The Wheel Of Time (Dream cast)

I've just finished the last volume in the Wheel of Time series, excluding the prequel (once I find where I misplaced A New Spring I'll remedy that). So, now I'll play my picks for the dream cast (if it ever became a movie).

Essential casting:
Character: Mat Cauthon
Actor: Dominic Monaghan
Why? Hands down, he was born to play the role. And though Mat and Perrin of the Two Rivers call up the mind of the duo of Merry (a role Dominic played) and Pippin of the Shire, Mat and Perrin turn out nothing like the two. Perhaps it is my imagination, but I've often wondered if screenwriters hinted at it. For instance, in the movie version of LOTR, Dominic's Merry is mischievous, quite like Mat. In Lost, Dominic plays Charlie, who at times like Mat plays the "bad boy with a good heart". Like Mat, Charlie comes near death as he is hung from a tree, and is revived from the brink.

Character: Moiraine
Actor: Kate Mulgrew
Why? Yeah, Voyager was an okay show at best. But Kate played a cool and collected leader. She did the best with the material she had. She has this air about her that screams Aes Sedai--only under a veneer of calm and sophistication.

Non-essential casting (actors that seem good for the roll):
Thom -- Ian McKellan (hardly an original idea)
Faile -- Lucy Liu
Morgase -- Meryl Streep
Elayne Trakand -- Bryce Dallas Howard
Aviendha -- Kirsten Dunst
Min Farshaw -- Sabrina Lloyd (remember her from Sliders?)
Egwene al’Vere -- Liv Tyler

Of course, I haven't thought out Rand and Perrin, much less Nynaeve or Lan or--obviously this is a fantasy cast in progress.