Nintendo announced the two leads for its live-action Legend of Zelda film, Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. Both actors are young, fitting the typical appearance of their characters, allowing for growth into their roles in potential sequels. Nintendo's successful expansion of the Mario franchise serves as a blueprint for Zelda, which has seen increasing popularity, especially with the success of recent games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, suggesting the film could perform exceptionally well.
The choice of younger actors gives them both room to grow into the roles in any potential sequels, which, given Nintendo's growing ambitions beyond video games, the company must already be starting to consider.
The Zelda movie has the potential to be a similarly huge hit. The franchise is arguably as popular as it has ever been; Breath of the Wild was the fourth-best-selling game on the original Switch.
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