Wonder Woman's Said Taghmaoui Playing The Shadow King in Legion Season 2

07/20/2017 08:51 pm EDT

Legion is heading into Season 2 next year, and the highly-celebrated X-Men series on FX has finally been given its big bad villain.

At the Legion panel during San Diego Comic-Con, Noah Hawley and the cast of the show revealed that Saïd Taghmaoui, who portrayed the smooth-talking Sameer in Wonder Woman, will be portraying The Shadow King in Legion Season 2.

If you recall, The Shadow King has many personifications and he has now taken a hold of Oliver's mind. Taghmaoui will be playing the Shadow King's true personality, Amahl Farouk.

You can check out the rest of the in-depth recap of the Legion panel in our live blog here.

Legion is returning to FX sometime next year.

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