TOKYO — Nintendo and Universal Pictures thrilled fans Wednesday morning by announcing the casting of Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in the live-action The Legend of Zelda movie in the role of “DIPSHIT.”
“When I created The Legend of Zelda, one of the goals was to allow players to step into the shoes of the hero and allow them to name the main character,” said Zelda creator and Executive Producer Shigeru Miyamoto. “I was thrilled to see Derek Connolly-san and T.S. Nowlin-san’s script had re-named Link as DIPSHIT, showing just how personal this film will be.”
A relative newcomer, Ainsworth is known for roles in Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor and as the voice of the title character in Disney’s Pinocchio remake before taking on the hotly contested role of DIPSHIT.
“When I got the call that I was going to be in the Zelda movie, I was over the moon,” said Ainsworth on a break from a four-week intensive forward-roll training camp. “I was kinda hoping my character name was Link like it is in Smash Bros and stuff. Already people on the street are pointing at me and yelling stuff like ‘Hey, dipshit!’ and ‘Nice going, dispshit.’
Director Wes Ball expressed excitement about the film reaching this major milestone on its way to a May 2027 release.
“Hahahahahaha. Did you see this shit? The fucker’s name is DIPSHIT. I’ve got a part in the movie where that fucking owl is like, ‘did you get all that, DIPSHIT?’ Oh my god, this is fucking hilarious, man.”
At press time, Nintendo announced there will be an exclusive recut of the film when it eventually releases Blu-Ray where Ainsworth’s character is named “Zelda.”
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