I'm happy with the moiraine casting because I don't know who she is. I don't want any of the main characters to be familiar actors to me. That's generally how I feel about shows close to my heart. I don't want pre-formed ideas and opinions about the actor breaking my immersion.
I started reading with New Spring, so I never got any mystery from Moraine. Maybe it would have been a different experience if I'd read in publication order? But I never felt like I missed out on something.
Plus, I didn't realize that the action wasn't going to follow her through the rest of...