Despite strong third season, Prime Video canceled wheel of time earlier this year. This was a disappointment for fans of the Robert Jordan adaptation, especially since the story had yet to reach its highly publicized final battle for the fate of the world. It was also disappointing because the show had hit its stride in season three – there was no chance of that upward trend, despite a fan-led campaign to see it elsewhere.
Rosamund Pike, who starred wheel of time As Aes Sedai member Moiraine Damodred – a woman who was as complex as she was powerful – is obviously disappointed that there isn’t going to be a season four. But he’s also not oblivious to the fact that it took a while for the show to regain its strength.
Speaking to Collider, Pike (who is headed to the big screen as the next villain Now you look at me: Now you don’t look, spoke about wheel of timeDifficult start.
Pike said, “Fans said season one wasn’t good enough, which I think I agree with for a lot of reasons.” “We got hit with COVID in the middle of our shoot. Some of our department heads changed. Then, by season two, we knew what we were doing, and we delivered a better season. By season three, I think our wings had completely spread, and we were showing where we were capable of going, and really had a well-acted, well-written, cohesive, deep show that was attracting powerhouse actors to come and play supporting characters. I was “Guess we showed what we were able to do with that material.”
Pike is well aware that playing catch-up can contribute to wheel of timeThe final fate of. “You wonder, if we had started from that place, wouldn’t we have been canceled? Maybe. I think we’re probably victims of terrible churn from people who want to show that ‘We’ve got a new show.’ It’s all about what’s new.”
Pike told Collider that she was touched by meeting its passionate fans wheel of timeIncluding people who made friends because of it, as well as “people who got married because of it.” wheel of timeBecause of the people who have the courage to come out wheel of timeThere are people who wanted to end their lives until they found out wheel of timeIt’s deep and meaningful,”
you can still stream wheel of time Seasons 1-3 on Prime Video—and if you really want to know what happens next, there are several more books in Jordan’s series that continue the story of Moiraine and company.
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