‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’: Joseph Mawle explains the reason for his departure and says goodbye to fans

Along with the announcement of Gabriel Akuwudike (‘Hannah’), Yasen Atour (‘The Witcher’, ‘Young Wallander’), Ben Daniels (‘Jupiter’s Legacy’, ‘The Crown’), Amelia Kenworthy (‘Spring Awakening’), Nia Towle (‘Persuasion’) and Nicholas Woodeson (‘Silent Witness’, ‘Rome’) as new additions for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2, more news has come: that of the unexpected departure of one of the protagonists.

Best to the cast and crew for S2, I’ll be cheering you on from the sidelines X

? Joseph Mawle (@realjosephmawle) December 1, 2022

Joseph Mawle, who played Adar, the leader of the orcs, has decided to leave the hit Amazon Prime Video series. At the time of confirming his departure, the aforementioned streaming platform did not provide any reason for the change, which will come hand in hand with a new engagement for the aforementioned character.

Sam Hazeldine (‘Peaky Blinders’) will bring Adar to life in the next few seasons of the television drama that brought us back to Middle-earth, an inevitable replacement that has now finally been explained by Mawle himself.

This interpreter, whom we have already seen in another successful fantastic series such as “Game of Thrones”, and in the film “In the heart of the sea”, He wanted to say goodbye to fans of the series, assuring that there is no major cause that caused his departurebut he simply no longer has an interest in continuing to embody the character.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent exploring Middle-earth and immersing myself in Tolkien’s mythology. I feel very honored that the character is liked because I really wanted to convey his story. As an actor it’s still my wish [y creo que forma parte de] my job description, explore new characters and worlds. I wish all the best to the cast and crew for Season 2 and will be cheering them on from the sidelines.”he says in a couple of tweets posted through his official account.

the evil plan

Patrick McKay and JD Payne, showrunners of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The rings of power’, have already warned that in the second season of the series, evil comes with a plan under its arm. Sauron, the great villain of the saga, will no longer hide in the shadows, but will begin to meddle in a plot that will intersect even more with the original trilogy.. “This season is about the origin of evil. In the second season that evil is already born, is active and has a plan.. Having Sauron as another piece on the board and getting into some of these great canonical stories is what we’re most excited to bring to the screen.”.

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is about to start filming the second seasonand all eight episodes of Season 1 are available now on Amazon Prime Video.