Thread:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/@comment-180964-20120420184810/@comment-180964-20120519051748

You are absolutly right about the casting and overall general information of him appearing in Series 5 was inevitable. An just as you stated him talking with Eoin and taking photos along with talking with other Merlin Cast Crew Members that have twitter accounts the information was bound to come out. An if you or me or any Merlin fan saw some actor filming a scene an looking like Asa Butterfield its not hard to piece everything together and figure out someone was recast as Mordred. As for the issue of should Asa have returned as Mordred I would have liked to see him return because he established the character and I thought he should of been given a chance to continue playing Mordred. However even though Asa is older and taller since he last appeared on the show he still didn't have the appearance as someone that could come across as huge threat to Merlin and Arthur. I mean I couldn't see Asa having a big sword fighting scene with Bradley or and of the Knights of The Round Table it would just look real weird. Him having a magical battle with Colin I could see but even that would come across a little weird as well. I think recasting Mordred and bringing in Alexander is going to show the fans an older Mordred who will have a real serious threat to all the characters on the show in the end.