On EP “Willow”, Warwick Davis Says Val Kilmer Will Be “Part” of Disney+ TV Series: “Madmartigan Lives On”

Val Kilmer will participate in the next match Willow tree The Disney+ series starring Warwick Davis and executive producer Jonathan Cassadan says.

Talking yahoo entertainment As part of an array star wars celebration At last week’s events in Anaheim, the duo explained how Kilmer would play the role in the televised sequel to the 1988 film, directed by Ron Howard and produced by George Lucas.

“Val is a big part of that, and the first conversation Warwick and I had was with Val,” Cassdan said. “We wanted his character to be part of the story. We wanted him to be on the show.”

O Top Gun: Maverick The star plays the film’s detergent, Madmartigan, a disgraced knight who meets a willow bastard of Davis and eventually helps him protect a baby who tries to end the evil dominion of the wizard Bawmorda, known as the Queen of Demons.

Cassdan noted that the actor was unable to film the show, but promised he would be involved “from a great angle”.

‘Cause we were taking the time [the COVID-19 lockdowns]He couldn’t come to Wales and film with us. But he’s on the show in style. And we’re very excited about it,” said the executive producer. “Madmartigan lives on.”

during the show star wars celebration Thursday’s panel, respectively ComicsCassdan spoke a little more about how Kilmer’s character will exist in the series.

“Debt had communication with Joan [Whalley] “And Madmartigan and I are the characters in the story, and what we weren’t able to film with him in season one, we made him the main character in the story,” he said.

Talking yahooDavis called himself Willow tree Join “The Wonderful Boy” and share with us that the “spirit of Kilmer is bound to the series”.

“I still owe it to myself to make a movie. It kept me in a good mood when conditions were really treacherous and difficult. He was cold, he was wet, he was tired. He laughed, everything remained happy.”

On Thursday, Disney released the first trailer for the television sequel, which takes place 20 years after the original film. Davis returns in the title role, with Eli Bamber, Erin Kelliman, Tony Revolver and Kylie Spann joining the franchise as lead actors. The series tells the story of an unlikely group of characters who embark on a dangerous quest facing their inner demons and banding together to save their magical world, filled with browns, witches, trolls and other mystical creatures.