Singer Bjork joins Robert Eggers' Viking movie 'The Northman'

Eggers has lined up a star-studded cast for his Viking revenge drama, including Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgard, Ethan Hawke and Claes Bang. Willem Dafoe, who worked with the filmmaker on his critically-acclaimed 2019 feature "The Lighthouse", will also star in the movie.

Icelandic singer Bjork is the latest addition to the cast of filmmaker Robert Eggers' next "The Northman". Eggers has lined up a star-studded cast for his Viking revenge drama, including Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgard, Ethan Hawke, and Claes Bang.

Willem Dafoe, who worked with the filmmaker on his critically-acclaimed 2019 feature "The Lighthouse", will also star in the movie. Described as a 10th century Viking epic, the movie is about a Nordic prince (Alexander Skarsgard) who set outs on a mission of revenge after his father is murdered.

Bjork will play a witch in the movie, which hails from New Regency and Focus Features, reported Indiewire. "The Northman" is the 54-year-old singer's first project since her 2005 movie "Drawing Restraint 9". Bjork has also worked with filmmaker Lars von Trier on his Cannes Palme d'Or-winning drama "Dancer in the Dark", for which she received a Best Original Song Oscar nod in 2001.

"The Northman" is currently being shot on the eastern coast of Ireland near Antrim Hills on a set that resembles a historical village..

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