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The fans started to get worried.
The first three episodes of Rings of Power season two are finally here, and fans of JRR Tolkien were shocked by the scene that kicks off the new installment of the Prime Video series.
The episode “Elven Kings Under the Sky” opens with a flashback in which the audience sees Sauron. Granted, he’s played by a very different actor. In the first season of The Rings of Power , Sauron was played by Australian Charlie Vickers, and his performance was one of the few positive aspects of this spin-off.
It’s clear that fans were upset that showrunners John D. Payne and Patrick McKay decided to replace the great actor. We explain why you shouldn’t fear for Vickers’ career and why the writers brought in another actor to play the role of Sauron.
Not all Lord of the Rings fans realized that the first scene of the second season was a flashback. The opening credits make it clear that the episode in which the young Sauron addresses his followers takes place a thousand years before the main events of the series.
The role of Sauron in this scene was played by Jack Lowden, one of the most sought-after British actors of our time. However, Lowden will only appear in one episode of the second season, and then only in a flashback.
The fact is, no one fired Vickers — he’ll continue to play Sauron in both the second and third seasons. And Louden was invited to play the hero in just one episode to better showcase his talent for changing his appearance.
Moreover, the choice of a different actor for the role of Sauron can also be explained by the fact that the flashback takes place long before the plot of “The Rings of Power”, and the writers did not want to confuse the audience.
But everything turned out to be quite the opposite and fans began to worry that they would never see Vickers as Sauron again.
Source: Popcorn News
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