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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 1104 Views
More than a bit tall damookster - 21/06/2019 03:22:57 AM 655 Views
5'2" per the WoT Companion. *NM* Cannoli - 21/06/2019 11:33:40 AM 331 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 712 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 648 Views
700-ish is without the binder effects of the oath rod. damookster - 24/06/2019 03:18:36 PM 804 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 844 Views
The text Cannoli - 24/06/2019 03:25:58 PM 645 Views
Is her height a particularly important trait? *NM* fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 12:31:58 PM 345 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 344 Views
So you were furious when Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 06:33:16 PM 737 Views
No but I hated Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher damookster - 21/06/2019 10:13:18 PM 670 Views
Who? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 11:39:47 PM 647 Views
Re: Who? Cannoli - 22/06/2019 12:23:45 PM 650 Views
Re: Cruise damookster - 22/06/2019 06:55:28 PM 719 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 361 Views
Why else would you have brought that movie up? *NM* Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:45:31 PM 316 Views
Height is not always obvious on screen fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:44:00 PM 638 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 734 Views
fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:45:33 PM 605 Views
I would say yes.... Jeordam - 21/06/2019 04:48:12 PM 649 Views
Have you read New Spring? Legolas - 21/06/2019 06:34:39 PM 649 Views
But her thoughts are never vocalized on New Spring... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:47:42 PM 683 Views
That seems like an odd argument. Legolas - 21/06/2019 09:13:51 PM 674 Views
Height's relative, and can be manipulated on screen, if needed... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 09:46:20 PM 663 Views
I find it ineteresting that they are calling her role the lead role random thoughts - 24/06/2019 02:41:40 PM 668 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 309 Views
I guess that depends on how you define lead random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:21:02 PM 651 Views
Moiraine was the Dragon Reborn?!? *NM* Jeordam - 24/06/2019 05:36:37 PM 339 Views
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