Meet the 'Warcraft' warriors: Ben Schnetzer is rookie mage Khadgar
In the fantasy landscape of Warcraft, battles can be won or lost by magic, so you need a good wizard on your side — even a rookie.
Paste BN continues its week of exclusive videos introducing the main characters with the young mage Khadgar, played by Ben Schnetzer (Pride) in director Duncan Jones’ action-adventure film.
Khadgar is a student training to be the next guardian, whose responsibility is to protect Azeroth. But after sensing dark magic in the land and alerting the king (Dominic Cooper), he forms an unlikely friendship with military leader Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) and goes from wizarding academia to epic scuffles against invading orcs in short order.
Warcraft shows a different side to what movie mages can do, Duncan says. “These are warriors using magic as a weapon.”
The video goes behind the scenes to show Schnetzer working with his movement choreographer as they break down the mechanics of how magic physically works in Warcraft. “You need to know exactly what you’re doing when you’re casting a certain spell,” Schnetzer says, “or else it’s just not going to read and it’s not going to feel real.”