According to ScreenRant, Donal Finn (The Witcher) opened up about replacing Barney Harris (Clique) on the Prime Video series The Wheel of Time. After Harris stepped down, Finn took on the mantle of playing Mat Cauthon in the fantasy series. In an interview with TVLine Finn said ”he tried not to overthink about taking on the role”.
Finn said, ‘’I mean, I kind of tried not to imagine it. I kind of put my head in the sand, because I knew that if I allowed myself some time to stop and think about it, I could get very overwhelmed. But ultimately, knowing how much the fans love this character motivated me to make sure that I was starting it in the right place, and that process involved kind of gathering up all of the written work of Season 1 and taking all those scripts and mining them to create a backstory for Mat. Then, to kind of flesh that out, what’s been massively useful is delving into the books and mining them for the tone of this man and his ethos and his lust for living life in extremes and also, you know, how he interacts with people, objects in the space. That allowed me to get to know him in a new way.’’
The Wheel of Time is a fantasy series that follows Moiraine, a member of a magical organization. Moiraine eventually takes five different individuals on one journey believing that one might be the reincarnation of a dragon. The series cast includes Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Daniel Henney (Big Hero 6), Madeleine Madden (Around the Block), Zoë Robins (The Shannara Chronicles), Josha Stradowski (Gran Turismo), Marcus Rutherford (Country Lines), Kate Fleetwood (Les Misérables) and many more.
Season two of The Wheel of Time is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Video on the first of September.
Down below is a promotional video for the upcoming season.