The Wheel of Time
Warning : SPOILERS for The Wheel of Time season 2 .
Summary
The Wheel of Timeseason 2 ended with the series ’ most eventful character , Rand al’Thor , steadfastly established as the Dragon Reborn . It also featured the long - expect reunification of Rand ’s ally , with Mat , Perrin , Nynaeve , and Egwene back together for the first prison term since before the closing of season 1 . It was a tenacious journeying made longer by unexpected events during the production of season 1 — COVID-19 closure and the exit of a key cast extremity — that necessitated monolithic change to the way the show adapt Robert Jordan ’s epic illusion saga .
In some ways , however , The Wheel of Timeseason 2 ’s complete rewritefacilitated exciting and unexpected story moment and rich fictitious character maturation . The shake - ups also resulted in actor and vocalist Dónal Finn taking over the role of Mat Cauthon , in which he excels both at deliver Mat ’s signature gallows humor and shepherd the quality through bad emotional challenge . Finn ’s carrying out peaks in the season closing curtain , when Mat shove off the Horn of Valere and cement himself as a hero .
Amazon Prime Video ’s The Wheel of Time season 3 is expected to conform ten major fighting scene from Robert Jordan ’s high fantasy book serial publication .
Screen Rantinterviewed Dónal Finn about finding opportunity for character growing in Mat ’s plot line and what ’s next for the character .
Dónal Finn On The Wheel Of Time Season 2
Screen Rant : Mat is kind of in one prison house or another , in a way , for a lot of time of year 2 ; he ’s in the pillar , and then Ishamael has him . Do you feel like that made it more difficult for you to explore the grapheme in the path that you wanted to ?
Dónal Finn : They say character is option under insistency , and when you ’re encaged and enclosed like that , I retrieve that ’s when people ’s character variety of reads the flashy . They ’re put into uttermost situations , and that causes people jump to drastic activeness in a revealing way . So , in a direction , [ with ] the first couple of scenes that were in the White Tower , because they were my first scene as well … One of the ways that I learned about exploring and fiddle characters was [ through ] object exercises , where you attempt to embody someone and think how they would interact with the space and with everything that was around them .
I felt that I got to learn lode about what it finger like to dwell Mat through the experience of chipping away at the bulwark , and how well he knew the room and stuff and nonsense . I thought that told me a pot about how economical , how crafty , [ and ] how practical he was . It was revealing [ seeing ] the choices that he made because of being in those environments . So , I do n’t think it made me feel that I had restriction in explore the character .
There ’s that citation ; I like I could remember who say it , but it ’s like , “ The ravisher of art is in its restriction , and the prettiest part of every picture is its frame . ” Because we kind of go , “ What has been left out here ? ” or “ What have they decided to keep in , and what have they decided to keep out of this frame ? ” I feel that about studying a character reference within a confine .
I call back one of the reasons that people love Mat so much is that in this very serious , very important account , he ’s making quips , and is one of the only hoi polloi who pass water an feat to have lightness in heavy moments . How is it to play that as this very heavy stuff is happening around you ?
Dónal Finn : It ’s gravid . I have a go at it the fictional character very much for that reason . It ’s a very human experience that when you ’re watching , you could go , “ I can identify with that , because that person is judge to use levity and mood and legerity to make ease of someone else ’s difficult position . ” Even though it often can find like he ’s kind of punching up or trying to jeer at Rand or something , he get laid that it comes from a place of , like , “ God , there ’s so much hard material conk out on for Rand in every day of his life that he needs somebody to do that . ” Otherwise , when we meet him in Cairhien , if he does n’t have that — if he does n’t have Mat at that piazza — he may not laugh , and that ’s just really crap for your safe friend .
Exclusive image of Donal Finn as Mat in The Wheel of Time Season 2 (Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video/Kurt Iswarienko)
likewise , as you watch the show , all the protagonists are in the face of so much adversity . They ’re all doing this acclivitous battle , pushing huge Boulder up this hill that is their spark , I hope that there is some sense that when you see Min and myself on screen , you ’re like , “ Oh , give thanks God , ” because what they ’re doing over there in the other scene is voiceless poppycock ; it ’s dark . Hopefully , the humor that ’s been written for our characters can be used to amplify just how difficult it is in other share of this world .
Something people were peculiar about was if you ad - libbed the " He ’s get s * * * hair line " about Rand in the last .
Dónal Finn : No , I did n’t . I palpate like I ad - libbed plenty . Someone was asking me if I made up the affair for Min when I ’m knocking on the door ; I ’m ask her if I can come in , and I ’m caling her all of these byname . That was all ad - libbed , and stuff , but no , that [ hair line ] was all Justine and Rafe , our showrunner , who were in charge of 208 . It ’s a pretty upright line . I care I had ad - libbed it .
Exclusive image of Donal Finn as Mat in The Wheel of Time Season 2 (Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video/Kurt Iswarienko)
But you fox out a circumstances in the scenes with Min .
Dónal Finn : Yeah , someone on Twitter was like , " Did you make up the name , Minny Min Min , " or whatever ; that ’s just stuff that ’s rattle around as we ’re doing the scenes . And Kae is … it ’s like playing tennis with her . She ’s so present and ready and available , and desire to try out thing . If there ’s room for improvising , she ’s really up for it , and that ’s why I find working with her really , really exciting . I love play with her .
A hatful of Mat ’s book electric discharge is that he does n’t need to be call a hero ; he does n’t want to be acknowledged as someone of consequence . You have such a well moment in the finale when Mat spoil the horn and realizes that he is of import . run onward , is he still going to be someone who is trying to traverse how much he matters ? How does that moment regard him ?
Dónal Finn : Without apply anything out , I think that ’s an ever - movable feast with the fibre . I think the adorable matter about what take place at the remainder of season two is that I do n’t think , until that decimal point , I have much hope for myself as Mat . He does n’t trust he has the same kind of ambitions , future , or itinerary in the Pattern as someone like Rand , Nynaeve , Egwene , and Perrin have .
But , in that moment , there is something undeniable that is presented to him , and he bulge out having to assume that self - esteem that he guarantee and he merit . But even with that recognition , it ’s still on our idea . I speak for any of us , I conceive ; we might expect , like , “ Who am I to be present this , ” or “ [ Who am I to be ] recognize as this ? ” I think they are very , very , very human question . I believe it would be unmatched if he did n’t reflect and analyse that . But also , he likes to live in the moment as well , and so I ’m sure he does mint of relish his success as well .
About The Wheel Of Time Season 2
In Season Two , threats new and very honest-to-goodness seek out the young friends from the Two Rivers , now disperse over the world . The adult female who found and guided them is now powerless to help , and so they must find other sources of strength . In each other , or themselves . In the Light … or the Dark .
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Cast
The Wheel of Time watch Moiraine , a member of the herculean all - female organisation Aes Sedai , as she leads a perilous pursuance with five young individuals . Moiraine mistrust one among them could be the prophesized reincarnation of a mighty figure destine to either preserve or doom humanity .
