The daemon voice cast for HBO and BBC One's His Dark Materials series has been announced. The announcement includes the voice actors for daemons Hester, Pantalaimon, Kaisa and The Golden Monkey, along with panserbjorn Iorek Byrnison.
The actors were revealed on the official His Dark Materials Twitter. The tweets include a quote describing each character along with an image of both the daemon and the actor.
Iorek Byrnison will be played by Joe Tandberg. Iorek is not a daemon, but a panserbjorn, also known as an armored bear. Iorek is the king of Svalbard and an ally of Lyra Belacqua.
Hester the arctic hare daemon will be portrayed by Cristela Alonzo. Hester is the daemon of Lee Scoresby, an aeronaut balloonist.
The voice of Pantalaimon will be provided by Kit Connor. Pantalaimon is Lyra Belacqua's daemon, who appears in various animal forms before settling into the form of a pine marten.
Kaisa the snow goose daemon will be played by David Suchet. Kaisa is the daemon of Serafina Pekkala, queen of the witches of Lake Enare.
Ozymandias (aka The Golden Monkey) will be portrayed by Brian Fisher. The Golden Monkey is the vicious daemon of Marisa Coulter.
In His Dark Materials, daemons are physical manifestations of a human soul that take the form of an animal. During a person's childhood, their daemon can shift between different forms before settling as one type of animal in the person's adolescence.
His Dark Materials is directed by Tom Hooper and stars Dafne Keen as Lyra, Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby. It doesn't currently have a release date, but rumors suggest it will premiere sometime in 2019. There have also been reports that the series has already been renewed for a second season.
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