Casting
On 5 June 2013, actor
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has signed up to star in the film, he'll play
Horus, a God of the sky.
[7] On September 24, 2013,
Gerard Butler also joined the film's cast to play the role of
Set, a God of the desert, storms and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion.
[6] On the same day
Geoffrey Rush also closed a deal to join the epic fantasy
Gods of Egypt for Summit, he'll play the role of
Ra, a God of the Sun and also father of Set and Osiris.
[9] Later on 7 October, Summit added
Brenton Thwaites as a lead actor in the fantasy film's cast, he will play
Bek, a human thief.
[5] On December 12, 2013, a new actress
Courtney Eaton joined the film as a lead actress, she will be playing the role of Zaya, a slave girl who is cursed by Set.
[8] On January 30, 2014,
Chadwick Boseman has signed on to star in the film as
Thoth, the god of wisdom.
[11] On February 19, 2014
Élodie Yung joined the cast of the film, she'll play the goddess,
Hathor.
[10] On Match 20, all other cast was also revealed as filming began, which includes
Bruce Spence,
Bryan Brown,
Emma Booth,
Abbey Lee Kershaw,
Rachael Blake,
Robyn Nevin,
Paula Arundell, Alexander England, Goran D. Kleut and Yaya Deng.
[12] On April 2, it was announced that all the lead cast would be white actors, because the film set in Egypt with Egyptian characters.[13]