Who is Noah Syndergaard who will play Thorbjorn in Vikings?

Vikings on History is set to add a really compelling character to the new mid-season five return lineup. Pro athlete Noah Syndergaard is cast as Thorbjorn in one episode according to a new announcement from the network. The Michael Hirst produced and written drama that is filmed in Ireland stars Katheryn Winnick as Queen Lagertha

Vikings Season 5: Sifting through the corpses of the mid-season finale

Season 5 of Vikings on History reached its midpoint with less bloodshed than we expected. Here TV critics Ernie Estrella and April Neale resume their discussion about this beloved dramatic series created by Michael Hirst and starring Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, who appears to have numbered days left thanks to the insane, youngest son of

Vikings exclusive: Watch brothers King Harald and Halfdan sing a requiem for war

After many lives were lost on the battlefield, most of the Vikings tried to avoid a second wave of the Lothbrok civil war but Ivar the Boneless (Alex Hogh Andersen) cannot allow his mother’s murder go unavenged. In tonight’s mid-season finale, bloodshed will be massive as Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) now has Bishop Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys

Preview: Best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry on Vikings

This week on Vikings, Bjorn Ironside heads to the Mediterranean Sea as the Saxons strategize to oust Ivar the Boneless from the city of York. Bjorn thinks of his father Ragnar as he sails through the Pillars of Hercules, modern day Strait of Gibraltar,  and enters the Mediterranean Sea. He wonders what strange new lands and peoples he

Tensions between Ragnar’s sons reach breaking point on Vikings

This week on Vikings, the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok might have secured the strategic town of York but tensions between them are rising. Taking a city and holding one are two very different tricks but Ivar has a wise head on his shoulders and has a plan to hold onto his prize. Though he’s not

Did Queen Lagertha rape King Harald on Vikings?

The last episode of History’s Vikings saw King Harald returning to Kattegat where he was taken captive by Queen Lagertha. She chooses not to kill him, despite his previous attempts to gain power, and instead has him tied up. She questions him on his motives and seems at least partly taken in by his tale

Vikings star Alex Høgh Andersen swaps savagery for style in smouldering photoshoot

Alex Høgh Andersen returned to Vikings in the Season 5 premiere last night — spending quite a bit of the time with blood splattered across his face. But in this smouldering photoshoot Andersen is a million miles from torturing priests as his sociophathic character Ivar the Boneless. The Danish star swapped his Viking garb for