So...I adore Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. A friend encouraged me to read it, and I couldn't stop once I began. I love epic fantasy--I'm always in awe of people who are good at creating whole worlds with their own language and history. As a writer, I cannot fathom doing such a thing--the details that have to be hammered out and the hard work that must go into lovingly crafting the cultures and races and traditions and customs is simply staggering. I love reading it and getting engrossed. I love that usually, these stories have many, many volumes and take forever to read (because I read a lot). I'm currently on book twelve of the fourteen books in the series. You can really get to know a character after you've read thousands and thousands of words about them. Their personalities (if done well) are so distinct and just...gorgeous to read.
In any case, this series hasn't been made into a movie or TV show yet (and I'm not sure it ever will--I don't see how it could be any less expensive or troubling to make than Game of Thrones, and though the HBO television adaptation of that series is wildly successful, I'm not sure anyone would dare undertake something this massive), but I can't stop thinking about a dream cast for the characters. Many, many fans of the series have already done this, but I thought it would be fun to do the same from time to time on this blog. I figure the posts will each focus on casting for one character, and I'm going to try to provide several actors who might be good for that role. I will also try to provide descriptions of the characters from the books so that we can see how appropriate the casting choice might be. It's going to be tons of fun (for me, at least)!
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