The Cast: Magical Characters and Actors - The Magicians [V]

I'm kind of intrigued by Alice/Olivia Taylor Dudley, because for the first few episodes I was thinking "I swear this woman looks familiar" and it wasn't until I looked it up I realized she was one of the original group that did the amazing "5 Second Films".  I used to keep up with their site back in the day, and she was great in those- and not just for her absurd good looks and figure- but as much as I'm happy she's springboarded into a real acting career, I haven't really enjoyed her in this show.  

The thing is, I'm not sure if it's because of the acting, or the character herself, as I've not read the books.  For example, when we find out she was from a hedonistic hippie upbringing, the sort of virgin-sheltered-princess vibe she'd had seemed totally misplaced- but I don't know if that's an acting choice on her part, or how the character is meant to be from the source.  I was slow to warm to Quentin as well, but once the show made clear he was more Neville Longbottom than Harry Potter, his sad-sack beta-geek persona worked for me.  But Alice is a total Mary Sue: beautiful, privileged, super smart, best magician at the school, etc, etc, and it's hard to enjoy that as a character especially when they seem so "broken bird" without good reason.

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