How much time did you spend, in advance, preparing for “The Road to the Spear”?
I won’t say confused.I was slightly worried, because it was such an undertaking.
So I was trying to work out with Ondrej how we were going to do it.
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We had that initial meeting in February.
I sat with Ondrej.
We created seven versions of Rhuidean on a stage.
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We were just trying to get the right density of smoke, and technically get it to look right.
There was a lot going on behind the scenes.
It was like trying to carry the enthusiasm I had for the script itself and the story itself.
The challenge was: how are we going to realize this?
NAPPER: Well, again, we went on quite a journey with that.
She’s just a visitor within these scenes.
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I really felt that that was a perfect way to express this idea.
It took a while to get it to work, to be honest.
So we tested and tested.
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That’s how I interpreted those visions.
It feels like you’re falling with Moiraine, just tumbling through them.
Rand was always destined to be the Dragon Reborn.
There are a few scenes like that in Episode 4.
NAPPER: Listen, I won’t make no bones about it.
I’ve wanted to get my hands on the Age of Legends since I started working on the show.
I love the fact that we got to shoot it in a location.
I love the fact that you’re going into the past, and it’s futuristic.
I think that’s one of the things aboutWheel of Timethat people really love.
I think it makes it a sci-fantasy.
That’s where it takes in a different space, it operates in a different space.
It’s like a history lesson without being a history lesson.
There’s something about them.
These little journeys, it took so long to work out.
We’re not going to see it, but how big would it be?
We need to know if it still fits in a cart.
What do the carts look like?
Even the carts go on a journey through 3000 years.
They change, going backwards to the simplest possible cart.
What was it like to recreate that sequence and essentially get to bookend it?
NAPPER: Yes, exactly.
He’s so well-prepared, and he works so hard to prepare himself for these different characters.
So he’s horrible.
And then Rand comes back into his body, and you realize that Rhuidean is no picnic.
Rhuidean is going to be a real trial.
But I really thinkJosha’s just done so well with all seven characters.
New episodes ofThe Wheel of TimeSeason 3 premiere Thursdays on Prime Video.
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