Rafe is doing an AMA on Reddit. He’s hilarious, and trying to answer a lot. Some important points that people will want to hear:
-He wanted a 2 hour premiere and didn’t get it. The script had a lot of cut content (I personally expect that)
-He originally wanted Perrin to accidentally kill the blacksmith he was apprenticed to. When his script was cut in half for time though, it no longer worked to establish that mentor/menteee relationship so he had to add Layla as an important person to Perrin who wouldn’t require any additional explanation
-They had to change up Loials look to be feasible with costume and makeup because it’s too expensive to have a major character who requires VFX
-He can’t say who Steve is because it’s super secret but he’s dying for people to find out
-Dumais Wells is the scene he’s most looking forward to staging
-We will see some content from the first book that didn’t make season 1 in season 2 (I’m assuming this will include Elayne meeting Rand and Perrin meeting Elyas unless he’s with the Tinkers)
-His favorite big arc is Egwene as Amyrlin breaking and remaking the Tower. SAME RAFE, SAME
-He is aware the pacing is fast rn; he’s trying to get through the basic foundational stuff to get to the parts people find interesting (ie once the EF5 get their own arcs off the ground)
-Tams delirious admission to Rand about the circumstances of his birth wasn’t cut, just moved
-We will see the original EotW prologue scene when Lews Therin is ready to be introduced
-AVIENDHA HAS BEEN CAST. I REPEAT, AVIENDHA HAS BEEN CAST
-Logain is being given a more prominent role to show the audience how scary being a male channeler is and how feared they are by society
-Expect to see and hear a lot more about Mordeth. That whistle from Padan Fain was definitely meaningful
-He pushed hard for the Nynaeve and Lan scene. He knows what the people want
-The prophecies do say the Dragon Reborn is a man, but Moiraine is skeptical of them and trying to expand the range of who she’s looking for
-Rafe dressed up as Rand for Halloween in 2019 and actually wore his costume. This isn’t important, I just think it’s hilarious
-“Literally everyone in the horse department knows everything about Bela. There are many elderly Czech men who have an eye on Belas long term arc in the show and they don’t even know what the Wheel of Time is”
- We will get in universe swearing, especially from Uno, so blood and bloody ashes is coming
-He promises us Verin. Giving the people what they want
-He is currently reading Malazan. That should get certain corners of the fantasy community hyped