Cast Of His Dark Materials: Who’s Returning For Season 2?
Arguably one of the best TV series ever released is returning for a second season! But which members of the cast of His Dark Materials are coming back?
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What is the show about?
For those of you who have no idea what His Dark Materials is, it is a TV show produced by Bad Wold and New Line Cinema, for BBC and HBO, based upon the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. The trilogy features the books Northern Lights (published as The Golden Compass in America), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The story follows Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry in parallel universes.
With witches, an armoured bear, religion and more, the show is expected to be bigger than Harry Potter and Game of Thrones combined.
The cast of His Dark Materials
Lyra Belacqua – Dafne Keen
During the first season of the show, curious Lyra discovers her true heritage and uncovers a sinister plot that leads her to dangerous places.
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Lord Asriel – James McAvoy
Lord Asriel is Lyra’s ‘uncle’ who is often away in the North doing scientific research. It is due to him that Lyra discovers dust.
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Mrs Coulter – Ruth Wilson
Mrs Coulter is a glamorous yet scary lady who takes Lyra away from her home of Jordan College as her ‘assistant’. Little does Lyra know who Mrs Coulter really is…
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Lee Scoresby – Lin Manuel Miranda
Lin Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby is the casting we didn’t know we needed. Lee is an aeronaut who helps Lyra in her time of need.
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Colonel John Parry – Andrew Scott
We didn’t see much of Colonel John in the first season; although we did know him better as Stanislaus Grumman or Jopari.
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Lord Boreal – Ariyon Bakare
BBC and HBO took this character into their own hands by showing what he is really up to in the first season whereas we only really get to know him in the second book.
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John Faa – Lucian Msamati
John Faa is the Lord of the western Gyptians. Most of the vanishing children are being taken from this group of people.
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Will Parry – Amir Wilson
Will is the other protagonist of the show. He is from a world extremely similar to ours and is trying to figure out if his father is truly dead.
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Father MacPhail – Will Keen
Father McPhail is an important part of the Church who is attempting to track down Lyra or, worse, have her killed!
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The Master – Clarke Peters
The Master of Jordan College is extremely important to Lyra as he is the one who gives her the alethiometer or golden compass.
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Farder Coram – James Cosmo
Farder Coram is second-in-command to the Gyptians and a close friend of Lyra’s. It is through Farder that Lyra is able to get in contact with the witches.
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Ma Costa – Anne-Marie Duff
Part of the Gyptian clan, Ma Costa’s youngest son Billy is captured by the Gobblers and she goes with Lyra to try and find him as well as the other stolen children.
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Serafina Pekkala – Ruta Gedmintas
Serafina is the queen of the Lake Enara clan witches. She was previously in a relationship with Farder Coram but after their son passed away, they went their separate ways. She is dedicated to helping Lyra.
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Who is joining the cast of His Dark Materials?
So far, the following people have been confirmed for the second season of the show:
- Dr Mary Malone – Simone Kirby
- Angelica – Bella Ramsey
- Ruta Skadi – Jade Anouka
- Giacomo Paradisi – Terence Stamp
- Paola – Ella Schrey-Yeats
- Baruch – Oliver Monaghan
- Balthamos – I-Kay Agu
The trailer for the next series of the show looks just as good as the first!
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