hit “Vikings” from 2013-17 — until Ragnar met his end in the fourth season by being thrown into a pit of snakes. Following that departure, Fimmel turned to the big screen, starring in movies such as “Warcraft” and “Lean on Pete.”“Quite often [in television] you’ve got to sign a thing for 6 years, and that’s a big chunk of your life to do the same thing.