Actor Goran Visnjic has joined Season 3 of Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla. He will play Erik the Red who is the legendary Viking father of Leif Eriksson played by Sam Corlett and Freydis Eiríksdóttir played by Frida Gustavsson.
Vikings: Valhalla series was created by Jeb Stuart for Netflix as a sequel to Michael Hirst’s Vikings which has 6 seasons between 2013 and 2020.
The series debuted this year in February and rise to Netflix’s Top 10 viewership rankings.
The series is set in the 11th century and records the adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived that including Harald Hardrada, Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, and the Norman King William the Conqueror.
Jeb Stuart told “Season 3 is very exciting, and my Vikings get out of Scandinavia, so we have lots of great surprises and stories for season three.”
Season 1 sets a perfect stage for the upcoming seasons Jeb Stuart reveals. He also said that the story involves Harald Sigurdsson and a lot of our characters like Emma and Godwin.
Along with Suter, Corlett, and Gustavsson Vikings: Valhalla’s cast includes Bradley Freegard, Laura Berlin, David Oakes, Jóhannes Jóhannesson, and Caroline Henderson. The series is produced by MGM Television
Morgan O’Sullivan, James Flynn, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, Sheila Hockin, and John Weber all serve as executive producers in the series. There is no official release date set for a Season 2 or 3 yet.
