Kalf also professed his love for Katheryn Winnick’s Lagertha and her silence spoke volumes that it was not reciprocated.
Also, as Wessex continues to prepare its soldiers, Owen Roe’s Count Odo readies a defense of Paris.
Meanwhile, the Canadian-Irish historical drama TV series reaches a 20-episode order for this season which is the show’s longest one to date, There is also a mysterious and completely different character that has entered the picture.
This season, the historical drama welcomed its first Asian character in the person of Dianne Doan’s Yidu.
Yidu first appeared in the Season 4 premiere as one of the captives in Paris. The servant will reportedly catch the eye of lead Viking, King Ragnar.
According to Doan, she didn’t expect to bag the role of Yidu after sending out an audition tape to Hirst. Several weeks after, she was asked to go to Ireland for a screen test before the showrunners.
She is mum on how her character will play an integral part this season but admits that she is feeling the pressure of being the only person in the show representing Asian ethnicity.
The addition of Doan has raised a few eyebrows on critics as well as the fans. Some question the historical accuracy of an oriental character written into the storyline that unravels in far-away medieval Scandinavia.