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I may be wrong, but I recall her physical height being referred to constantly in the books. HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 21/06/2019 04:35:40 PM

Her ability to command respect and impose her will by pure force of personality alone in spite of being physically smaller and weaker than everyone around her was, to me, one of her defining characteristics. It was particularly important in the maturation of Nyneave.

She was small in stature, but large in power, and then lost most of her channeling ability so that the ONLY thing she had left was that aura of command. I don't think the character can be deconstructed and brought so completely down if the actress is almost six feet tall... There are lots of major roles she could fill, I just don't think they picked the right one.

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Rosamund Pike is playing Moiraine. Cannoli - 20/06/2019 11:16:24 PM 935 Views
More than a bit tall damookster - 21/06/2019 03:22:57 AM 519 Views
5'2" per the WoT Companion. *NM* Cannoli - 21/06/2019 11:33:40 AM 254 Views
For what it's worth, Erica Tazel, who played Rachel Brooks on Justified and Emilia Clarke, are 5'2" Cannoli - 22/06/2019 12:49:49 PM 524 Views
Moiraine isn't actually "middle aged" though. She is all of 40-ish out of a 700-ish lifespan. Dunstan - 24/06/2019 02:59:59 PM 499 Views
700-ish is without the binder effects of the oath rod. damookster - 24/06/2019 03:18:36 PM 569 Views
The binders cause them to gray and die prematurely. They don’t actually make them AGE any faster. Dunstan - 25/06/2019 08:31:18 PM 665 Views
The text Cannoli - 24/06/2019 03:25:58 PM 503 Views
Is her height a particularly important trait? *NM* fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 12:31:58 PM 259 Views
Only if it signifies that the show will be cast with no consideration for descriptions. *NM* damookster - 21/06/2019 01:57:09 PM 258 Views
So you were furious when Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 06:33:16 PM 500 Views
No but I hated Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher damookster - 21/06/2019 10:13:18 PM 522 Views
Who? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 11:39:47 PM 482 Views
Re: Who? Cannoli - 22/06/2019 12:23:45 PM 489 Views
Re: Cruise damookster - 22/06/2019 06:55:28 PM 548 Views
I just realized Rosamund Pike was the female lead in Reacher with Tom Cruise. How funny. *NM* damookster - 23/06/2019 01:37:51 AM 264 Views
Why else would you have brought that movie up? *NM* Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:45:31 PM 255 Views
Height is not always obvious on screen fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:44:00 PM 491 Views
I may be wrong, but I recall her physical height being referred to constantly in the books. HyogaRott - 21/06/2019 04:35:40 PM 580 Views
fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:45:33 PM 453 Views
I would say yes.... Jeordam - 21/06/2019 04:48:12 PM 503 Views
Have you read New Spring? Legolas - 21/06/2019 06:34:39 PM 503 Views
But her thoughts are never vocalized on New Spring... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:47:42 PM 523 Views
That seems like an odd argument. Legolas - 21/06/2019 09:13:51 PM 527 Views
Height's relative, and can be manipulated on screen, if needed... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 09:46:20 PM 461 Views
I find it ineteresting that they are calling her role the lead role random thoughts - 24/06/2019 02:41:40 PM 496 Views
Remove the PoV structure of the books, and she is the lead in Eye of the World. *NM* fionwe1987 - 24/06/2019 05:08:44 PM 228 Views
I guess that depends on how you define lead random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:21:02 PM 491 Views
Moiraine was the Dragon Reborn?!? *NM* Jeordam - 24/06/2019 05:36:37 PM 266 Views
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