Dolph Lundgren joins the cast of Netflix’s mysterious spinoff series

Swedish motion star Dolph Lundgren confirms he’s becoming a member of Netflix’s The Witcher Universe for an upcoming prequel spinoff sequence.

Netflix’s The Witcher Universe is about to be visited by some of the iconic motion stars on the silver display, Dolph Lundgren. In response to the Rocky and The Expendables alum, he’s in South Africa capturing a by-product sequence of The Witcher. Lundgren confirmed his participation by way of the Swedish outlet Aftonbladet. Whereas his position within the undertaking stays a thriller, many consider the Witcher spinoff sequence focuses on the Rats, a workforce of younger mischief-makers who be part of forces after the warfare within the Continent disrupts their lives.

When The Witcher returns for its third season, the story focuses on Andrzej Sapkowski’s third ebook within the sequence, Time of Contempt. The plot introduces the Rats, establishing the group for an journey in one other sequence. The Witcher spinoff is a prequel depicting how the gang entered a lifetime of crime. Whereas Lundgren is simply too previous to be part of the Rats, he may play Leo Bonhart, a bounty hunter within the story. If Lundgren performs Bonhart, Netflix may embrace him in The Witcher Season 3, seeing as he crosses paths with Ciri on a number of events.

Lundgren just lately revealed he’s been battling cancer for the previous eight years. Throughout a nationally syndicated interview on In Depth With Graham Bensinger, Lundgren mentioned he’d been recognized with lung most cancers in 2015.

Whereas Lundgren says he went into remission, the most cancers returned with a vengeance in 2020. His physician gave him a terminal prognosis, saying he solely had 2-Three years to stay. When the actor’s most cancers returned, Lundgren’s fiancée Emma Krokdal mentioned the docs discovered tumors in his lungs, backbone, and kidneys. Dolph made peace with the prognosis, considering he would die inside a finite interval.

Fortunately, this report has a silver lining. Lundgren sought a second opinion from Dr. Alexandra Drakaki, who labored alongside the Swedish behemoth to shrink the tumors. Lundgren is open about his use of steroids a number of years in the past and questions if the muscle-enhancing medicine performed a component in his situation.

What do you consider Lundgren becoming a member of The Witcher Universe? Are you excited concerning the fantasy property branching out to different sequence? Be at liberty to tell us your ideas within the feedback beneath.