Rosamund Pike Talks About The Wheel of Time: I Like Playing Morally Apprehensible Yet Fun To Watch Characters
Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike says she gravitates towards characters that do not come across as likeable and believes such roles generate an excitement in the audience as well.
Oscar
nominee
Rosamund
Pike
says
she
gravitates
towards
characters
that
do
not
come
across
as
likeable
and
believes
such
roles
generate
an
excitement
in
the
audience
as
well.
The
42-year-old
actor
is
best
known
for
her
role
as
Amy,
who
sets
up
her
own
murder
and
frames
her
cheating
husband
in
“Gone
Girl”,
for
which
she
was
nominated
for
the
2014
Academy
Awards.
"I
like
playing
people
who
are
morally
ambiguous,
I
like
playing
quite
divisive
characters,
characters
that
you
find
yourself
wanting
to
watch
even
though
you
might
not
agree
with
what
they're
doing.
I
think
that
creates
an
interesting
feeling
in
an
audience,”
Pike
told
PTI
in
a
Zoom
interview.
Most
recently,
Pike
was
seen
in
black
comedy
“I
Care
a
Lot”
that
saw
her
playing
a
court-appointed
legal
guardian,
Marla
Grayson,
who
defrauds
her
older
clients
and
traps
them
under
her
care.
Citing
the
example
of
her
role
in
“I
Care
a
Lot”,
the
British
star
said
she
was
interested
in
where
the
line
was,
so
that
she
could
make
Marla
as
someone
who
was
"morally
reprehensible
and
yet
fun
to
watch".
"I
never
wanted
to
cross
over
into
a
place
where
you
just
thought
this
is
just
boiling
and
I'm
not
enjoying
this
at
all.
It's
a
line
I'm
really
interested
in,”
she
added.
Up
next
for
Pike
is
another
fascinating
role
in
the
upcoming
Prime
Video
series
“The
Wheel
of
Time”.
Pike
features
as
Moiraine,
a
member
of
the
mighty
all-woman
Aes
Sedai
organisation,
who
embarks
on
a
perilous
journey
around
the
world
with
a
group
of
young
men
and
women,
one
of
them
is
prophesied
to
save
or
destroy
humanity.
The
show
is
based
on
Robert
Jordan’s
epic
fantasy
series
of
novels,
which
are
set
in
a
world
where
magic
exists
and
only
certain
women
are
allowed
to
wield
it.
The
actor,
who
received
international
recognition
for
her
film
debut
as
Bond
girl
Miranda
Frost
in
2002's
“Die
Another
Day”
and
followed
it
up
with
movies
like
“Pride
and
Prejudice”,
“An
Education”,
“What
We
Did
On
Our
Holidays”,
“State
of
the
Union”,
said
the
series
once
again
gave
her
the
opportunity
to
play
a
layered
character
like
Moiraine.
“The
idea
that
attracted
me
was
that
this
fantasy
world
has
a
mysterious
guide
figure
who
takes
the
central
heroes
through
the
story,
who
is
a
woman.
And
the
fact
that
Robert
Jordan
in
1990
created
this
world
where
women
have
this
extraordinary
power.
“There
are
plenty
of
shows
and
books
that
have
a
very
masculine
world
and
there
is
one
amazing
female,
but
he's
given
us
so
many
amazing
females
with
intrigue
and
different
political
allegiances,
there
are
layers
of
deception
as
it
becomes
apparent
later
on
in
the
show.
So,
there
are
so
many
layers,
twists,
and
that's
why
it's
very
exciting
for
me,”
she
added.
Pike,
who
also
serves
as
a
producer
on
the
series,
praised
author
Jordan
for
dwelling
deep
into
the
minds
of
not
one
but
several
characters
through
his
novels.
“As
far
as
our
show
and
the
book
it
is
based
on
is
concerned,
he
doesn't
get
inside
the
head
of
Moiraine.
We
got
the
internal
voices
of
some
of
the
younger
characters,
but
you
don't
get
the
internal
voice
of
Moiraine,
which
is
something
that
will
be
interesting
for
fans,”
she
said.
Pike
shared
that
she
read
the
first
book
when
she
began
to
explore
this
universe
through
the
show,
which
has
Rave
Judkins
as
showrunner.
“I
immediately
looked
into
the
book
and
saw
that
this
was
an
incredibly
rich
and
complicated
world.
And
actually,
I
can
see
now,
why
fans
of
the
series
read
the
books
again
and
again.
There
is
just
so
much
more
in
it,
the
more
you
understand
the
world,
the
more
amazed
I
am
by
the
depth
of
his
imagination...
It's
colossal,
this
world.”
She
said
she
hopes
the
ardent
fans
of
the
books
will
like
the
show,
also
starring
Daniel
Henney,
Josha
Stradowski,
Madeleine
Madden
and
others.
“The
fan
base
of
the
series
is
so
passionate.
It's
inspiring
to
us.
Frankly,
the
care
with
which
they
read
the
books,
we
know
they're
going
to
apply
the
same
care
to
watching
our
show.
As
an
actor
with
the
amount
of
content
that's
currently
on
the
screens,
we
are
lucky
if
people
study
the
work
that
we
put
in
with
as
much
detail,”
she
added.
The
fantasy
tale
has
two
episodes
helmed
by
cinematographer-director
Uta
Briesewitz,
who
has
also
executive
produced
the
show.
Harriet
McDougal
and
Brandon
Sanderson
serve
as
consulting
producers.
“The
Wheel
of
Time”,
co-produced
by
Amazon
Studios
and
Sony
Pictures
Television,
has
already
been
renewed
for
a
second
season.
The
first
three
episodes
of
the
first
season
will
debut
on
November
19,
with
new
episodes
available
each
Friday,
leading
up
to
the
season
finale
on
December
24.