Discovered? The Wheel of Time now has a Harry Potter star – and in season 2 she plays almost the same role again

Discovered The Wheel of Time now has a Harry Potter

With 6 episodes broadcast, the well-received 2nd season of The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime * is coming to an end. Episode 7 of the fantasy series starts on September 28th, 2023 and the season finale of the 8th episode follows on October 5th. But have you watched the previous episodes of the adventures of the ‘Dragon Reborn’ carefully enough to know well-placed Harry Potter star to discover in it?

Harry Potter star Katie Leung plays a Ravenclaw witch again in The Wheel of Time

The Biggest Wheel of Time star disliked the drastic change to her character in Season 2. But Katie Leung Apparently had no reservations about building on old Hogwarts fame in a new role in the fantasy series. It plays in episode 5 of season 2 Actress of Harry Potter’s first love, Cho Chang basically a clever Ravenclaw witch again.

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Katie Leung as Cho Chang in Harry Potter and as Yasicca in The Wheel of Time

In the complex world of The Wheel of Time they are Aes Sedai those women who can practice magic (i.e. witches). After their training, they join one of the 7 sub-groups to the Ajahs. Different colors indicate different tasks: Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), for example, belongs to the blue Ajah, which makes her a kind of spy as a “causal researcher”. The Aes Sedai of the green Ajah are fighters and red sisters hunt men who direct power.

In episode 5, Damane, we meet Harry Potter star Katie Leung’s new character. she plays Yasicca, a sister of the brown Ajah. The brown color of the Aes Sedai represents magical women in the Wheel of Time dedicated to preserving and finding knowledge have. When Verin (Meera Syal) comes to the castle, Yasicca’s first question to the older Aes Sedai is whether she has finished writing her book yet.

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Looking back at Cho Chang, who belonged to Hogwarts House Ravenclaw, the fantasy circle closes here in The Wheel of Time: Because she Ravenclaws willing to learn are also known in Harry Potter for their cleverness and thirst for knowledge. Katie Leung’s Yasicca even has a photographic memory. She discovers the existence of the black Ajah (evil witches) via handwriting memory, which should recommend her character for appearances in further episodes.

Not just in The Wheel of Time: Katie Leung did that after Harry Potter

Scottish actress Katie Leung hasn’t been idle after her performances as Cho Chang in Harry Potter 4 to 8. We were able to discover them again and again, especially in the series sector. For example, she was in all 8 episodes of the recently canceled sci-fi series before The Wheel of Time Periphery can be seen on Amazon Prime *. She also voiced in Netflix’s animated hit Arcane played an important role and appeared in the film adaptation of Simon Beckett’s novel The chemistry of death on Paramount+.

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