Prime Video recently released the second season of its fantasy series The Wheel of Time, notably featuring the return of Rosamund Pike as Maureen Damodred. After her confrontation with the Dark One, who was actually Ishmael (Fares Phares), one of her lieutenants, in the season one finale, Moiraine is cut off from the true source that allows powerful Aes Sedai like her. channel elements.
So he begins the second season facing this great loss, his capacity and autonomy, and which he experiences as a real trauma. It’s a storyline not found in Robert Jordan’s books, and one that creates real friction with Lan Mandragon (Daniel Haney), his caretaker and companion.
in the interview Reverse Before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Rosamund Pike points out that Maureen’s disenfranchisement took away one of the main appeals of the role.
The idea of Moirani cutting it all off bothered me.
“This is not what I signed up for– he says jokingly.One of the things that drew me to the series was developing the physical language of the channels and interpreting the elements of the world. So the idea of cutting off Moirani was a problem for me.“.
Moraine’s loss of power is one of the biggest liberties taken from author Robert Jordan’s 14-volume series. But The Wheel of Time isn’t a strict adaptation of the novels: it stays true to the story’s essence, but isn’t afraid to set its characters on new paths. This particular change forces Moraine to use other talents in the fight against the Dark One, the central entity that threatens the world.
“It was really fun, to be honest, trying different thingsOn the other hand, Daniel Haney promises tense scenes between Lan and Maureen. Neither actor was afraid to test the limits of their dynamic.
“There were things we tried that were so weak that they couldn’t be picked up.”continues the American actor, But that’s the beauty of a show like this… it’s scary. You don’t know if the characters should go in that direction or not. But you have to trust the team around us, the writers and I think everything. It went well.“
The fourth episode of The Wheel of Time Season 2 will be available starting Friday, September 8 on Prime Video
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