This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey.
Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.
COLLIDER: How are you?
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DANIEL HENNEY: Hi, Carly.
Excited to finally dig into spoiler territory, because I know we couldn’t do that before.
HENNEY: We have finally been unleashed.
Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey. Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.
It’s nice to be able to talk about it and promote the show and all that stuff.
It felt strange to not be able to even talk about it.
Was it difficult to play that kind of schism between them especially with Rosamund [Pike]?
HENNEY: It’s always tough.
I can only speak for myself with Lan, whenever it comes to dialing up emotion.
A couple of scenes were tricky.
Speaking of nighttime shooting, I wanted to ask you about the fight sequence with the Fades.
What was the most challenging part of filming a scene like that?
How many of the stunts did you get to do?
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I saw some behind-the-scenes footage with you on wires and stuff like that.
It looked like a lot of fun.
HENNEY: It is a lot of fun.
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I do enjoy it.
It’s very right brain, left brain, using two parts of your body, the whole thing.
The biggest challenge for me is just always being concerned about: Do we have it right?
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Have we done enough practice?
Does it look good?
Are the angles right?
HENNEY: We knew that was a big moment for us, for the show, for fans.
They actually put that Waygate out there.
It was crazy.So we were at Essaouira for about four or five days, and Ros was there.
What do you think?
We got very detailed with it.
At what point do the foreheads touch?
What point do they break?
Is there an inhale or an exhale?
And then we thought, the idea of moving side to side, is that too animalistic?
We just came up with it, to be honest with you.
And then we sent it to Rafe, and he loved it.
And then Amazon liked it, and we shot it.
They made it pristine.
And then we shot out there, and it was really, really magical.
When you’re working on a sequence like that, is it a combination of movement and stunts?
How much goes into that, because Lan’s having to defend Moiraine while she’s channeling?
It’s sort of also a callback to Season 1.
So we’re always asking each other, “How do you feel about this?
How do you feel about that?
If you move here, should I move there?”
We communicate really well.
That move works with this.
Okay, so that sword swipe works with that.
So let’s time that out and let’s not block her here.
And then, okay, here comes an arrow.
We try, and if it doesn’t read, it doesn’t read.
But for us, it’s important that we go that extra mile.
Was that the last thing the two of you filmed for Season 2?
Can we look forward to that in Season 3, if you might hint at that at all?
HENNEY: I wouldn’t bet against it.
So I’ve started my Warder diet.
I am trimming up.
I haven’t finished shooting Season 3 myself.
Both seasons ofThe Wheel of Timeare available to stream on Prime Video.
