Finding the Perfect Cast - Part 2 | The Wheel of Time | Prime Video
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- Welcome back to our miniseries featuring X-Ray's look into the making of the Wheel of Time! Join us for part 2 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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They nailed the casting SO WELL in this show. They are all so incredibly talented and engaging. It's honestly astonishing how attached I got to them as a person who hasn't read the books, considering how little time they each got to really LIVE their characters in the show.
I know it's behemoth task trying to condense a 13 book series into 7-8 seasons, so worldbuilding and plot are massively important, but with these beloved characters, played by these amazing actors, they NEED to make more time for them to develop and each have their own arcs. Even as a person with secondary knowledge of the WoT, I am shocked that we went the whole first season and they didn't even make it clear that Lan is like the best swordsman who ever lived?? Don't get me wrong, I LOVED his character in the show, he had some great writing to work with (more than most of the others) and killed his acting, but his fighting was honestly displayed as no more deadly than the other warders we see. I know he talked in interviews about this crazy choreography that he had to learn for the Winter's Night scene, but the final edit barely showed any of it. I get they wanted to focus on showing of the channeling, but I don't think showing his prowess would have taken away from that. It's just weird choices like this that I think made the characters feel vague. They are lucky that the actors brought so much life to every scene, leaving us craving more rather than simply not caring about them, haha.
I desperately hope that Amazon gives them more episodes after the success of the first season!
The actors did their job marvelously, Especially Matt, Rand and Nynaeve. Egwene and Perrin, Lan and Moirraine were amazing too. Everyone did a good job when it came to acting. But Matt and Rand were my favourite.
Except they had to recast Matt. Sooooo..not perfect?
@@childrenoftolkien There can be many, many reasons for the recasting. Maybe it was his health, or he left for some other reason. I based my opinion on what I saw in the show. And in the show, Barney Harris's portrayal of Matt was perfect, and his acting was amazing. He made me love the character so much. Your comment is stupid and irrelevant to what I originally wrote.
@@Nickdeaugustine Yes 🙌
This cast is fantastic from top to finish, led by the amazing Rosamund Pike, who's simply on another level. But they all embody their characters so well and emotionally engage me as a viewer. I just wish we'd had more time with them in Season 1, and hope to get to know all the characters better in the coming seasons.
A go to CAt at work can you get here you doing OK W is its
if they only would have taken their time with the show and added 2-4 episodes....the preperation, art work and so on is amazing..its a shame if this show doesnt improve masivly in the next season
Great casting, all the actors were absolutely fantastic, but please for the love of god just give us more time with them in Season 2. We needed way more in Season 1.
8 episodes was a mistake, a minimum of 12 would've solved most, if not all, of the pacing and character development issues.
The first episode encapsulated their friendship so well, they loved and supported each other, I liked the new "conflicted thief that cares a lot for his sisters" angle that added a lot of depth to Mat, since he's basically just a comic relief in the book.
Speaking of Mat, is a shame what happened to his actor, he bailed on the project during quarantine and thus, the final 2 episodes had to be completely rewritten. Hopefully he's okay.
More with main cast than random side characters. Episode 5 focused too much time on Steppin, should have had 50% less of screen time compared to our main cast.
@@thamor4746 Agreed, I think it would've worked well in a 10/12 episode season but was way too much time spent on it for just 8 episodes.
@@alastorcorvus 100% needed at least another two episodes.
Yeah they fleshed Mat's character out well, even if I hate what they did to Abell. Barney was fantastic, hope he knows how much the fanbase enjoyed his Mat and hopefully Donal is able to make the character his own in the same way in season 2
Also pretty clear Covid was a massive hindrance to the finale, looks like they couldn't bring in any stunt performers and very limited extras, throw that on top losing Barney and rewrites and it's pretty clear we didn't get the finale we were supposed to be getting.
Really wish they actually spell out why they cut it down to 8? Did they do audience testing that told them its too much? Did they run out of budget bc of the matt and covid thing so they cut some stuff?
Barney Harris playing that game with the others at 2:24...
I'm not crying, you're crying.
do you know how is it called?? i mean that game
@@andreadominguez3170 Its called zip zap zop
I am not sure Daniel Henney knows what he signed up for. Once they get to a certain point in the show, he will never again get to go out in public without someone shouting: The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai’don
In another interview, he had Lan as a dream role. So hopefully he is ready for that. I can hope the show gets to that point.
The casting is amazing. Pike and Henney have been beyond stellar. And the young cast are superb. Probably my favorite part of the show... which is saying something.
Please give 12 - 16 episodes next season. Don't cut corners, be brave Amazon!
True. I read that the show runners asked for more episodes but Amazon said no.
I love the cast so much, it's a joy to see them interact (i keep saying it but i'm really missing Barney). Josha is so cute, when he jumped out at 4:30 lol And there was the badger scene!
(Now if only it were possible to reshoot Tarwin's Gap in a more reasonable way and stop using fake out deaths so much.....).
I hope they do a directors cut of the episodes at some point that show us some of the extra scene's the clearly did shoot, so the story can breathe a bit more.
Cgh.
Ah, the fake out deaths. My dad told me his favorite character was Thom the gleeman and was kinda sad he died. And I told him "Oh, he's definitely not dead". When he was shocked by that, I joked to him that Wheel of Time is the exact opposite of Game of Thrones. Instead of too many unexpected deaths there's too many unexpected not-deaths. If you don't see the dead body at a funeral, they're guaranteed still alive, lol.
Is Barney Harris ok? I really hope he's alright and I wish Dónal Finn all the best for stepping into those shoes. Let's hope they won't need any more major recastings
As a long time book reader I loved these actors! They did a wonderful job with the characters.
I'm so in love with Barney Harrys and his play. So I'm so sad he quit. Please, just tell us he's OK
He was the perfect Mat and his family dynamic was one of the few "good" changes from the books.
New guy has big boots to fill.
@@alastorcorvus true
@@alastorcorvus He wasn't a perfect adaptation of book 1-2 Mat, but he was perfect for later books Mat. I would have loved to see his take on Mat's first luck streak.
@@thesecondislander there's no such thing as "perfect adaptation".
Erase that thought from your head and you'll enjoy fantasy media more.
@@alastorcorvus Even though I agree with you, I have to say that it comes a point when a series goes so "off book" that it it comes dangerously close to not being able to call itself an adaptation anymore; at least not with a straight face. This was the case here. I enjoyed it. The casting, cinematography, the acting, scenography, all of it. But I am a total loss when trying to understand some of the changes from the page.
the cast in this is just a chef kiss
Hahahaa in what world???? My god the internet is so gaslighting. The only reason why you’d ever say that is for political reasons
@@bentolinmaddox9806 political so being diverse is political gawwd you people 🤨
I can't imagine having to go that extra 11 months to get one single season done - that is the education this series needs and it's apparent that extra time will solidify season 2 and onward. The only thing I want in life right now is to see this series go the full distance.
I cannot wait for season 2. I know alot of people don’t like the fact that the show deviated from the books but I’ve never seen a movie or show that was 100% depicted like the source material. At face value the series is good.
Yeah, the show is enjoyable, but the book readers don't like it because they changed the story, the lore, the worldbuilding, the magic system, and the intercharacter and intracharacter dynamics. Basically, it's a good show and there's a number of people that are mad that it's using the name The Wheel Of Time. If people think the story is bad they may use that to decide not to read the books. But the books are a completely different story. Literally the only things that are the same are the names.
@@thegreenxeno9430 They barely changed the story and the lore, and the magic system is exactly the same, what are you on about lmao.
@@LordMichaelRahl ... Have you even read the books man?
@@thegreenxeno9430 Book reader here, and that is why its hard for me to like the show. Most of us know it wouldn't be exactly the same, thats why they are called adaptations. No hard feelings on the actors, they are just doing what they are told, its their job. I wish i hadn't read the books and was ignorant on all the facts you pointed out. I don't care for the show for all of those reasons, the way the story was rewritten. It was not retold in a different way, but rewritten from another perspective, I just don't like it.
@@LordMichaelRahl lol not even close. The magic system is insanely changed, Women burning out in a circle, Moiraine saying she could teach rand how to use the power, Ishy telling rand to submit to the one power to use it, Logain seemingly ably to see Nynaeves weaves. These are all massive changes that changes the magic and even world on a fundamental level. Especially since it seems like the only difference between men and woman with the one power is the mens is tainted when it should be much more than that
They had a badger scene, goddamit!
The cast was fine. Outstanding actually IMO. It's the writers that need work lol
Agree completely. The script is wack.
@@Chabooki the script is fine
@@ndo533 The writers write the script. Do you think that writing multiple fake deaths followed by multiple mary sue miraculous healings in the first season of a show is good writing? I argue that it is objectively not.
@@Chabooki Do you think it's easy? Why don't you give it a go? Huh?
@@thedusty194 Easy now, its okay to like and not like things. . .
The casting and acting has been the icing on my adaptation cake.
Is this a Portal-style cake?
Rand and Mat look good together. 👬
The cast is the glue and the gold to this show! Even when I didn't enjoy some of the plot, I was still happy for every second with these characters! Well done on the casting! Well done all the actors!
I miss Barney Harris.
Yeah, Barney, Daniel and Rosamund are the stars of season 1 - in that order.
Barney was never even interviewed. Just shown in scenes. Too bad. I am not liking Donal's take on Matt so far in S2
The actors and actressess all did an amazing job in season one, but the writing needs seriously needs an upgrade.
Massive love to all the cast who are doing a fantastic job and all seem like lovely people! Extra thoughts to whatever is going on with Barney hoping he is okay.
Amazon, give these awesome people more episodes to work with going forward, we've barely gotten to see them so far!!! Seems a waste to put in all this money, care and work while at the same time hobbling the production with silly episode restrictions! More WoT to the viewers!
I will miss Barney Harris as Matt so much😢
Yup
To be honest and maybe I'm only saying this because now in hindsight we know he's gone but for real for real I couldn't imagine Matt being portrayed better by anybody else
@@willgriff agreed. He was the best character for me.
@@willgriff Yes! His portrayal was perfect! I'm gonna have a hard time picturing the new actor as Matt, Barney was a perfect Matt in my eyes. But I definitely will give the new actor a chance. But I know I wouldn't be able to get Barney Harris's Matt out of my mind easily.
In terms of casting, acting and directing character performances...this show has done an amazing job. There was an obvious quality downgrade from the moment Barney Harris stepped away, the rewrites and reshoots are obvious. Hopefully the show can rebound from the two weaker final episodes and kick off the Hunt for the Horn with a bang.
Josha is so adorable.
When the actress literally says "I dont know how to act. How did I even get this job?" then I really would not put that in the promo material wtf ahahahahahahahahahaha
Too soon. 😭 Gonna miss Barney Harris so much next season. He was phenomenal as my beloved Matrim Cauthon.
Love this cast. Can't wait for Season 2.
@amazon
Give more episodes in Season 2 please. Season 1 felt so rushed! I wish we could get back the parts which were cut out.
The cast is amazing! The Amazon Execs who are refusing to extend the episode count are not.
The Cast is phenomenal. Love them all, the main and supporting characters.
Oh my heart. I really adore all of these amazing actors. Well done.
DANIEL YOU ARE KILLING IT AS LAN AND THANK GOD FOR YOU!!
Watching episode 8 was like having a conversation with someone who doesn’t really speak your language, but they’ve seen a few commercials. They’re frantically pointing at a hole in the ground and saying, “Eye of the World, Eye of the World!” but then rubbing their stomach and miming driving a car, and you’re not really sure if they’re hungry or if they need gasoline but you’re pretty sure they need help, you want to give it but then they stab you. As you’re bleeding out you realize it was a mugging, but then they join a flash mob and they’re dancing, and you’re just back to being confused.
Gosh losing Barney is just heartbreaking
Please please please give us more episodes in season 2 🥺
That welcome to the Ways, bro, took me out. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like they knew another season would not be created. This show is another reason why I love acting. It is amazing that they relate to their characters.
Great show, my partner and I looked forward to it every week. We are looking forward to series 2 and hopefully much more.
Shohreh Aghdashloo is in talk with Rafe too hopefully play Cadsuane he. Did say she had been on his mood board since 2018 too play a certain character which doesn't necessarily mean its Cadsuane but i can't really see anyone else as Cadsuane now soo excited for more updates about that
I want that to happen!
RIP WOT😢 We have failed you. You had The potential to rise to the heavens but we are content with rolling you through the mud, there is but one silver lining, try as they might they can never ruin the books.😎
This is the Dragon Age Inquisition we should've had.
I really like the series, I just wish they gave us 12 or 13 episodes rather than 8 so they could flesh out some of the characters more and make it a bit more clear what's going on with some of the sub-plots and side characters
This cast is so perfect
Welcome to The Ways bruh! 🤣🤣🤣
Egwene Al’Vere everybody! 🤣
I binge watched the whole series when it first came out! I read the books as they came out and eagerly awaited the next volume. I really hope Amazon completes the series to the end because there are so many books series that never get completed and the fans feel betrayed. Please please finish now that you've started and don't change the actors!
Massive props to all the actors who did their best with an awful script
can we have a whole season of these BTS/the making of the show, with a whole episode or 2 for each topic like costumes, fight scenes, casting etc
Loving the Dragon Age Inquisition music. ☺️
Even though the show sucks to the core and the portrayal of the characters are way off, it’s good to see the cast being happy.
Amazing cast! Can’t wait for season 2!
Oh my god, please give me more of these
Too bad they couldn’t have this much synergy on the actual final product show
"Perfect"? I don't think most fans of the book are going to agree on that. Most of them are good, but they aren't given a ton of room to work considering the story is so botched it barely resembles the source material.
Amazon I will say this, I love shows where I either love or hate the characters and have a good story line, I like show that only have a good story or good action. You never gave me the time to love or hate the characters, even the main characters, I just saw a scene with, Ran Matt and Perrin about the Badger (in the book) and it showed us the hearts of the characters and you cut it. You have a great story to work from great acting it will be huge if you spend the TIME to develop characters and build the fabulous world, how good would Harry Potter be, without the Wizarding World
They're so good at their characters. Keen for future seasons.
Bring me the second season the show is insane!
I love the cast and acting... but I hate editing, pacing and most of the writing ... I am ok with changes, even with events being merged but I dislike when they rewrite the Lore what makes the wheel of time be the Wheel of time ... as an example,When Rand Asks Moirane " teach me how to channel ?" instead of using the opportunity to explain Saidar and Saidan and have Moirane reply something like " I can't same as fish can't teach a bird to swim!" they have her ranting about Rand going mad if he touches the source ... does Moirane truly think Rand will go mad in next few hours before reaching the Eye of the World? Madness does not happen overnight! makes you think if any of their researchers and writers pay attention to the WOT Lore ... there is so much bad writing ... they need another consultant who read the book because the current one is either ignored or not doing the job well ... Writers are camping up each scene with juvenile dramas and has a hysterical need to have in every scene "Oh my god moment" ... as well as introducing too many fake deaths ... so when someone actually dies it will not feel climatic or real! we are like " yeah it's either a dream or someone is going to bring them back from the dead .... fake dying is happening too often in this series, well except for little girls, Showrunners are obsessed with killing little girls, as well as having things come out of people's mouths! What the show needs is more episodes per season in order to accommodate all the world-building and the lore that is being currently cut out, slow down the pacing, and not cut out the actual Lore ...People don't want to see the Lore explained in some separate media like Xray animated features we want to see it within the actual show!
I sincerely wish they would work around the difficulties and bring back Barney Harris. He looks the perfect Mat for the series.
Ya I agree, how about 10 episodes... At Least... All these new shows with eight episodes, they feel rushed. Or make the episodes longer say 90 mins.
Season 2 update please ❤
This cast deserved better.
You have a great cast. How about looking for a better Showrunner.
Castings not a problem. Writing.... Need a lot of improvement
this cast is beautiful!
Why did the village in the beginning have to get BTFOd ? Couldn't Egwene and Nyneave just channeled against a few hundred trollocs?
Yeah, Moiraine should have just linked with them.
@@thegreenxeno9430 And they started the journey to save the people in their village lmao.
@@tomahwakthehawker8725 yea but moiraine couldve just linked with them and killed thousands. In the last episode a weak accepted linked with them and stopped at least 5k
I read the books back in 90's. Now I'm reading them a second time. I'm glad you brought this up. Nynaeve and Egwene didn't really start channeling until the middle of the 2nd book. Having them take out the trolloc army in episode 8 made no sense. That should have been Rand! This is what happens when you condense down the Eye of the World to 8 episodes. The pacing was downright terrible. They should have done 12 episodes.
i'm just so excited for the second season
Where did part one go?
I can pull off a FAKEABABY fake ultrasound prank on him, LOL!
music from dragon age :D
Ok where did Part 1 go?
It's back up, posted to this channel
Cast is absolutely fantastic. I'd find better writers.
Overall I enjoyed the season but there are some obvious issues which need addressing as soon as possible. Perrin and Rand's actors mumble their lines too much, it's genuinely hard to understand Perrin half the time. The CGI was mediocre. The sound mixing needs work, like music playing too loudly and drowning out dialogue. The world building needs serious attention. How far are places from each other? How far have the characters travelled? In which direction? Certain things need a lot more context and explanation on the show, they keep saying they made the show so casuals would love it, but then they don't explain things properly and leave people confused. Why give Rand's moment of power to the girls? Why show the Seanchan with zero context or buildup? So many little issues here and there. Again, I still enjoyed it but they really need to pay attention to these things.
It felt rushed and like nothing happened at the same time. Honestly they need a ton of work to make this a good WoT story. I doubt they can do it though the amount of lore and character building they were ok with sacrificing for 1 season of mystery on who is the dragon shows they dont know what theyre doing
It's so janky I can't even watch it.
The CGI outside 8 is top notch.
@@airdrighmor1439 The CGI certainly isn't top notch, and I'm not the only person saying so. Even the show runners admitted it wasn't up to par dud to covid restrictions, so hopefully from season 2 onwards it'll be good.
@@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015 for 8, yes. The studio is top notch. There's very little CGI in the first 7. Channeling and not much else. If you are an expert, I'd love your analysis.
Nynaeve and egwene sizin en büyük hayranınızım.
The actors are ok, but season 1 of WoT makes the writers of GoT season 8 look like geniuses.
Best movie love you🇮🇷🇮🇷❤iran
Did Amazon deleted part 1?
I was wondering the same thing!
It should in the bonus content on prime if they did.
They did. Probably because of the growing negativity.
It's back up now
Why is the first part of this segment private now? I was watching it yesterday
It's back up on this channel
I presume you're still looking?
LOL some of them sound their character when out of character.
COffee in the same shop as "Rand" will never be the same again.
s2 better be approved cause I was sucked into the story
But why get rid of Barney? He was perfect as Mat
Tbh Lan is completely wrong the actor is way to young and not nearly large enough funny they age half the cast and give us a extra young Lan
Yeah Matt was my fav, too bad about that dude.
Barney :(
How about we find perfect writers instead of Rafe Judkins?
Superb casting.
Far from perfect.
does anyone knows how the game that they are playing at 2:24 is it called?
Lovely chemistry between the actors. Really too bad Barney departed. For the loss of familiarity it's kinda fitting though, since Matt has alienated himself from the others. The question rises... so how do they re-insert him?
Okay, so my guess is that he can still sense the SL-dagger, and tracks it down. He sees Padan taking it from Liandrin and follows him through the Ways. Perhaps they didn't show Padan with the Waygate's leaf because it closed behind him and Matt needs his own way out. Matt stays hidden because he dreads facing his friends. But then Padan makes his move, and Matt decides to reveal himself to Perrin because he is in anguish.
The fact you are basically having to make up a storyline, that in itself is not in any way from the books, to explain one of many huge gaping holes/inconsistencies in Rafe Judkins "adaptation", shows how horribly messed up the end product is.
There was a set of multi award winning novels to fall back upon, to enable WoT to resemble GOT seasons 1-6, instead Judkins thought he could do better, so you got a poor man's GoT season 8.
But, as long as people like yourself are so easily pleased with the butchering of the novels and horrible script, CGI and holes everywhere, then Amazon get away with this crap.
@@guymatthews9389 Wow, you are so far off the mark. I specifically wrote about how to best deal with the fact that the actor playing Matt left the show.
And I never even implied I am "so easily pleased". In fact, even though I did enjoy the show, I too have complaints. And concerns about the next seasons.
Spoilers for non-bookreaders: for next season, I am particularly concerned about Rand's storyline, character and skill development, now that he went off alone. As you know, in the books he is in on the hunt for the Horn, and at the end he defeats a blademaster.
@@MrMezmerized The changes in this butchery of a series is going to cause far more problems for books 2 and 3 (and onwards) than just what you've mentioned.
Judkins gives every impression of wanting to rewrite EoTW as he wants it, not because of need, but because of "want", without understanding how he now has a series that will slowly unravel ever further from the books well crafted story telling.
The Tv series is crap and Jordan would never have allowed it to happen if he were alive. His estate/widow ought to be ashamed of themselves.
GoT was brought to screen with minimal changes from the books (again I read them long before the TV series, same with WoT). Judkins changed vast amounts because he wanted to, no other reason.
@@guymatthews9389 Yes I am aware there are more changes that will or may become problematic but obviously Rand's storyline is my primary concern.
I don't mind some of the unnecessary changes up until the finale. The biggest problem for me is lack of proper development and pay-off. You can't make "Who is the DR?" (it really should have only been the guys) work well by mainly focusing on Moiraine instead. Not with so little time. Particularly Rand's character is underdeveloped and Perrin... well...
And the show will need more fast-tracking of skills, that I think will also annoy non-readers. I haven't seen non-readers that are bothered by what E, N and R can already do. They know nothing about the magic in this world. But weapons...
Sure, it makes sense many Emond's Fielders are at least decent with a bow, and it isn't a far stretch that the same goes for staffs (if they aren't surprised and freaked out by to them mythical monsters). But then still, Matt isn't just okay with a staff, and what about his knife skills? Rand can barely hold a sword. Only Perrin was shown to be okay (but he won't fight lol).
I really hope they do better and start listening to fan criticism. Though season 2 is already (mostly?) shot.
Use the 21/90 rule: It takes 21 days to create a habit. It takes 90 days to create a lifestyle.😍
I'm so excited for season 2, its joyfully unbearable team blue
Actually, the cast was the only thing I really liked about the show apart from the costume and set design. All the actors look exactly as how I imagined the characters to look
season two will rand have hair??????????????
Love Maureen ,
Perfect? It is a sarcasm?
The cast is fine 🤷🏻♀️🙄 It's the writing & pacing that are the problem here. Why blame the actors for what the showrunner did? The actors did great w/what they were given at least. I honestly feel bad FOR them, cuz they did a good job, only for the writer to ruin everything.
@@KabbalahSherry yeah, it is fine but its not perfect
Thanks for ruining Robert's work.
Cast is fantastic but for the love of god fix the writing please