Wednesday, August 6 2008, 13:05 BST
By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor
Rex Features
Max von Sydow will guest star in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors, reports Variety.
The veteran actor, known for his roles in The Exorcist and Flash Gordon, has been cast as Cardinal Von Waldburg, a German clergyman who plots to overthrow Jonathan Rhys Meyers's Henry VIII.
Von Sydow's character will feature in four of the eight third season episodes.
Soul singer Joss Stone was yesterday added to The Tudors cast. She will play Henry VIII's fourth wife Anne of Cleves.
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