10 Perfect Choices to Play Link in ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Movie

It’s glorious news for Nintendo fans: there’s an official live-action Legend of Zelda movie on the way, and Shigeru Miyamoto himself is heavily involved. It’s almost too good to be true, but after the blinding success of the The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it feels inevitable. Now it’s confirmed! Now that we know it’s coming, we can start speculating about who will play Link.

There are quite a few roles to fill, the major ones being: Link himself, Princess Zelda and Ganon. There are also hundreds of ancillary characters to choose from depending on which direction they decide to take the story.

There’s the old man from the first game, who also appears in Breath of the Wild. There’s Impa (both young and old), the Goron, the Zora, the Rito, the Gerudo, Midna, Beedle, Tingle, Linebeck, you get the point.

The only smart bet right now is that the main three will at least be present. The biggest question right now is who will play Link. Here are 10 suggestions. To reiterate, these are our opinions and in no way does that mean any of these people will eventually be chosen.

Tom Holland

This is probably the most obvious choice. Holland has proved his chops in action movies time and time again. He crushed it in Uncharted, and he obviously rules as Spider-Man. He’s also still in his 20s, although we don’t know just when the movie will be released.

There was even some fan-made posters mocked up with Holland as the character, and it gave us a chance to see what he would look like in Hylian ears. Unless Nintendo decides to go with a relative newcomer, we’d put our money on Holland.

Timothée Chalamet

There’s no denying Chalamet has the boyish looks necessary to portray Link, but he also has the acting chops as well. Chalamet is a bit of an everyman in Hollywood – meaning there are few roles he’d have trouble pulling off.

We’ve seen him brood as Paul Atreides and bounce around as Willy Wonka, so putting him in green with a sword and a shield doesn’t feel so off base. He has a quiet confidence about him with an ability to portray emotion bubbling underneath the surface.

He’s likable and charming as well. Let’s remember that in the games Link doesn’t speak; he just grunts and yells. The better the actor, the better chance we have of getting a believable Link – especially since we’re going to be hearing him talk for the first time.