“American Gods” casts Gillian Anderson

The actress who shot to fame as agent Dana Scully in 90s horror crime science fiction “The X-Files”, recently starred in the reboot of the series, after finishing up the TV series “Hannibal”, and also starred in Netflix series “The Fall” and miniseries “War & Peace” (on Lifetime).

The production, based on Neil Gaiman's novel, has set the majority of its cast, though there was a recent swap out with Pablo Schreiber taking over for Sean Harris as Mad Sweeney. 

The story, which tells the tale of a war between gods of the old world and new (the new gods representing things like drugs, celebrity, and technology), stars Rick Whittle as Shadow Moon, an ex-con who becomes the bodyguard of Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), a mysterious traveler.

According to the press release, Anderson will play Media, the mouthpiece for the New Gods, functioning as their public face and sales representative, by taking the form of various iconic celebrities. 

The other cast members include Emily Browning as Laura Moon, Yetide Badaki as Bilquis -- the ancient goddess of love, Bruce Langley as the new god Technical Boy, Crispin Glover as Mr. World, Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith, Cloris Leachman as a guardian sister of the constellations named Zorya Vechernyaya, Peter Stormare as Slavic god of darkness Czernobog, Chris Obi as Egyptian god Anubis, and Mousa Kraish as The Jinn, a mythic fire creature. 

“American Gods” is set to air on Starz in 2017.

Source: Collider