In mid-July 2025, Nintendo confirmed the main actors for the Zelda movie.

Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason, and Link will be portrayed by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth.

“I am pleased to announce that for the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason, and Link by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth. I am very much looking forward to seeing both of them on the big screen,” veteran Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto wrote in a social media post.

An English actress, Bragason’s first major role was in the 2017 television series Three Girls, and she also appeared in the 2021 horror film Censor. Since then, she has had several more roles in TV series and films. Interestingly, she also voiced a young version of the character Luna in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy, a 2021 CG-animated film that tied in to Final Fantasy 15.

Ainsworth is also an English actor, and his previous acting credits include The Haunting of Bly Manor, Flora & Ulysses, and Pinocchio.