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"The Wheel of Time" Announces Additional New Cast for Season Three
Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr, and Nuno Lopes join the cast of the fantasy series
for its highly anticipated third season, premiering March 13, 2025 on Prime Video
CORRECTION: Please note that Luke Fetherston will be playing 'Lord Gawyn' and Callum Kerr will be playing 'Lord Galad' and corrected character descriptions are listed below.
CULVER CITY, California - December 18, 2024 - Today, Prime Video announced that Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr, and Nuno Lopes have joined the cast of The Wheel of Time for the series' upcoming third season, which will premiere globally on March 13, 2025. The Wheel of Time is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios.
In the highly anticipated new season, the four actors will portray the royal family of the kingdom of Andor. Andor is the largest, most populous, and most influential country within the heart of the Westlands, the fictional land depicted in Robert Jordan's best-selling and epic fantasy book series, The Wheel of Time, upon which the television series is based.
Acclaimed award-winning (BIFA, U.S. National Society of Film Critics, London Critics' Circle) actress Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, Rushmore, The Crown) portrays 'Morgase Trakand,' the Queen of Andor. Morgase did not inherit her throne. Rather, when the succession was left without an heir, she waged a brutal war against a half-dozen noble rivals, and thanks to her political savvy and utter ruthlessness, she won. She has sworn ever since to shield her daughter and heir, Elayne, from ever having to endure what she did... and do what she did. But far from being a tyrant, Morgase has become one of the best queens Andor has ever known.
Luke Fetherston (Doctor Who, Big Mood) is 'Lord Gawyn' of House Trakand. A royal prince of Andor and brother to Galad and Elayne, Gawyn is a skilled fighter, famously handsome, and protective of his younger sister.
Callum Kerr (Hollyoaks, Monarch) plays 'Lord Galad' of House Trakand. Galad is a royal prince of Andor, and older brother to Gawyn and Elayne. Despite being the first born, he is not the heir to the throne. Andor is a matriarchy, and so the role of heir falls to his younger sister, Elayne.
Nuno Lopes (White Lines, The New Look) plays the role of 'Lord Gaebril,' Queen Morgase's male consort. Both her lover and adviser, he assists in overseeing matters political and military. Andor is a matriarchal society, and so his power and influence, though vast, are always second to that of his Queen, to whom his loyalties and services are sworn.
ABOUT OLIVIA WILLIAMS
Olivia Williams is a celebrated British actress in film, television, and theatre. She is widely remembered for her role as 'Anna Crowe' in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense and as 'Rosemary Cross' in Wes Anderson's definitive film, Rushmore. Williams will soon be seen leading HBO's new adventure drama Dune: Prophecy, as 'Tula Harkonnen'. The show serves as both a prequel and an expansion of Denis Villeneuve's revered 'Dune' franchise, based on Frank Herbert's iconic sci-fi novels.
Prior to this, Williams also played 'Gloria' in the second season of Sky's showbiz comedy Funny Woman, and is currently in production on the third season of Netflix' Monster. In 2023, she reprised her role as now-Queen consort 'Camilla Parker Bowles' for the sixth and final season of the hugely popular, Emmy-winning series The Crown. For the consecutive years of her tenure in the role, Williams and her castmates were nominated for 'Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series' at the SAG Awards.
In 2022, Williams appeared in Ten Percent - the UK remake of the hit French series Call My Agent. In the same year, she also starred in The Impact, joined Sir Lenny Henry in the BBC's My Name Is Leon, and appeared in the comedy The Trouble with Jessica. In 2020, Williams starred in The Father, which went on to win multiple BAFTA Film and Academy Awards. That same year, she joined HBO's fantasy series The Nevers. In 2017, she appeared in ITV's The Halcyon, in the US series Counterpart, and in Victoria and Abdul.
Williams' multitude of film projects include The Heart of Me, for which she received a BIFA award for Best Actress, and the sleeper hit Hanna, directed by BAFTA-winner Joe Wright, who then cast her a second time in his stunning version of Anna Karenina. In The Ghost Writer, she won the award for Best Supporting Actress from both the US National Society of Film Critics and the London Critics' Circle for the role of 'Ruth Lang'. She also starred in Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll and the Oscar-nominated An Education. Other film credits include Peter Pan, Hyde Park on Hudson, Maps To The Stars, Altar, Man Up, Last Days On Mars, and The Body. Williams has also lent her voice to hugely successful animations Valiant and Justin and The Knights Of Valour. She was handpicked by Kevin Costner to make her film debut in The Postman.
Williams' previous TV work includes Salting the Battlefield, and the highly praised portrayal of Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets. She played the lead role in Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures for the BBC, was cast as arch manipulator 'Adelle DeWitt' in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and played the role of scientist 'Liza Winter' in Manhattan. Other TV credits include Jane Austen's Emma, Friends, Case Sensitive and Spaced.
Williams earned a degree in English at Cambridge University, before studying drama at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 2022, she was seen on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in Marys Seacole, and in Mosquitoes at the National Theatre in 2017. In 2015, Williams astounded audiences in the critically acclaimed production Waste. Her other theatre credits include In A Forest Dark And Deep at the Vaudeville theatre, Richard III, Love's Labour's Lost, and the critically celebrated role of Kitty in Happy Now all with the National Theatre. She also appeared in The Hotel In Amsterdam at the Donmar Warehouse. She toured with Cheek By Jowl playing Beatrice Joanna in The Changeling and performed in Peer Gynt (RSC), The Wives' Excuse (RSC), Wallenstein (RSC) and A View From The Bridge (Palace Theatre, Westcliff).
ABOUT LUKE FETHERSTON
Since his graduation from ArtsEd, Luke Fetherston has built a compelling and versatile career, seamlessly transitioning between both stage and screen. 2025 is set to be a very exciting year for Fetherston, as he will be seen starring opposite Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin in the Prime Video romantic comedy Picture This. The feature film is based on the Australian Original movie Five Blind Dates, written by Shaung Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park.
Fetherston recently starred as Ryan in Channel 4's dark comedy-drama Big Mood, a series which follows two best friends, Maggie and Eddie (Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West), and the journey they go through when Maggie's bipolar disorder reoccurs. In 2023, he appeared in the Apple TV comedy Still Up, based on two insomniacs. His past screen credits also include Doctor Who, Flowers In The Attic: The Origin, Almost Never, and Pandora. In addition, his impressive theatre credits include Singin' In The Rain, Cabaret, Funny Girl, Wonderland, and Fiddler On The Roof.
ABOUT CALLUM KERR
Callum Kerr boasts an impressive body of work since filming 70 episodes in his debut as a regular on Channel 4's Hollyoaks. Following a move to the U.S. in 2021, he added major roles on Hulu/Fox's Monarch, and Lifetime's Flowers in the Attic.
Most recently, Kerr appeared on the second season of One Piece and season six of Virgin River, both on Netflix.
ABOUT NUNO LOPES
Former Shooting Star, Nuno Lopes is undoubtedly one of Portugal's most talented and successful actors working today. Known for his chameleon-like ability to change across a wide range of characters, his initial breakthrough came from his role in the film Alice, and his other award-winning performances including Blood of My Blood, and Lines of Wellington.
In 2016, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his portrayal of an unemployed boxer in Marco Martins' Saint George, which was also Portugal's submission to the Best Foreign-language Film category at the 90th Academy Awards. Lopes is also a multiple winner of Portugal's Golden Globes. His screen work includes the drama Mar, The Great Mystical Circus, the role of 'Samuel' in The Wind Turns, which premiered at Locarno, and An Easy Girl, by Rebecca Zlotowski, which won the Directors' Fortnight prize for best French-language film at Cannes.
Lopes played the leading role of 'Boxer' in the Netflix series White Lines, for which he received widespread international acclaim. His most recent work includes the feature Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures, which reunited him with director Marco Martins, the French feature film Azuro, Céline Devaux's Everybody Loves Jeanne, which premiered at Cannes, as 'Samuel' in Tiago Guedes' Remains of The Wind, and Bad Living, which premiered at Berlinale. In 2024, he also appeared in Apple's The New Look as 'Cristóbal Balenciaga'.
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About The Wheel of Time
Based on the best-selling Robert Jordan fantasy book series The Wheel of Time, a humble farm boy, Rand al'Thor, learns he is The Dragon Reborn - a dangerous figure from history destined to save the world ... or break it. The Wheel of Time turns, and the Last Battle approaches.
After defeating Ishamael at the end of Season Two, Rand reunites with his friends at Falme and is declared the Dragon Reborn. But in Season Three, the threats against the Light are multiplying: the White Tower stands divided, the Black Ajah run free, old enemies return to the Two Rivers, and the remaining Forsaken are in hot pursuit of the Dragon... including Lanfear, whose relationship with Rand will mark a crucial choice between Light and Dark for them both. As the ties to his past begin to unravel, and his corrupted power grows stronger, Rand becomes increasingly unrecognizable to his closest allies, Moiraine and Egwene. These powerful women, who started the series as teacher and student, must now work together to prevent the Dragon from turning to the Dark... no matter the cost.
The Wheel of Time stars Rosamund Pike (Saltburn, Gone Girl) as Moiraine Damodred, Daniel Henney (Criminal Minds) as al'Lan Mandragoran, Josha Stradowski (Gran Turismo) as Rand al'Thor, Zoë Robins (Power Rangers Ninja Steel) as Nynaeve al'Meara, Madeleine Madden (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) as Egwene al'Vere, Marcus Rutherford (Obey) as Perrin Aybara, Dónal Finn (Rogue Heroes) as Mat Cauthon, Ceara Coveney (Young Wallander) as Elayne Trakand, Kate Fleetwood (Harlots) as Leandrin Guirale, Natasha O'Keeffe (Peaky Blinders) as Lanfear, Ayoola Smart (Killing Eve) as Aviendha, Kae Alexander (Game of Thrones) as Min Farshaw, and Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Saddam, The Penguin) as Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan.
The Wheel of Time was adapted for television by executive producer and showrunner Rafe Judkins (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hemlock Grove). Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon of iwot productions (Winter Dragon), Ted Field of Radar Pictures (Jumanji: The Next Level, Winter Dragon), Mike Weber (Jumanji: The Next Level, Beirut), Marigo Kehoe (Outlander, The Crown), Ciaran Donnelly (Kin), Justine Juel Gillmer (The Survivor, Halo), Dave Hill (Game of Thrones) and Rosamund Pike (Saltburn, Gone Girl) also serve as executive producers. The Wheel of Time is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios.
All episodes of the first two seasons of The Wheel of Time are now available on Prime Video.
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