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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. :p
 

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I mean, resting brooding face is kind of a requirement to play Perrin convincingly.
 

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Hm, well, it isn't how I pictured them as a group per se but I'm ok with it! I still like it a lot :D
 
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I'm probably struggling most to get on board with Mat and Perrin at the moment.

May take seeing them in action.

Table read today. I really hope they haven't dropped Thom, that would be a mistake

I'm surprised no Thom as well yet................... that would be a very very VERY big change, surely that must be just waiting for the next big hype reveal when they need some good press.
 

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I really hope so.
Of the main characters, Min was the one I thought most likely to go - give her viewings to Egwene as Dreams (or just cut them like they did with most prophecy in GoT), and after that Loial (and perhaps all the Ogier, with the Ways just being between cities,)

Perrin doesnt look large, so they either have to change his character, or come up with another motivation for his over-cautiousness
 

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Min is important to the story and was likely written in as a plot device. I would expect a character like Loial or Gawyn or Galad to be axed before Min is.

We 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.
 

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Thom actually shows up before Moiraine though, or at least at the same time :look:
This—iirc, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the middle of one of Thom’s performances

We 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.
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 Moiraine

It would be wild if they’ve cut him.. I know cuts need to be made but....
 
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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.)
 

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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.)

I agree. I love him, but they can reduce or eliminate him. He could also show up later.

They haven't announced Padan Fain either, and he's a pretty big deal who is there from the beginning.

Tam and all the townspeople are in it more later, so those castings matter too in case they make it that long.

I am sure they have cast a lot of people that they just haven't announced yet. They've only given us the core set.
 

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He teaches Mat to juggle and Rand to play the flute!! It affects them a lot when he dies (builds their character).
 

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He should be Thom, just grow a curled mustache and we good. I think his voice is spot on
 
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Good choice, Alora Gaidin.
 
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