He most recently appeared in the 2018 film Con Man. Other acting credits include Criminal Minds, Chuck, The Neighbours and The Flash. Hamill is best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films.

Mark Hamill lends his voice to The Scientist/skekTek in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. She also starred in Ocean’s 8 as Constance and The Farewell as Billi.Īwkwafina is also a singer with two albums to her name including Yellow Ranger and In Fina We Trust. Other credits include Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables, the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland and Rose Weil in Ocean’s 8.ĭOES THE DARK CRYSTAL HAVE AN AGE RATING?Īwkwafina voices The Collector/skekLach in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.Īwkwafina is best known for starring in the film Crazy Rich Asians as Goh Peik Lin. She will star as Princess Margaret in seasons three and four of The Crown. Helena Bonham Carter, CBE, is an English actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth in The Kings Speech. Maura Mayrin/The All-Maudra is the leader of the Vapra Clan, the Gelfing Queen and mother of Seladon (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw), Tavra (Caitriona Balfe) and Brea (Anya Taylor-Joy). Oscar-nominee Helena Bonham Carter stars as Maura Mayrin/The All-Maudra. Maura Mayrin/All- Maudra - Helena Bonham Carter Other film credits include The Witch and Thoroughbreds. She is best recognised for playing Casey Cooke in the films Glass and Split. Joy is an English actress and model, currently starring in Peaky Blinders as Gina Grey. Episodes No.Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the third Gelfing, Brea, a Gelfing princess of the Vapra Clan. Flexibility was further enhanced via the use of robotics embedded within many of the puppets to handle certain head and eye motions remotely, controlled using modified Nintendo Wii controllers. Even despite an expansive cast, efficiency also increased since 1982 with only two puppeteers required per-puppet, allowing for greater range of motion due to greater maneuverability. Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, and now for the first time their son Toby Froud all take part in the series, handling character design and 3D forms/textures respectively. Old and modern talent were incorporated into the prequel, with famous actors such as Mark Hamill coming in alongside the legacy Froud family who worked on the original film.

Roughly 110 puppets, 20 main and 90 secondary, were specially made at the Henson Creature Shop and shipped to the United Kingdom for the series. The show carefully mirrors the 1982 The Dark Crystal insofar as the use of physical props and puppets are concerned, even with some backgrounds being handmade matte paintings, while CGI only melds together with the props primarily in long distance shots, to remove wires, and to obscure puppeteers. Cast CharacterĪttempts to begin development began as early as 2012, but stagnated until a successful pitch to Netflix, at which point filming commenced in the United Kingdom. When three Gelfling uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit, and an epic battle for the planet begins.

But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. The Crystal of Truth is at the heart of Thra, a source of untold power.

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