{"id":10323,"date":"2026-10-16T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=10323"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:04:48","slug":"fourth-wing-violet-xaden-casting-esther-mcgregor-emilio-sakraya-reaction-photos-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/10\/16\/fourth-wing-violet-xaden-casting-esther-mcgregor-emilio-sakraya-reaction-photos-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Wing fans slam Violet and Xaden casting, but these posts might change your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We now know who\u2019s playing Violet Sorrengail and Xaden Riorson in Prime Video\u2019s TV adaptation of Fourth Wing. And if you\u2019re not happy at first glance of Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya, there\u2019s something you should see.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebecca Yarros\u2019 romantasy <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/book\/\">book series<\/a> centres on the 20-year-old Violet, who is forced to attend Basgiath War College, where students are trained to become dragon riders. Once you enter, there\u2019s only two ways out: either you graduate or you die. It\u2019s here that she meets the mysterious Xaden, who becomes a major part of her story.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given how wildly popular the Fourth Wing books are, when news that <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/prime-video\/\">Prime Video<\/a> is adapting it into a series dropped earlier this year, fans were apprehensive. And this week, we finally found out who will be taking on the roles of the two leads.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Variety, Violet is being played by Esther McGregor, Ewan McGregor\u2019s daughter who\u2019s also starred in <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/01\/10\/someone-had-to-do-it-all-the-wild-sex-scenes-from-babygirl-ranked-by-filth-factor\/\">Babygirl<\/a> and We Were Liars. Meanwhile, the role of Xaden is going to Emilio Sakraya, a singer whose acting credits include Rhinegold, Tribes of Europa and Warrior Nun.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazon&#39;s &quot;Fourth Wing&quot; television series will star Emilio Sakraya and Esther McGregor as Xaden Riorson and Violet Sorrengail, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Ordered to series at Amazon in May,  \u201cFourth Wing\u201d is produced by Michael B. Jordan\u2019s Outlier Society and  Amazon MGM Studios. Meredith\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CqvUn05V9S\">pic.twitter.com\/CqvUn05V9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2110849714220380290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the thing: when the official announcement was made, the actors\u2019 headshots were used. And it\u2019s safe to say the fandom had something to say about the characters they\u2019d pictured in their heads for the past few years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one said on X, \u201cThis is the worst casting for the TV show, did Rebecca Yarros approve of these because that is not Violet and Xaden. The majority of comments are angry or disappointed ones. What a way to kill the show in Season 1.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo disappointed! He&#8217;s more like Bodhi than Xaden. And she&#8217;s not Violet,\u201d wrote another. \u201cI hope they cast natural hazel-eyed actress and not too tall. This is the worst casting for such hyped book.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A third added, \u201cUnbelievable how hard they try to ruin absolutely everything with atrocious casting,\u201d and a fourth went as far as to say the show is already \u201cdead\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtVydskWAc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtVydskWAc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by General Production Studios (@generalproductionstudios)<\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although there\u2019s disappointment, some fans think the photos being shared alongside the casting news aren&#8217;t doing either actor justice. And that a quick look at their social media accounts tells a very different story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For context, Violet is described in the books as petite, with pale skin, hazel eyes and long brown hair that fades to silver at the ends. Meanwhile, Xaden is tall and muscular, with black hair, tawny-brown skin and dark eyes flecked with gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it&#8217;s understandable that readers have very specific ideas about how the characters should look. But as some fans have pointed out, there&#8217;s a lot more to Esther and Emilio than the two headshots currently doing the rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@esther.mcgregor\/video\/7675491712831130894\" data-video-id=\"7675491712831130894\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@esther.mcgregor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@esther.mcgregor?refer=embed\">@esther.mcgregor<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I had a pet snake and it died because it didn\u2019t have a butthole. <a title=\"snakes\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/snakes?refer=embed\">#snakes<\/a> <a title=\"sadness\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sadness?refer=embed\">#sadness<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c They dont have any aRmS - \u22c7\u22c6\u2726\u22c6\u22c7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/They-dont-have-any-aRmS-6806177734901910277?refer=embed\">\u266c They dont have any aRmS &#8211; \u22c7\u22c6\u2726\u22c6\u22c7<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over on Instagram and TikTok, Esther leaves a completely different impression. In one black-and-white photoshoot for a production of Shakespeare&#8217;s Twelfth Night, she&#8217;s sporting darker hair.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, her TikTok videos give a better sense of her personality and how she comes across on camera &#8211; things you can\u2019t really judge from one photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc9H-xAiF96\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc9H-xAiF96\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Emilio Sakraya (@emilio_sakraya_)<\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s slightly different for Emilio, who had already been fancast in the role for some time. However, now it\u2019s confirmed, people are revisiting his social media channels and realising how perfect for the role he is.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His Instagram gives a much better idea of how he could pull off Xaden&#8217;s imposing physical presence. The actor regularly shares gym and workout photos, showing off his muscular build.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s his pinned promo for the Netflix series Sixty Minutes that really has fans sold. \u201cOk, he can be Xaden,\u201d wrote one, while another said, \u201cYeah.. sold after watching this. Definitely our Xaden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@emilio.sakraya\/video\/7306951639875833121\" data-video-id=\"7306951639875833121\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@emilio.sakraya\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@emilio.sakraya?refer=embed\">@emilio.sakraya<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Die Zeit l\u00e4uft ab und der Kampf beginnt! 60 Minuten, ab 19.Januar nur auf netflix!!! @NetflixDE <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Originalton - Emilio Sakraya\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Originalton-7306951666123688736?refer=embed\">\u266c Originalton &#8211; Emilio Sakraya<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others have been sharing mockups of Esther in a Violet-style wig, with one writing, \u201cThe truth is: this Violet as I pictured her, but it\u2019s also a poorly chosen picture. One AI edit I found, taken from a still from one of her TikTok&#8217;s, makes it better. I trust her acting. Emilio is great casting. We\u2019ll just have to see!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The truth is: this Violet as I pictured her, but it\u2019s also a poorly chosen picture. One AI edit I found, taken from a still from one of her TikTok\u2019s make makes it better. I trust her acting. Emilio is great casting. We\u2019ll just have to see! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ej0KiTKFJQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Ej0KiTKFJQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AetherShinzo \/ \u211c\u012b\ud835\udd20\ud835\udd25\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd2b (@AetherShinzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AetherShinzo\/status\/2111036663380287756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, until we have a proper first look at the two leads in their costumes, let&#8217;s maybe hold off on declaring the Fourth Wing adaptation a disaster based on a couple of headshots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: 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