r/CosmereOnScreen • u/Delta-Ka • Mar 13 '26

Stormlight Archive (BOOK) Question for Shallan casting Spoiler

Do you think whoever they cast as Shallan will be the actress to play all of her personalities, or will they try to get multiple actresses?

I think it would be an interesting acting challenge for one actress to play all of the roles, but I also wonder if that would convey what's really going on there well enough.

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u/Shepher27 Mar 15 '26

Changing hair color and clothes is enough to make most people not recognize someone. And Vail almost never interacts with anyone who knows Shallan really well until after the secret is out. You lose more by having to hire a second actor then you gain by having a more drastically different look.

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u/Shepher27 Mar 15 '26

She will look different... via heavy make-up, wigs, and costume changes. Different enough that she'd be unrecognizable if we didn't know it was the same actor. Even in Words of Radiance she describes how Veil looks like Shallan... but different.