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fantasy series is based on appendices in J.R.R. Tolkien's
original "The Lord of the Rings" novels and is set thousands of
years before the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the
Rings" novels and films.
Although the show is called “Rings of Power,” the first season
did not include any of the franchise’s coveted rings, but they
will appear at the beginning of the second season.
The cast of the Amazon Prime Video series is led by Morfydd
Clark, who plays the almost immortal elf named Galadriel and
Ismael Cruz Cordova, who plays the elf named Arondir along with
showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne.
For Clark, wearing one of the iconic rings with conviction for
Season 2 was a more arduous task than she initially expected.
“Weirdly, putting on a ring in an elegant way without looking
like you're trying too hard was much harder than I expected,”
she told Reuters in an interview at San Diego Comic-Con.
The upcoming season, which premieres on Aug. 29, will reunite
friends as they work together in a war against the corruption of
the rings.
At the end of the first season the character, Halbrand, played
by Charlie Vickers, was revealed to be the biggest villain in
the “Lord of the Rings” franchise named Sauron, who wishes to
rule Middle-Earth. This reveal, according to Vickers, brings
chaos into the second season.
"I think chaos is a good word to describe it, especially towards
the latter episodes,” he said.
“A lot of things start happening at once and there are huge
battles. There is a battle that lasts for three episodes, I
think. It is chaotic, that's a good word. Sauron is a trigger
for a lot of the chaos, I suppose, through his manipulations of
people," he said,” he added.
Stars have returned to the San Diego Comic-Con after the 2023
dual writers’ and actors’ strikes led to a subdued Comic-Con
last year with no A-list celebrities or Hall H panels, which are
known for delivering some of the biggest industry news.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Editing by
Marguerita Choy)
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