LOST Actor Ken Leung Joins Marvel's INHUMANS Series
Marvel is quickly bulking up the cast for their Inhumans series. We've got Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) playing Balck Bolt, Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) playing Maximus the Mad, and Serinda Swan (Smallville) taking on the role of the queen, Medusa. The latest edition to the cast in former Lost actor Ken Leung, who recently worked on NBC's The Night Shift and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
According to Variety, he will take on the role of a character named Karnak. He is Black Bolt’s cousin and closest advisor. "His gift is an ability to see the fault in all things — people, plans, structures, everything. He’s Black Bolt’s most ardent supporter and strategist and is often seen as the royal family’s planner and philosopher."
Marvel head of television and executive producer Jeph Loeb said in a statement:
“Ken brings both a wisdom and a power to the role that no one else could match. His Karnak will be awesome."
Showrunner and executive producer Scott Buck added,
“Ken Leung has a great natural intelligence that reads clearly and will add depth and complexity to the very complicated character of Karnak.”
Marvel’s Inhumans follows a race of superhumans with diverse and unique powers and explores the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the Royal Family.
Feature director Roel Reine (Death Race 2, The Marine 2, The Lost Tribe, The Scorpion King 3) is set to helm the first two episodes of the series, which will be shot in IMAX and premiere in IMAX theaters on Labor Day weekend. The series will then start its eight episode run on ABC on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017. All eight episodes are expected to run on the network over consecutive Tuesdays, which means that the finale will air on Tuesday, November 14th, 2017.