe is entering a completely different territory, since he has been used to playing the fierce and powerful Gunhild, wife of the legendary Norse raider Erik Bloodaxe, in the next first video series Bloodaxe.

She will recite in front Xavier Molyneuxwhose casting like Erik was confirmed at the beginning of this week.

Bloodaxe It is the last historical epic from Viking Creator Michael HirstThis time he collaborates with his son Horatio Hirst. The duo will co-school, the showrun and executive produce the series, which describe as a high-level saga, emotionally loaded during a brutal time in Norse history.

The story follows Erik and Gunhild while fighting to claim the throne of Norway, everything while the kingdom is fractured by lords of the rival war, unstable alliances and impending war.

“The earth is made to pieces by fierce rivals, changing loyalty and bloody betrayals. With the war that looms and the chaos that consume the kingdom, attracting the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English sovereign, the stage is ready for a thunder, cataclysmic, compensating and completely magical.

The production starts this summer in Ireland and Iceland, and the series is produced by MGM Television, now under the Amazon MGM Studios.

While comparisons with Viking AND Vikings: Valhalla they are inevitable, especially with the same study that supports the project, Bloodaxe He is carving out his fiction.

Decades take place after the events of the original Viking and decades earlier Valhallamaking it an autonomous saga rather than a direct continuation.

I am excited to see what this series offers!

Source: deadline