Bridget Regan, star of the upcoming syndicated fantasy TV show Legend of the Seeker, told SCI FI Wire that episodes will spin one-off stories while following the basic trajectory of the fantasy book Wizard's First Rule, on which the show is based. Wizard's First Rule is the first in author Terry Goodkind's The Sword of Truth series.
Regan (New Amsterdam) plays Kahlan, a beautiful, mysterious and powerful Confessor who joins forces with a wizard named Zedd (Bruce Spence) to protect Richard (Craig Horner). Richard is a young man who discovers that he's a prophesied Seeker, tasked with saving his world from the tyrannical Darken Rahl (Craig Parker). Together with Kahlan and Zedd, Richard sets about fulfilling his destiny.
"One of my favorite things about the show is that it changes, and because Richard and Kahlan's relationship is being stretched and pulled and challenged every week, we're put into these situations, whether it be searching down this villain or saving one another from a sticky situation," Regan said in an interview. "I have to protect Richard on the way to getting to this guy who's really an evil dictator trying to gain control over the land, and each week we face different challenges."
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Bridget Regan and Craig Horner star in Legend of the Seeker.
The villains will vary from week to week, Regan added. "Sometimes it may be a sorceress that's captured one of us or declared a prophecy that's going to come true," she said. "We're always pushing things to the limit and seeing how much we can take, how much we can handle. Every day, it feels like it's the end of the world, and it's so intense, and the stakes are always so high. And I love that, because it means we have to keep fighting, we have to stay strong and keep pushing."
Viewers can expect mini-stories within the bigger one that is Wizard's First Rule. "The fans that come along for the whole ride will hopefully see that," Regan said, "but each episode is somewhat contained and has its own little beginning, middle and end." Legend of the Seeker, which is executive-produced by Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, will premiere in first-run syndication the weekend of Nov. 1. --Ian Spelling
