We have some new photos and details to share with you for Prime Video The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2. They focus specifically on the Orc leader Adar, who will be played Sam Hazeldine this time.
The fallen elf was previously played by Joseph Mawle in the first season. Adar is a leader who is trying to protect the Orcs from both Sauron and the elves. They do not recognize Sauron as their leader.
Adar led his orc armies in an epic battle against the elves and Numenoreans and also transformed the Southlands into the dark land known as Mordor.
Hazeldine spoke about Adar in an interview with EWsharing some new details, saying, “For me, the appeal is that he’s a dark character, but he doesn’t see himself as a villain.
He added: “He is only trying to protect his children, the Uruks. So he’s doing what he feels he has to do to save them from genocide, both by Sauron, who sees them as cannon fodder, and by the elves.
Hazeldine continues: “At the beginning of the season, Adar is in sort of an existential crisis because he doesn’t really know what to do next. Of course, they will have to face various attacks, but he has accomplished what he set out to do.
“He took on the responsibility of caring for these children of his and finding them a home, and now he has done so. This kicks off his call to adventure in season two.”
The actor then spoke about replacing Mawie in the role, which he knows, and explains the transition: “I know Joseph, I worked with him years ago. I think he’s a fantastic actor and I really loved what he did in the first season.
“So it was really a pleasure to take the baton from him.” She shared, “Obviously we don’t look the same, but the character is instantly recognisable.”
Talking about the look of the character, it initially took seven hours to apply all that makeup and transform the actor into that character. The VFX makeup team managed to get the time down to five hours, which is still a long time!
But that wasn’t the hardest thing for him. The actor went on to explain what was the hardest thing for him while working on the series: “The hardest thing was that I had to directly start speaking the black language from day one.
“It’s hard on the throat, and it’s hard to remember because it doesn’t really follow the Elvish languages, which have roots in real languages like Welsh and Finnish. But he simply didn’t write that many words in Black Speech.
The show has some Tolkien lore experts on hand to rewrite some of his lines from English to black speech, “in order to give Adar the right gravitas.”
Hazeldine spoke about her experience filming scenes for the series, saying: “There were about 200 orcs in the room there, and they were all grunts. It’s quite unnerving to see so many all in one place, it’s quite intimidating. It was helpful to remind myself that I’m not crazy and that they’re just people.
It was also revealed that season 2 will show audiences where the Orcs came from and how they transformed from Elves to Orcs.
Hazeldine said: “There was an offer for power and something else, which you’ll find out later in the show, and Adar gladly accepted the deal. It’s kind of like he took a red pill and let himself be fooled. He was horribly tortured and mutilated.”
He went on to tease, “Season 2 starts off with a bang, and I was even surprised by how bloodthirsty and violent it is.”
The series is based on the appendices of JRR Tolkien’S The Lord of the Rings books and the story is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth.
The series is set “thousands of years before the events of JRR Tolkien’S The Hobbit AND The Lord of the Ringsand will take viewers back to an era where great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the thinnest thread, and the greatest villain to ever come from the pen of Tolkien threatened to die. he covered the whole world in darkness.
“Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows a cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they face the much-feared reemergence of evil in Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elven capital of Lindon, to the incredible island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will leave legacies that will live on long as they are gone.”
In season two, “Sauron is back. Driven out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to the power of he. left will.
“Building on the epic scope and ambition of Season 1, Season 2 on Amazon The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power It plunges even the most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each of them to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity.
“Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Furfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will fight ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters most… each other ‘other.”
The series is developed by the showrunners JD Payne AND Patrick McKay. The Rings of Power The second season will premiere on August 29 on Prime Video.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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