New cast members for season four include Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne, Prime Suspect 1973) playing Eadith, Aethelred’s new love conquest, and Aethelred’s new right-hand man Eardwulf, played by Jamie Blackley (The Halcyon, If I Stay).
Castmembers confirmed to be returning are: Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred, Ian Hart as Father Beocca, Toby Regbo as Aethelred, Emily Cox as Brida, Timothy Innes as King Edward, Eliza Butterworth as Aelswith, Mark Rowley as Finan, Millie Brady as Aethelflaed, Magnus Bruun as Cnut and Jeppe Beck Laursen as Haesten.
The Last Kingdom season 4 story - The official press release provided this synopsis:
After the death of Alfred, the alliances between the kingdoms are fractured. Uhtred believes the timing is right to challenge his uncle Aelfric, played by Joseph Millson (Casino Royale, Banished), and take back his ancestral home, Bebbanburg. However fate shifts in a different direction, leading Uhtred to realise that his destiny is tied to Alfred’s dream of a united land. This, and Uhtred’s feelings for Aethelflaed, drive him back into the politics that threaten to break out into war.
It sounds as though series creator Stephen Butchard is diverting somewhat from the source material, which would have involved a ten-year time jump (hard to pull off on screen with the same cast). Going by the books, a decade on since the events of season three would find Uhtred pushing fifty, and his children warriors in their own right. Being baptised as Christians during their father's banishment from Westminster may also lead to a cultural rift between the Dane-Saxon and his Saxon-Dane progeny.
Edward will be the Aethling no more in season four, but the King. A decade on the throne of Wessex however, doesn't make his position any less vulnerable to threats from both inside his court and foreign invasion.
our first look at The Last Kingdom season four. Netflix has released four new images from the forthcoming episodes, featuring Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart and a behind-the-scenes look at filming. Fill your boots by clicking on the image gallery above.
As of the 11th of April 2019, filming got underway on The Last Kingdom season four.
In Budapest, the returning cast members behind the characters of Cnut, Haesten, Brida, Aelswith, Aelflaed, Aldhelm, Edward and Aethelflaed celebrated with this video:
Prior to that announcement, Alexander Dreymon delivered an early Christmas present to The Last Kingdom fans in December 2018. One month after the show's third season landed on Netflix in November 2018 arrived news that The Last Kingdom would be back for season four.
