Ready to power up your Cosmo? Toei and Sony premiere this weekend the film adaptation of one of the most revered manga / anime series in history. Although there are some fairly well-known faces in the cast of the live action The Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya – The beginningthere are also young stars who jump into the public eye mainstream with this production that will not leave anyone indifferent. So if you’re curious about who’s who in this Hollywood version, here’s everything you need to know about the talent involved in the main cast.
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Arata Mackenyu is Seiya
The titular hero of the saga. Seiya is a street orphan in search of his sister, who, one day, awakens a mystical energy within him known as ‘Cosmos’. Seiya must learn to use his new powers and try to get the Pegasus Armor to defend the reincarnated goddess Athena. Will he be able to put his past behind him and embrace his destiny as a Knight of the Zodiac?
The son of martial arts legend Sonny Chiba, Mackenyu is quite well known among fans of Japanese pop culture. The 26-year-old actor has participated in several films live action based on successful manga in the land of the rising sun. Her roles as Wataya Arata in the trilogy of chihayafuruEnishi Yukishiro in Rurouni Kenshin: The Finale (2021) or Scar in the most recent tapes of full metal alchemist. The actor made his Hollywood debut with Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) and we will also see him soon as Roronoa Zoro in the series live action of one piece.
Sean Bean isAlman Kido
With a career spanning nearly four decades on stage, television and film, Sean Bean is perhaps the biggest billing figure in the entire cast of the live action of Knights of the Zodiac. His most memorable roles include Boromir in The Lord of the rings and Ned Stark in Game of Thrones.
Here the British actor will play Alman Kido (Mitsumasa Kido in the source material), Seiya’s mentor, who reveals to him the stories about ancient Knights who fought for the gods and will teach him to master his Cosmo so that he can fulfill his mission as protector of Sienna/Athena, whom he took in when she was just a baby.
Madison Iseman isSienna/Athena
The South Carolina native actress will play Sienna (Saori Kido in the original), a girl who has difficulty mastering her divine powers and accepting the enormous responsibility that falls on her shoulders. Sent to watch over humanity, the reincarnation of the goddess Athena must lead her Knights in the Sacred War against the gods who want to annihilate humanity.
Madison gained fame as Bethany Walker in the movies jumanji. Likewise, she has credits in productions such as chills 2 (2018), Annabelle 3: Coming Home (2019) and Night (2020), as well as starring in the series I know what they did last summer for Prime Video.
Mark Dacascos isMylock
Dacascos, for his part, will have the role of Mylock (Tatsumi Tokumaru in the manga / anime). His character is Alman’s right-hand man, who runs the Graad Foundation. Later, Mylock would go on to be the butler and assistant to Alman’s adoptive granddaughter, Sienna.
Before seeking a career in Hollywood, the Hawaiian performer established himself as a martial arts specialist by training and winning several karate and kung fu championships throughout his childhood and adolescence. You may remember him as Eric Draven in the series The Raven: Stairway to HeavenWo Fat in Hawaii Five-0 or as Zero in John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019).
Nick Stahl isCassios
In Masami Kurumada’s original work, Cassios is a disciple of Ophiuchus Shaina trained to obtain the Pegasus Armor, which makes him Seiya’s first great opponent. We have seen him as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Roark Junior in Sin City: The City of Sin (2005) and Jason Riley in the series fear the walking dead.
Diego Tinoco is Nero
An actor of Mexican and Ecuadorian descent, Tinoco will play a fan favorite, Nero (aka Ikki from Fénix). This lone wolf is sent at the beginning to assassinate Sienna. He is a formidable rival to the Bronze Knights and, later, a powerful ally.
The 25-year-old actor still has a low-key career in Hollywood with his biggest role as César Díaz in the series On My Block for netflix. She has also acted in the short films Drizzle of Hope (2015), Welcome to Valhalla (2017) and R#J (2021), in addition to being a special guest on an episode of teen wolf.
Famke Janssen isGuraad
The other renowned star for the western public in the cast of the live action of Saint Seiya is the dutch Famke Jansen. Unforgettable in the role of her as the first Jean Gray of the films of X Men or as Lenore, the wife of Liam Neeson’s character in the action saga Relentless search.
Janssen will play the main villain, a female version of Vander Graad. She is an original character created for the remake in CG of Knights of the Zodiac. She was a close friend of Alman Kido, but the discovery of a prophecy about Athena leads her to take a different path. Guraad becomes the leader of a secret organization that seeks to steal the power of the goddess in order to take the fate of humanity into her own hands.
How does the cast look? live action of Knights of the Zodiac? The film arrives this April 27 in theaters in Latin America.