Finding the Perfect Cast - Part 1 | The Wheel of Time | Prime Video

Welcome back to our miniseries featuring X-Ray's look into the making of the Wheel of Time! Join us for part 1 of these exclusive, behind-the-scene peeks that X-Ray does best. Join us today as we learn about the casting process that brought all your favorite characters to life in season 1 of the Wheel of Time.

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Set in an epic fantasy world, The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young villagers, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn... the one who will either save or destroy humanity.


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[katjamariaherrmann]

Exactly what I felt while watching: Whenever Rosamund Pike appears in a scene, she has that magical presence that makes you stop breathing. She is an extraordinary charismatic actress, she is just perfect. 👌

[Kristeena_]

I loved Rosamund Pike as moraine, she emobodied the character so well I loved it 10/10🙌🏽💜

[trevorpullen]

The tall red headed really good looking guy: "Who am I playing?". Director: "Padan Fain obviously"

[madchemistry]

This cast is magical, individually and together. Rosamund Pike's involvement is what brought me to the show, and I love her Moiraine. I've also been a fan of Daniel Henney from his previous work, and the EF5 actors have completely won me over. So good!

[briobrandon]

Rosemund definitely is a foundation of the show. As they work on season 2 and learning to work around covid, i hope they get a better chance at making sure their storytelling ‘’marinate” a lil bit more.

[DngnRdr]

Rosamund and Josha have huge weight on their shoulders.... sure the other characters have their moments but those two have the lion's share resting on their performances, but so far they seem to be weathering it well. And I have to say Josha and Madeleine have an amazing chemistry.

[inthemiddleTN]

Please watch Daniel Greene season 1 review… I completely agree with most of his review. Definitely add more episodes to each season to allow for more character and world building. Excellent casting! Looking forward to season 2

[katemoon]

Hearing Daniel Henney talk about his experience broke my heart then made me so happy for him. ❤ That was very touching.

[Julsfr]

Brilliant actors, Roseamund Pike, Daniel Henney.... brilliant show

[erviatangerine]

Okay, I fell in love with Moiraine, but didn't like the script much. I was thinking to read the books, but as I understood, she's not one of a main characters there, so there is no point, I think. Gosh, I just love Rosamund Pike so much, I think I should just do a marathon of her movies

[metacarpitan]

Rosamund is the perfect choice for moiraine

[Phoenix-King-ozai]

Imagine moiraine goofing

I wish they give it a couple more episodes in future seasons

[ragzilbragzilb]

I freaking love the show, the rendition, the characters portraid, and the nature scenes are just eye candy. Thanks for giving us the oppotunity to see the world realized. :D :D :D

[jstuckless]

"Full of metaphors this world" ... couldn't be more accurate. Robert Jordan loved his niche metaphors, so much so that hey created different sets of metaphors for the different cultures. Kudos to Rosamund for recognizing that. I love the casting for Moiraine and Lan, the 3 boys, Padan Fain, and Siuan.

[Accolonian]

It feels really off that Barney is just basically stricken from all these behind the scenes stuff. I mean, the interviews were made during shooting, so they probably exist. I know the reasons of cause. It just feels a bit too much.

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Why there's no liandrin ? I mean she is killing it in the show

[malaslavujka]

The cast is lovely and the show has lots of potential, but please, please, allow Jordan's elaborate story to breath and give them more episodes to develope the characters and the rules of the magic system or it is in danger of becoming really campy and silly, in particular with the strange editing and also the nonsensical and confusing plots like Nynaeve's "revival" from the dead and a circle of just 5 chanellers, 3 of them weak destroying Trolloc army instead of the Dragon himself doing that, there will be no tension and no stakes in the later story if this continues

[juliaalbrecht]

They couldn't have done the cast more perfectly. Honestly I love all of them.

[heretic]

They clearly didn’t find the perfect cast of writers.

[davidwebb]

The casting in this show is really good. The script is totally diabolical.