The exciting news is thatAmazon ’s much - anticipated Wheel of Time seriesjust cast a net ton of actor ! The not - as - exciting news is that the characters they ’re play are more famous than the actors — at least for now . Most of those Game of Thrones citizenry were unknown back in 2011 , right ?
According to a press release , the newly - cast histrion are : Madeleine Madden ( play Egwene Al’Vere ) ; Marcus Rutherford ( Perrin Aybara ) ; Barney Harris ( Mat Cauthon ) ; Zoë Robins ( Nynaeve ) ; and Josha Stradowski ( Rand Al’Thor ) . They join series lead Rosamund Pike , who ’s so far the big name to sign onto the show and will also serve as one of its producers .
https://gizmodo.com/rosamund-pike-joins-amazons-wheel-of-time-series-as-moi-1835658617
Marcus Rutherford will play the heroic Perrin Aybara.Image: Amazon Studios
Amazon also share a series description , for anyone who ’s unfamiliar with Robert Jordan ’s enduringly pop book series :
Set in a sprawling , epic humankind where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to get at it , the story followsMoiraine , a phallus of the incredibly powerful all - female organization call off the Aes Sedai , as she come in the little town of Two Rivers . There , she embark on a life-threatening , world - spanning journey with five untried human and women , one of whom is vaticinate to be the Dragon Reborn , who will either keep open or destroy humanity .
The officialWheel of Time Twitter ’s been sharing images and quotation mark for each character , too :
“ It was about a woman who refused to believe that she could not help , could not bring around those who had been harmed . ” Zoë Robins as Nynaeve#WoTWednesday#TwitterOfTimepic.twitter.com / o8AUdHD5BZ
— The Wheel Of Time ( @TheWheelOfTime)August 14 , 2019
“ It was about a charwoman who would not bend her back while she was beaten , and who show with a light for all who watched . ”@TigerMaddenas Egwene Al’Vere#WoTWednesday#TwitterOfTimepic.twitter.com / bBtUdcIT88
“ It was about a hero who insist with every breathing space that he was anything but a hero . ”@BarneyHarrisoas Mat Cauthon#WoTWednesday#TwitterOfTimepic.twitter.com / OWisit2CXM
“ It was about a man whose folk was occupy from him , but who stand up tall in his sorrow and protect those he could . ”@Marcus_Ruddaas Perrin Aybara#WoTWednesday#TwitterOfTimepic.twitter.com/4UTcqdpySA
“ It was not about me . It ’s never been about me . ”@joshastradowsk1as Rand Al’Thor#WoTWednesday#TwitterOfTimepic.twitter.com/09sArPoM1 gramme
The hype ! It ’s pop to construct ! With all this new info about Wheel of Time — which will be showrun by Rafe Judkins ( Agents of SHIELD , Hemlock Grove ) , and is an Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television co - production — we still do n’t bed when it ’ll be released , though this prominent casting promulgation bodes well for forward-moving motion .
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