Umbrella Academy’s new cast includes a telekinetic cube

If you thought that the seven Hargreaves brothers were the only superpowered figures in the world of The Umbrella Academy, think again. The next third season touches on some of the other superpowered children born on the same day as Umbrella Academy members.

[Ed. note: This article contains major spoilers for the second season of The Umbrella Academy]

The second season ended with the Hargreaves brothers returning to 2019 … only to find themselves in a parallel timeline, where their stern father Reginald adopted a different set of superpowered children. Called the Sparrow Academy, they are six new faces (and a familiar one) with new powers and new actors. Although Netflix was silent on the exact skills of the new cast, it revealed the actors and their characters.

Sparrow Academy Number One Marcus is played by Justin Cornwell (Jingle Jangle: a Christmas journey) Marcus is the charismatic and confident leader of the Sparrows, who holds the family together. Justin H. Min repeats his role as Ben, only Ben from the Sparrow is very different from Ben from Umbrella Academy – he is vicious and tactical, and he also wins second place in the Reginald ranking.

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Britne Oldford (hunters) plays number three. Called Fei, she is intelligent and vaguely misanthropic, seeing the “world in a special way”. Number four is Alphonso, played by Jake Epstein (Suits), a sarcastic watchman with scars. Genesis Rodriguez de Big Hero 6 plays Sloane, the fifth Sparrow, a romantic dreamer with a “higher cosmic vocation”. Larazz David’s daughter, Cazzie David, plays the lonely Jayme.

And finally, the seventh and arguably most important member of the Sparrows is played by newcomer Existential Dread Inducing Psykronium Cube. Called Christopher, the telekinetic cube can change the temperature and induce fear. He is treated like any other brother and is now my favorite character throughout the show.

In addition to. new cast members Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Ritu Arya, Adam Godley and Colm Feore will return. There is no set release date for season 3, but filming will begin next month.