One of the most stunning reveals of the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy is the realization that Halbrand, who has been at Galadriel’s aspect for a while, was, in actuality, Sauron, the major antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s world. In the second season, in order to efficiently manipulate Celebrimbor into forging corrupted rings of energy, he should take a distinct form and current himself as another person. That individual turns into Annatar, the Lord of Items, who bestows to Celebrimbor the duty of changing into The Lord of the Rings.
In approaching a personality who modifications appearances, actor Charlie Vickers tells Awards Radar throughout a Zoom press day that “it’s an actor’s dream, significantly this early in my profession. I didn’t assume I’d ever get a job like this in my wildest desires. Once I was coaching as an actor, I obtained this toolbox of issues you are able to do, and you allow pondering, “Nicely, am I ever going to make use of these transformation instruments that I’ve been given?” But, being solid as a personality whose nature is transformative is what I really like about appearing. It’s actually cool.”
In growing the narrative arc and emotional development of Sauron’s corrupted partnership with Celebrimbor, Vickers defined that his collaboration with Charles Edwards was very shut, stating, “We spent a lot time collectively, growing it and dealing collectively. We knew that it was the make-or-break half of the season, as a result of it’s an arc that so many individuals who know this time interval have been ready to see. It’s well-known amongst people who find themselves followers of The Lord of the Rings. We wished to get that proper, but in addition we wished to create one thing fascinating for individuals who do not know about the world and simply need to watch a very good piece of tv with two characters’ psychological interaction.”
In trying to painting Annatar, the actor explains that he “initially wished to make him utterly completely different. I believed it could be cool to play a personality that shares nothing with one other character. Nonetheless, the additional I obtained, the extra I spotted that, psychologically, they’re nonetheless the similar character. They’re nonetheless looking for the similar issues. Bodily, I made a decision to maneuver in another way and vocally, change the voice a bit, however not a totally completely different accent or pitch of voice. But, the additional we obtained rehearsing, we realized that I ought to carry it again to a deeper pitch, and a extra pure pitch for me, which helped unlock the character.”
As at all times, when speaking about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy, there was a lot to debate, and you’ll watch my full interview with Charlie beneath:
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[Some of the quotes in this article have been edited for length and clarity]