Josha Stradowski & Marcus Rutherford Interview Wheel of Time

Josha Stradowski & Marcus Rutherford Interview: Wheel of Time

Josha Stradowski and Marcus Rutherford talk The Wheel of Time season 1 and their characters Perrin Aybara and Rand al’Thor who go on an epic journey.

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Marcus Rutherford and Josha Stradowski star in Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time, an epic fantasy series based on the novels by Robert Jordan. Stradowski plays Rand al’Thor while Rutherford plays Perrin Aybara, two denizens of Emond’s Field, a small village in the Two Rivers. They will be taken on a sprawling journey by Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine Sedai, a member of the Aes Sedai order that is searching for the prophesized Dragon Reborn.

Screen Rant sat down with Stradowski and Rutherford to discuss the future of their characters and how they ground themselves in their roles while being a part of such a fantastical world.

Screen Rant: Wheel of Time is definitely an ensemble piece, but much of the focus is still on Rand and how he’s reacting to the world in certain circumstances. Did you feel any particular pressure knowing what we know about Rand without getting into any spoilers?

Josha Stradowski: I guess what’s good about the show we’re making is that it’s really an ensemble piece and the show – it’s not a one-to-one adoption of the books but we do get the fundamentals, the essentials of the books in the show. When I started this, when I heard I was going to play Rand al’Thor I did feel pressure. But you know that pressure, it kills creativity. So I try to stay away from that as much as possible.

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Marcus, speaking of pressure, I feel like you get one of the biggest early changes from the books to the show with what happens during Winter Night. How do you approach the performance and bring in elements of the book but then you still have those changes to bring in your own personal experience?

Marcus Rutherford: Yeah, I remember speaking to Rafe [Judkins], the showrunner, about that. And I think it kind of provides a really essential foundation for Perrin’s character and his demeanor in the books. I think he has a very particular way of acting and a particular way of how he carries himself and that moment is very essential and it’s the kind of embryonic stages for which he goes forward when he goes into the outside world. So that kind of quietness, that weird kind of struggling with violence; I think that’s still in the books. I think this moment kind of plays into that.

The World of the Wheel is so high concept, so fantastical, – how do you guys ground yourselves in the emotion and the humanity of the novels in your performances?

Josha Stradowski: I guess it’s the scripts, how it’s written, the dialogue. And that’s what drew me to this project. When I was auditioning for this I didn’t know who I was auditioning for. They kept that secret, I only knew it was the Wheel of Time. And the context of the of all the scenes, I didn’t have that information.

But I called my agent and I said, “I don’t know what this is, but I really feel something for me because the dialogue felt so human, and real, and so genuine.” So, I think that’s the human side is all in the scripts, and the writers make sure that’s there because that’s the quality I think. That’s the good thing about The Wheel of Time – the characters and their relationships.

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How did you guys build those relationships with the core Emond’s Field Five?

Marcus Rutherford: I think when we initially started, we had to spend a lot of time doing stunt training and horse riding. So you kind of bond together quite quickly. There was a lot of action and horse riding in that first block. You’re kind of doing these new experiences together, you’re experiencing Prague, this new city together on these big sets together. Because you’re kind of thrust into this kind of really weird new world the friendships come out quite quickly.

Speaking of big sets, did you guys have a particular sequence in the first three episodes that was your favorite? Like Winter Night or Shadar Logoth or anything like that?

Josha Stradowski: I think the one that was really special was the Two Rivers. That was our introduction to this project. Everyone realized what kind of production it was. And, you know, there were dogs walking around. It was so detailed and there was so much work put into that set that that was for me a special one.

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