Rollyn Montagorae
Gaidin
Yes the guy on the far left is the one playing Mat. I'm beginning to wonder if the Perrin actor is now intentionally not doing the smiling thing to get into character.
I mean, resting brooding face is kind of a requirement to play Perrin convincingly.
I really like the group shot. I've always been a sceptic when it comes to a WoT adaptation, but I'm getting more and more excited.
Table read today. I really hope they haven't dropped Thom, that would be a mistake
This—iirc, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the middle of one of Thom’s performancesThom actually shows up before Moiraine though, or at least at the same time
Tuon doesn’t show up til Winter’s Heart so no matter what she’s almost certainly not going to be in season one, whereas Siuan is Amyrlin in EotW and Thom is there in Emond’s field before MoiraineWe also have not yet been told who Siuan or Tuon are going to be portrayed by, so they may be waiting to do a bunch of minor major character reveals all at once similar to how they did the Two Rivers reveal. Also, given the way they are revealing characters and their actors, they may be doing it in order of appearance in the story. If Min and Thom and Loial and Elayne won't show up for several episodes, they may wait till they do those episodes to reveal who the actors are.
Open question: From a script-writer's perspective, what vital role does Thom play in the plot that can't be filled by Moiraine for exposition, or others? (To be clear, I like the character a lot; but he seems ripe for trimming out in a limited series.)