Elania al'Manir
Aes Sedai
...is half of her hair pink and the other half blonde, or is that just the picture?
I can't imagine why they wouldn't case a black woman to play Tuon. I am sure other characters could end up being case as epople of color even if the book character isn't. I mean, is there any reason Berelain couldn't be a beautiful woman of any race? Fans always holler and cry if the person cast as a character doesn't naturally match the eye and hair color of their character, but that's just silly. Those things can be changed, aren't ever the most important aspect of the character, and can be looked over for a person who can do justice to the substance of the character they are being cast to play.
With the exception of Ilyena Sunhair, I agree.
That can be played by Nicki Minaj :rofl
I always tend to think of the Two Rivers folk as being Welsh rather than English, and the Welsh can be rather swarthy in comparison to the rest of the Brits. Catherine Zeta-Jones is a good example. That was always my take on it, anyway. I don't really care for most of the characters, so long as they remain consistent (so Rand will always look Aiel rather than Andoran, for example).I agree. I think the tricky thing for many people will be the presented race of the Two Rivers. Andor as a whole has obvious ties to England and many Andorans seem to be white, but don't the Two Rivers folk have darker skin? Is that just a function of their location or are they actually of a different race than Andorans?
Lok is Australian from Scots Irish stock and his mum's side of the family is very much dark scots, dark brown hair and brown eyes and gets very tanI agree, the Two Rivers area always seemed to have a lot of Celtic influences. However, within that is going to be a lot of variations. My grandmother's family is Scots Irish, so we tend to vary from very pale skin, eyes, and blonde hair varying from reddish blonde to an almost brown kind of dark blonde to very dark, swarthy skin and black hair even between siblings. However, brown/black hair and dark eyes with pale skin is the norm for most of my cousins.
Soooo I've kind of been on a Supernatural kick lately, and a certain actor from that would be extremely plausible as either Tam, Lan, Taim, or Logain.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0010075/?ref=m_nv_sr_1
*ducks*
*Ahem*
My reasoning behind some of the choices is that yes, we're all in agreement that the main young people need to be played by unknowns, BUT a show like this just isn't going to have much of an existing fan base when it first starts, other than those of us who have read the books. If there are massively popular celebrities from the sci/fi-fantasy genre but who have also branched out into other genres playing the older characters and the side characters who interact with Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, and Nynaeve, then I think the show would be able to go a long way right from the beginning, more so than not having those names attached. There are characters who have a certain grittiness about them because they've spent years in that world fighting the things that Rand and company have to learn about as they go. Seasoned, well-known actors would do a lot for those parts.