God of War Show's Kratos to Be Recast After Ryan Hurst Suffers Injury During Filming

I cannot say I was particularly familiar with Ryan Hurst but that seems like a shame. If the show is a success it will be a real blow for him to have missed out like that, really unfortunate.

Four episodes have already been shot! How unfortunate for the actor and the whole production.

The pre-production still and Atreus-casting did not feel me with confidence in the project but I hope it turns out okay.

Gutted for Ryan, sounds painful, hope he recovers fully.

With arms that big it must have been some accident!

Gonna be an expensive recast if they need to reshoot 4 episodes, that's half the series. I'm sure they've calculated everything though and concluded this was the best option. They could maybe get away with some compositing for parts of those episodes?

He will now be digitally created.

This is the worst case scenario when you're shooting a series though. With costly reshootings this project seemes doomed

Surely refilming and recasting would cost more than just waiting for recovery o feel sorry for the guy its a big gig to lose.

This has all the makings of a disasterous game to screen adaptation.

I’m sorry but I have no faith in this. Injuries aside, the fact that they’re starting with the Norse series means that the show is going to miss out on all the narrative subtleties that made that storyline so great.

@Theamazing1 I dunno. They also have to deal with contracts, timelines, availability of the entire cast including behind the scenes people, it's kind of *****.

Unrelated to his injury which absolutely sucks, I'm not sure how excited I am for this. The show should've been a couple seasons of adapting the original trilogy where he's on a revenge mission murdering the gods, and then it goes into seasons adapting the reboot where he's settled down but it's abruptly disrupted. That would've been great and really shown character growth while starting off explosively with the Greek gods being murdered episode after episode.

But what do I know? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Orpheus79V we're going to get some incredible jank. Eyelines not matching, lighting not quite matching, shot reverse shots that don't match...

Yowch. This happened to a mate of mine in the gym, it's no joke and the recovery takes ages.

@Theamazing1 Atreus isn't getting any younger.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy yeah thats true i hadnt thought about that im also not sure if something like this could be good but you never know last of us and twisted metal were apparently decent so this might be too.

This makes absolutely no sense.

Ouch painful the actor but also the production crew having to start again.

Dang never heard of a main actor being recast in a show that's already tatted shooting because an injury

I can see this whole thing getting pulled after this tbh, suppose it depends on money, will it be more expensive to recast, reshoot everything they already filmed and then shoot the new stuff Vs the cost of stopping production half way through a show being filmed.

Thisnis the gods way od trying to stop this abomination (poor guy though)

Potentially, they could just turn it in to a sitcom about a stay at home Dad, reminiscing about his former g(l)ory years.

I just hope its not a bad recast

Hard to imagine it's worthwhile either financially or timewise over a delay.

Tbh, they should just leave the completed episodes as is, shoot the rest with a new guy so we just watch Kratos change mid-season and then they can see which actor is liked more and keep that one for season 2.

It's not like the audience isn't going to know who the big ashen covered half naked man with red tribal tattoos is if his face happens to change mid-season.

Very sad news. I like the actor very much, I think he would be a great Kratos. Let's hope they replace him with another good one.

A shame for the man and the show. Hope he has a full recovery.

So instead of waiting for him to heal. They are gonna waste time and money, on reshooting all his scenes? Just delay the show.

In a report from TMZ, Hurst apparently tore a bicep

That's gotta Hurtst

@Exerion76 You do know that injuries like that take up to a year to heal? Unfortunately, that would cause massive problems for the production team, the actors, and, not to mention the kid who plays Atreus would age... It's definitely a terrible outcome for Ryan.

He must be absolutely gutted

Personally I don't think he looked great in that still. Kinda looked Norse and a bit fresh faced

I vote for the dude who plays Phil Mitchell to play kratos now a cockney god of war would be great!

@sikthvash "how i met your mother (and kicked back for a year or two in Norway)".

@Bluemoon2008

Uhuh...Probably why you're not a show runner tbh

Trigger warning

It’s because God (of War) knows Kratos is Black ✊🏾🤣.

@Bluemoon2008 I get the gist of what your saying; but what about if the scripts are jank for one actor and great for another?

TV shows are notorious for "good episode, bad episode" syndrome (even some films suffer with the same but with acts), so whilst cost wise (and logic wise to us fans) it's a great idea, in reality it may not even be fair on one of the actors.

With The Odyssey wrapped they could see if Elliot Page could fill in for this role now?

@For-Kier can you imagine?! That would be so awesome! Would be my top choice!

Why have I got an image of moss in the neckbrace because he got cockney neck. 🙈 imagine moss as kratos 😂

@Anthony_Daniels I don't know. It worked pretty well for The Witcher /s

Maybe he strained too hard ‘pooping in the woods’ or however Jaffe so wonderfully put it when poking fun at that awkward promo shot

@kyleforrester87
Yeah, you're right.
I hope they don't make a bad choice of the replacement actor.

Having played both of the newer God of War, along with all the previous ones, I don’t understand why they just can’t have Hurst do all of the talking parts and have his stunt double do all of the action scenes. I mean isn’t that how movies have been made for like 100 years?

Sylvester Stallone reportedly hurt himself making Rocky 2 so they had him fight right handed in the movie instead of canceling. Can’t he just use his left hand for stuff, show his face for all the close ups, body double do all the rest?

Maybe there’s more to this than we know? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Here we go again 👀

The idea of tearing anything internally sounds like a living hell, so hopefully the chap goes on to make a full recovery and goes on to bigger and better things.

As for the show, I’m struggling to get through Ragnarok currently, and haven’t even gotten around to watching TLOU TV adaption, so I really don’t need or want anything like this personally.

I’m all for it for those that like it of course, there’s just something for me about a film or TV show adapted from a game that’s already heavy on the cutscenes or in game chatter and so on. They just never really seem to add anything worthwhile that I didn’t get story wise or feel during playing the game.

Hope it goes on to be a great success for all involved though, and please, no more tearing of anything.

Feel really bad for the guy. A show like this could have really impacted his entire career.

Poor guy. It looks kinda wank from what we’ve seen but it’s a big role to miss out on. Reminds me of when Rob Kazinsky got injured and had to drop out of The Hobbit. I wanna say that Nicole Kidman was supposed to do Panic Room too but messed up her knee.

Probably for the best that the show just doesn't go ahead 😉

Strange, the backlash from his casting and reports of him not being able to actually "act" as Kratos as well as the kid needing recast absolutely had no bearing on this casting change...

@Mostik
"With arms that big it must have been some accident!"

Actually, in my experience, its perfectly normal to see what looks like very little, cause a major injury like this.
Flexibility in the muscles can help, but larger muscles don't always help.

One of the biggest concerns - and I am certainly not saying it is the case here - is if someone only works on limited muscles in order to improve looks etc, as other muscles / joints can be put under greater strain if not equally developed.

@Shirtpotatoes75 he was beta in the walking dead, along with being on the show sons of anarchy , and he was actually thor in god of war ragnarok

This sounds like using his injury as an opportunity to re-cast the leads of the show. If it isn’t someone who’s used to doing their own stunts, or a tight knit actor/stuntman crew, this’ll keep running into problems.

You cast that type of actor for looks, not to actually take a physical load. Someone like Travis Fimmel would be better suited for a role like that. He’s got chops and is known from the Vikings show. Missed opportunity there.

@twitchtvpat
I recall reading that he was Thor in Ragnarok; I dropped off Walking Dead around season 3/4 and never watched Sons of Anarchy, but it seems like the guy has some chops, makes it even more of a shame really. Have a great weekend squire👍

Damn that really sucks. I like this guy in everything I’ve seen him in. Time to bring in triple h or tomasso ciampa.

@Rich33 Good point well made buddy, seen plenty of big guys get injuries by fairly innocuous actions especially if you are swinging stuff like a large axe!

This does suck for Ryan Hurst who put on 40 pounds of muscle for this role to look like the Kratos and be able to handle the physical demand of the role but they can't hold off 9 months for him to recover.

With Ronald Moore being the showrunner for this show I think they'll find a very good replacement for Ryan Hurst and the show will turn out good. The man knows how to make great shows.

I always find it funny how people have said this show is DOA from one picture which is crazy. I think it will be good. The casting choices are pretty good and Amazon does a good job with Video game adaptations so far.

The Big Show been looking a lot like old man Kratos lately. He would be my pick.

@Shirtpotatoes75 Thanks you as well, i feel like he would have done a great job , its a shame he won't get that shot , unless after he recovers they can find a role for him , maybe he can come back as thor if there is a season 2.

Yet Amazon said no to Stargate. Hope anything Amazon is involved with burns to the ground. #SaveStargate.

I wish him a speedy recovery. Hope he doesn't get too in his own head feeling bad about it, accidents happen and there's nothing you can do except get healthy.

Why not just recast him and pick up where the eps left off? That is what old shows used to do. People go missing, change actors and the show pretends it is the same person.

Fricken Dr Who made it a gimmick.

Hurst has a good role in The Odyssey which hints at what his Kratos would've been like. As for a replacement, Ethan Suplee looks the part these days.

Such a shame. I thought he was cast very well. All the best in your recovery mate.

@Andee alright, PushSquare, shut the comments down. We have a winner. 😂

I'm still curious about what stunt did it...

That's the QTE the next actor will have to look out for, assuming they don't adjust the scene outright.

That is unfortunate, they couldn't use the stunt double or otherwise instead? Or did they want to do their own stunts?

That aside hopefully things go well whether reshoots or the actor dealing with the injuries.

I have no interest in the show but even still, things happen and I can pull away from that still to care.

@Ryu_Niiyama Agreed but it seems they can't use the stunt double or adapt around it they have to 'keep going' it's a bit much. They don't want to improvise enough it seems.

Adapting whether story wise, character face wise of likeness or otherwise.

I hope at every turn Sony suffer additional fainancial cost on their projects. Live service failed me god of war show needs re-recordings we just need so significant lost in a first party adventure game next.

Some say cruel gods other say they will keep Sony in check