{"id":102565,"date":"2025-06-25T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=102565"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:43:07","slug":"prime-video-casts-jessica-madsen-as-female-lead-of-new-original-series-bloodaxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/25\/prime-video-casts-jessica-madsen-as-female-lead-of-new-original-series-bloodaxe\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Casts Jessica Madsen as Female Lead of New Original Series &#8220;Bloodaxe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102566\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102566\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Madsen.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Madsen.webp 716w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Madsen-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Madsen by Photographer: Thurston Redding &#8211; Via instagram.com\/jess_mads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, Prime Video confirmed that Jessica Madsen has been cast as Gunnhild, the lead female role in the upcoming original series, <em><strong>Bloodaxe.<\/strong><\/em> The series, which will begin filming in Ireland and Iceland later this summer, is produced by MGM Television, a division of Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bloodaxe<\/strong><\/em> is an epic historical drama, created, written, and executive produced by Michael and Horatio Hirst, which chronicles the rise of one of history&#8217;s most famous Norse raiders, Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux), and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. As they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling, and utterly magical new Norse Saga.<\/p><div id=\"morty-548342598\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jessica Madsen has played fan favorite mean girl &#8216;Cressida Cowper&#8217; in the megahit series <em>Bridgerton<\/em>, which is among the Top 10 most-watched series in Netflix history, since Season One.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bloodaxe<\/em> is executive produced by Michael and Horatio Hirst, who will also showrun and write. Additional executive producers include Morgan O&#8217;Sullivan under his O&#8217;Sullivan Productions label, Steve Stark under his Toluca Pictures label, Arturo Interian, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, and Fred Toye.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bloodaxe<\/em> will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>Bloodaxe<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> Prime Video<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Drama<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 1<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 1<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Follow Erik Bloodaxe, and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings as they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Viking Saga.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Prime Video confirmed that Jessica Madsen has been cast as Gunnhild, the lead female role in the upcoming original series, Bloodaxe. 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