The cast of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” admits that their characters find themselves at different crossroads as Season 2 begins – some longing for redemption, some grieving loss and others seeking success, albeit through a means of doing good. or evil.
Ismaël Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Sophia Nomvete, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Charlie Vickers and Morfydd Clark shared what may be going through the minds of their Middle-earth characters ahead of the second season of the Variety Comic-Con Studio, presented by Google TV.
Clark says things aren’t the best for Galadriel as she just learned that Halbrand (Vickers) is actually Sauron. “We think Galadriel has been proven right in the worst possible way. She was cheated on by the great deceiver, which he must be pretty good at, so we can’t be that. at cruel to her,” she said, turning to her cast for reassurance. “So she has to redeem herself.”
Addai-Robinson said that Queen Regent Míriel is also recovering from the somber events of the first season. ‘She really starts from a loss situation. She lost her sight at the end of Season 1, her father, the king, and she lost in a battle,” Addai-Robinson said. Variety. “So really, for Míriel, season 2 is about navigating and overcoming these losses, but also about convincing the people of Númenor that she is the one leading them in the right direction.”
Vickers’ character spends most of season 1 as a human named Halbrand, but Galadriel discovers he is Sauron. So when asked at the beginning of Season 2 what the character should be called, Vickers slyly noted, “It depends who you ask.”
“At the beginning of Season 2, he is Halbrand in every way,” Vickers added. “We leave him at the end of season 1 walking off a cliff into Mordor. He starts season 2 with nothing. He has lost his only friend!”
Clark then reminded Vickers that the Dark Lord “deserved that.”
“The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” debuts on August 29 with the first three episodes; The next five episodes will be released weekly through October 3.