Home TV News ‘Homeland’ & ’24’ Star Miranda Otto Join Netflix’s ‘Sabrina’ Series As Aunt Zelda

‘Homeland’ & ’24’ Star Miranda Otto Join Netflix’s ‘Sabrina’ Series As Aunt Zelda

by Dave Elliott
'Homeland' & '24' Star Miranda Otto Join Netflix's 'Sabria' Series As Aunt Zelda

‘Homeland’ & ’24’ Star Miranda Otto Join Netflix’s ‘Sabria’ Series As Aunt Zelda

Whoever is picking the acting talent for Netflix’s Sabrina The Teenage Witch series could do with a raise (or some gold stars) because they are really nailing the casting on this show! Just days after they announced Lucy Davies would be playing Aunt Hilda, they have now landed Miranda Otto in the part of her sister, Aunt Zelda.

Zelda is the sterner of Sabrina’s two aunts. She is proud, devout, and believes there is no greater honour than serving the Dark Lord as a member of the ‘Church of Night’. Zelda is the family’s disciplinarian, fiercely protective of Sabrina, and very much Cain to Hilda’s Abel.

Miranda Otto has most recently been seen in ’24: Legacy’ and ‘Homeland’, but you may also know her as Eowyn from the ‘Lord Of The Rings’ franchise.

She will join will join Kiernan Shipka (‘Feud: Bette and Joan’, ‘Mad Men’) who landed the titular role as Sabrina; Lucy Davies (‘The Office’, ‘Wonder Woman’), who is playing Sabrina’s gentler Aunt Hilda; Jaz Sinclair (‘The Vampire Diaries’) stars as Sabrina’s best friend Rosalind Walker; Chance Perdomo, who is playing Sabrina’s warlock cousin from England; And Michelle Gomez (‘Doctor Who’) who is set to play Mary Wardell, Sabrina’s favourite teacher… who unfortunately becomes possessed by the devil’s handmaiden, Madam Satan!

Based on the ‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ comic book, the as-yet-untitled reboot is a dark coming-of-age tale traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. It’s more in the vein of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ or ‘The Exorcist’ than the lighthearted Melissa Joan Hart version of the 90’s. Sabrina must wrestle to reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her and her family.

No news on when the as-yet-untitled Sabrina The Teenage Witch series will land on Netflix, but we will bring you more as we get it.

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