![]() ![]() It was good you know there are some scenes in, you know, the first few episodes where you know you sort of see Alina having people make like racist comments to her and stuff. I think they wanted to add a little bit more adversity to Alina's upbringing, you know her being not only an orphan but also an orphan that looks like the enemy, so you know she was really ostracized at the orphanage where she grew up and that's why her and Mal brought together, obviously they also wanted Mal to be mixed race so they, you know, the two of them the two half breeds, as they say, sort of have more in common with each other. And obviously Ravka is at war with Shu Han. But they've really in this series they've kind of amped up the this is a war-torn country aspect of it. MEI LI: Yeah, it was really interesting because obviously in the book she's just, you know, a lonely Ravkan orphan. ![]() ![]() So let's hear a little bit about that and how you ended up getting cast for the role? Jesse I know the character of Alina, they kind changed her a little bit to be half Shu. MEI LI: I'm kind of intrigued because obviously as well Shadow and Bone being written in first person and you know you see everything from Alina's perspective but having other characters from a different storyline having them, you know their perspective is really cool. ![]() And Zoya is in the Second Army, which is, the army that's led by General Kirigan and they're all the Grisha.ĭASGUPTA: Yeah, cuz it doesn't take away from any of the story of the Shadow and Bone series and things it just, adds to it. So the first army is the army that have no powers, you know the just the general sort of foot soldiers of the king. So where we find Alina is that she is a cartographer in the first army. JESSIE MEI LI: At the start of Shadow and Bone, we find ourselves in Ravka which is a country that is torn in two by this expanse of darkness, that was created by the black heretic, who was a very powerful Grisha. But yeah very mean, very mean girl in the first one, which is always fun to play and so much fun for the two of us.Ĭan you just give like a general synopsis on the starting point of the journey and what each character is doing? What makes her human and why she does these things, why doesn't she like Lena, why she's so mean in the first books, is really interesting to kind of delve into that and why she is how she is. It's a real lovely journey that she goes on and understanding her motivations and kind of like fleshing it out a lot more and adding a lot more depth to her. Shadow and Bone was produced by Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment and also stars Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej Ghafa), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Julian Kostov (Fedyor Kaminsky) and Danielle Galligan (Nina Zenik).Īnd she does change. While you can attempt to cross, it’s like playing roulette with your life. What you also need to know about Shadow and Bone is this world has magical soldiers known as Grisha that have different powers, and a massive black cloud (known as the Shadow Fold) that runs hundreds of miles north and south that is extremely dangerous to cross due to the creatures inside. The series takes place in a war-torn world where a lowly soldier and orphan named Alina Starkov (Mei Li) accidentally unleashes an extraordinary power that’s been residing in her that could help save her land and set her country free. Heisserer said to make this work they essentially invented prequel stories for the key Six of Crows characters this season - Kaz, Inej, and Jesper - to fit alongside what is happening in the Shadow and Bone storyline. Unlike the book it is based on, the series actually combines two of Bardugo’s book series – the fantasy-adventure trilogy Shadow and Bone and the duology Six of Crows, which chronologically takes place after the events of Shadow and Bone despite being set in the same world. If you’re not familiar with Shadow and Bone, it’s based on the worldwide bestselling book series by author Leigh Bardugo and the executive producer and showrunner is Eric Heisserer, the writer of the sci-fi film Arrival. ![]()
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