First, can I just say that I love the fact that MithLuin was able, within a very short time, produce examples of Feanorian fanart from three different artists?
I confess I'm torn with Nerdanel's casting. I don't really have a firm mental picture of her, and I have NO idea how we're going to portray her in the series.
Sophie Turner, I like, but I'm hesitant on the completely pedantic ground that she's one of the best-known faces of another high fantasy series. She's also young, so I'm wondering how it would appear if we cast a more mature Feanor.
Bonnie Wright, I also like. She's young, maybe too young if we go with my favorite Richard Armitage as Feanor, but I think we could make an apparent age difference work, especially if we make her noticeably wiser than he is (didn't the execs talk earlier this season about making Vana more clear-sighted about the elves than Orome, and her casted actress is
very young).
Rosalind Halstead might be my favorite so far. She has a mature, no-nonsense look in those images that Ange posted that I really love. She's also quite beautiful. This might be disgustingly shallow, but since Feanor
has to be a hottie of the highest order, we need to make Nerdanel someone the audience will say "Oh, I get it" about why she appeals to him. And since TV is a visual media... part of that is going to have to be her physically complimenting him.
And I can't put my finger on it, but Jessica Chastain looks all wrong to me. I don't know how to explain it, other than I would put her headshots in the "possible human character" pile rather than elf.
** all this is based purely on the images provided. I have never seen Halstead and Chastain act, and I never got into GoT or saw X-Men Apocalypse. I've seen all the HP movies, of course, but it's not like they ever really gave Ginny anything to do in those films.