![]() ![]() While The Wheel of Time is the first series of this scale that Robins has worked on, she’s been a fairly consistently working actor since 2014. I still have moments where I’m like, how is this my life?” Zoë Robins with her fellow Power Rangers in Power Rangers: Ninja Steel. “I did have a little feeling that it was set in stone very early on, which was wonderful. He was saying stuff like, ‘you know when you’re in Prague and when we do this’. “He was using vocabulary that I had to mentally ignore. They spoke for an hour about the character, the story and his ideas for the series. In a choice that speaks to the work ethic that her teachers and mentors laud her for, she auditioned for both.Ībout a week later, she was on a Skype call – which shows you how long ago this was – with series showrunner Rafe Judkins. She was offered the option to audition for both Nynaeve and Egwene (played in the series by Australian actress Madeleine Madden). Before she landed the role she was auditioning five to six times a week, sometimes even three times a day. The role of Nynaeve, a respected village leader despite her youth, initially came to Robins just like any other one: another email for an audition. As a show of confidence, the streaming service renewed it for a second season a full six months before the first season even premiered. While there have been several attempts to adapt it, it took until 2017 for Amazon to greenlight a pilot. The Wheel of Time, written by Robert Jordan, is one of the biggest fantasy book series of all time, and has been described as a proto-Game of Thrones: there’s magic, there’s dragons, and there’s a big ol’ quest right at the middle of it. “I still pinch myself every day.” Zoë Robins as Nynaeve in Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time. “It’s very rare and there’s so many talented, amazing, special artists that would kill to work on something like this. ![]() “Just to be involved in something like this is something that us Kiwis back home can only dream of,” she says. It’s something that makes her a rarity among New Zealand actors. Robins is also deeply aware this role isn’t just a once in a lifetime opportunity. She’s deeply aware not just of the part these places and these people have played in her life, but how much it would mean to them to be acknowledged. The opposite is true of Robins, who hails from Lower Hutt. When some New Zealand actors make it big, you often feel like they cut off their roots. We check off a few names before we get into the interview proper: The Actors’ Program (where she studied), The Basement (where she hung out), actor Michele Hine (who was and remains her mentor). ![]()
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