On 8/17/2019 at 10:53 AM, The Old Tongue said:

I completely agree.  Moiraine couldn't have been cast better.  These other characters seemed to have been cast as though WoT is just a random YA novel. The Two Rivers is supposed to be an isolated and homogeneous village.  Most people look similar.  It's not supposed to look like it's Manhattan or LA.  If you go to a small European town one in the South or Midwest US (none of which are as isolated as the Two Rivers) you'll see that similarity.  Rand looks a bit different but not even enough to where he's obviously an outcast, just that he takes from his outlander mom (in itself a rarity in the TR). The characters were all surprised to note that Rand (whom they all felt was completely a normal TR youth) looked startlingly like an Aiel. Also, Perrin is supposed to be huge.  With all the people that work out, there isn't one decent actor who's also really buff? I wasn't worried but now I am concerned.  I hope my impressions are wrong.

Well, the Two rivers came from menetharin (sorry for the spelling) which by many accounts was a modern city, probably a lot like Manhattan or LA.  So maybe the diversity is expected?  Or by now they would all appear to be mixed race which I can buy any of these actors as being.  Can that be it?

If you guys aren't sure about Nynaeve looking the part, try googling the actress.  There are better pictures of her's out there.  The ones with flowing hair look the part in my opinion.  Very much like many of the renderings of Nynaeve.  Here's one I found:

I'm more concerned about how Rand doesn't know he's not his fathers son at this point.  Would seem pretty obvious to anyone?  Not sure how they will pull that off:
 

Tam Al Thor - "Well you see son, yer kind of a two rivers albino see...just a recessive gene activating that's all.  Maybe you can roll around in the dirt a bit just in case some ole Aes Sedai come along"