The Wheel of Time gets more cast members

The actors that will cast the most important roles in Amazon´s The Wheel of Time have been announced. In case you are a modern reader and ignore what is it, Robert Jordan´s The Wheel of Time (finished by Brandon Sanderson) was in the 90s the novel every writer wanted to write. Like A Song of Ice and Fire is today.
I hope you excuse my delay, but yesterday was a very busy day. So, here we go.

Josha Stradowski will play Rand al'Thor. This is exactly the Rand I had imagined and period. If this guy can successfully portrait the darkness and burden of the character in the final stages of the plot, it will be perfect.

Marcus Rutherford is Perrin Aybara. Same as Josha, Marcus is the Perrin I had in my mind. And also, Perrin is a character that faces hard decisions and has to change towards the end of the story, when faced with great responsabilities.

Barney Harris will be Matrin Cauthon. Definitely I disagree here. Too much a pretty face. Mat is a gambler and a rogue, more charisma and less fancy look.

Zoë Robins, as Nynaeve al'Meara. I had a very vague picture of Nynaeve, and I guess it was mostly a short, young woman. Ill have to wait and see what this girl does.

Madeleine Madden is the last taveren of this story, Egwene al'Vere. This girl seems to have been seriously working on her diet and controlling her weight. Maybe too much. Way too much, actually. She has not the look of a young medieval farmer girl. And maybe, neither Zoë.
Maybe Im wrong, but well, this is my opinion as a reader.

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