With two months to go before the premiere of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the series has finally unveiled its full cast list — and there are a few surprises.
Joining the already stacked cast are Sigourney Weaver as The Myth-Speaker, Game of Thrones‘ Lena Heady as the battle-ready Gelfling Maudra Fara, Doctor Strange‘s Benedict Wong as the Skeksis General, Ant-Man & the Wasp‘s Hannah John-Kamenas the Gelfling Naia, Crazy Rich Asians‘ Awkwafina as the Collector (who looks like a cross between a Skeksis and Mystic), and Muppets star and original Dark Crystal actor Dave Goelz, who again voices a dog-like Fizzgig, this one named Baffi.
Here’s how the rest of the cast stacks up, and the list is extensive:
Gelfling Characters
Taron Egerton as Rian
Anya Taylor-Joy as Brea
Nathalie Emmanuel as Deet
Caitriona Balfe as Tavra
Helena Bonham Carter as All-Maudra
Harris Dickinson as Gurjin
Natalie Dormer as Onica
Louise Gold as Maudra Argot
Eddie Izzard as Cadia
Theo James as Rek’yr
Toby Jones as Librarian
Shazad Latif as Kylan
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Seladon
Mark Strong as Ordon
Alicia Vikander as Mira
Skeksis and Mystics Characters
Andy Samberg as The Heretic (Skeksis who possibly sides with the Mystics?)
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as The Archer (Mystic)
Alice Dinnean as The Ornamentalist (Skeksis)
Harvey Fierstein as The Gourmand (Skeksis)
Mark Hamill as The Scientist (Skeksis)
Ralph Ineson as The Hunter (Skeksis)
Jason Isaacs as The Emperor (Skeksis)
Keegan-Michael Key as The Ritual Master (Skeksis)
Simon Pegg as The Chamberlain (Skeksis)
Neil Sterenberg as The Scroll-Keeper (Skeksis)
Other Characters
Donna Kimball as Aughra
Victor Yerrid as Hup the Podling
The ten-episode prequel series will tell a whole new story that expands on the mythology of the world of Thra that was laid out in the 1982 original film. It’s set to premiere on Netflix on Aug. 30.
