Surprise surprise! After being forced to shut down production in Prague and tiding fans over with a book club on Twitter, The Wheel of Time has made its first casting announcement since December. This week, we learned who’ll be playing Egwene’s parents, Mat’s parents, and two key denizens of Emond’s Field.
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Lolita Chakrabarti (Riviera, Jekyll and Hyde) will be playing Marin Al’Vere, Egwene’s mom, with Michael Tuahine (Sea Patrol, Farscape) playing Bran Al’Vere, Egwene’s dad. Meanwhile, Mat’s dad Abell Cauthon will be played by Christopher Sciueref (300: Rise of an Empire, Exodus: Gods and Kings), while Mat’s mom Natti Cauthon will be played by Juliet Howland (Astral, The Secret).
David Sterne (The Wolfman) will play Emond’s Field busybody Cenn Buie.
Mandi Symonds (Casualty) will play Emond’s Field Wisdom Daise Congar.
Christopher Sciueref @Sciueref as Abell Cauthon
Juliet Howland @JulietHowland as Natti Cauthon
Mandi Symonds as Daise Conger pic.twitter.com/XZd7U7YcyW— The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) June 24, 2020
Here are all the casting reveals so far:
- Moiraine and Lan
- Nynaeve, Egwene, Rand, Mat, and Perrin
- Thom Merrilin, Loial, Padan Fain, Logain
- Alanna Mosvani and her two warders, Ihvon and Maksim
- Tam al’Thor and Daryl McCormack in an undisclosed role
- Leane Sharif
- Liandrin Guirale
- Kerene Nagashi
Other cast-members, as revealed through photos from a table read in January, include Maria Doyle Kennedy (Orphan Black, Outlander) and Peter Franzén (Vikings) in undisclosed roles.
Greetings from Prague! Here are some photos from our recent table read on the #WOTonPrime set. You’ll see some familiar faces and some new ones too 👀. pic.twitter.com/pKxtnOV9M4
— The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) January 22, 2020
— The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) January 22, 2020
Although Prague allowed international film and TV crews to start filming again in May, the show has yet to resume production. There’s no word yet on how this will affect its tentative release date.
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