‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Announces More Castings, Including ‘The Bridgertons’ Actor

Just a few days ago, Prime Video announced a new oneNew batch of cast additions from his stellar series, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, with an actor change included (Sam Hazeldine replacing Joseph Mawle as Adar). And now, the streaming giant continues to unveil new faces who are joining the series for its second season.

The streamer has announced that eight new actors will join the cast of the series based on the work of JRR Tolkien. New cast members are Oliver Alvin-Wilson (‘The Bay’, ‘Lovesick’), Stuart Bowman (‘The Pact’, ‘Bodyguard’), Gavi Singh Chera (‘The Undeclared War’, ‘The Lazarus Project’) , William Chubb (known prolifically for ‘House of Cards’ or ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell’, recently seen in ‘Sandman’, ‘Vampire Academy’ and ‘Pistol’), Kevin Eldon (who has extensive experience in epic fantasy with roles in “Game of Thrones” or “Shadow and Bone”), Selina Lo (known for “Boss Level” and the new “Hellraiser”) and Calam Lynch (“Benediction”, “Dunkirk”).

Lynch will be well known to “The Bridgertons” fans by then plays Theo Sharpe, a character introduced in the second season of the Netflix hit. Theo is the printer’s apprentice with whom Eloise develops a special bond due to their common concerns and, in the future, something more. In addition to ‘The Bridgertons’, Lynch has starred in ‘Derry Girls’ and ‘Mrs. Wilson’, and was one of the stars of the Disney+ Original Movie ‘Black Beauty.’

The second season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is again headed by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay, who produce the series along with Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill and Gennifer Hutchison among other . Production on the new batch of episodes began on October 3 in the UK, after filming the first season in New Zealand. For now there is no release date, although it is expected to be long.

Middle ground, even more diverse

Far from cowering in front of trolls and racist critics who complain about the inclusion of racialized people with whom the series modifies Tolkien’s work, Prime Video continues to hire performers of different ethnicities, such as the Anglo-Asian actress and former champion of ‘art Selina Lo or the British of Indian origin Gavi Singh Chera, who the crucible of middle earth will continue to rise. For now, there is no word on which characters or races from Middle-earth will bring the series to life.