<P> Several plot changes also happened . For example, the body of the saint in the burning church is not saved as per the novel, but the body-less skull is lost in the inferno . Also, in the series, Tom tells Jack to sculpt a stone statue of St. Adolphus . In the novel Henry of Blois (and not Stephen) visits the cathedral work - site, and in episode 4, it is Jack (and not Richard as per the novel) who accompanies Philip to Lincoln . Episode 5's lake scene where Aliena swims and later rescues Alfred from drowning is not seen in the novel . The tales of Jack and Aliena travelling in Spain are not shown in episode 7 . Further, rather than being given a weeping statue in Toledo as detailed in the novel, Jack carves one himself from wood and a rejected stone from St. Denis . Philip's loss of the priorship to Remegius, Cuthbert's assassination attempt on Jack, and William murdering Regan are also creations seen in episode 7 of the series . Alfred dies at the hands of Richard in the novel, rather than a poisoned knife as seen in episode 8 . Similarly, Waleran falls off the cathedral and dies in the series (compared to being disgraced for his part in the murder of Thomas Becket portrayed in the novel). Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Waleran and the Hamleighs are not mentioned in the novel as being present on the White Ship nor attacking the young prince and his wife . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ian McShane as Waleran Bigod </Li> <Li> Rufus Sewell as Tom Builder </Li> <Li> Matthew Macfadyen as Philip </Li> <Li> Eddie Redmayne as Jack </Li> <Li> Hayley Atwell as Aliena </Li> <Li> Sarah Parish as Regan Hamleigh </Li> <Li> Natalia Wörner as Ellen </Li> <Li> Anatole Taubman as Remigius </Li> <Li> John Pielmeier as Cuthbert </Li> <Li> Robert Bathurst as Percy Hamleigh </Li> <Li> Clive Wood as King Henry I </Li> <Li> Sam Claflin as Richard </Li> <Li> Liam Garrigan as Alfred </Li> <Li> David Oakes as William Hamleigh </Li> <Li> Götz Otto as Walter </Li> <Li> Tony Curran as Stephen </Li> <Li> Donald Sutherland as Bartholomew </Li> <Li> Alison Pill as Maud </Li> <Li> Gordon Pinsent as Archbishop </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ian McShane as Waleran Bigod </Li> <Li> Rufus Sewell as Tom Builder </Li>

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