The Wheel of Time star Rosamund Pike offered a look inside her character Moiraine's secret and dangerous relationship with the powerful Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche on Prime Video's epic fantasy show.

In an interview with TVLine, Pike delved into the choices made by showrunner Rafe Judkins to portray the special connection between the two Aes Sedai. "With the way Rafe has chosen to play it, obviously the stakes of this forbidden love are massive," she said. "The duty of the Amyrlin Seat is to have no favorites, to love no one, have no attachments, bar the throne. It's more treacherous, the risk of it getting out, than almost any secret you can imagine in their world."

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It's also something Pike relishes as the person who gets to portray the Blue Sister Moiraine. "And of course it's exciting for me as an actress because drama rides on the stakes being high," she added. "I mean no one can ever know. Ever. It's a love that can never really exist because it can never be public. It can exist, but obviously is massively restricted by being hidden."

Pike has also done the research on Moiraine's backstory. She references New Spring, the prequel to the Wheel of Time novel series by Robert Jordan, when discussing where this character development comes from. "And there's this line that fans have a lot of discussions about, which is that Siuan and Moiraine were 'pillow friends.' And what is the meaning of that? And there's lots of debate about: Is Moiraine bisexual? Is she a lesbian?"

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While there has been discussion over some of the changes made to translate the epic story to the screen, such as Perrin's marriage to Laila, this particular choice hews close to the source material. And while Moiraine and Siuan's relationship was never officially romantic in the novels, their connection is a deep one. Making them explicitly lovers in the streaming series cements that connection from the beginning for viewers.

But the significance of the relationship extends beyond Moiraine and the Amyrlin seat. Moiraine and Lan's strong link is built by the romance between the women as well. According to Pike, "It also shows the depth of the bond of trust between Moiraine and Lan. That he is allowed to know."

The Wheel of Time is streaming now on Amazon Prime video with new episodes every Friday.

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Source: TVLine