Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power First Look: Back To Middle-Earth
First, we now have official confirmation of previous reports that actor Morfydd Clark will indeed be portraying the immortal Galadriel, though roughly two thousand years younger than the version of the character we saw in both “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.” In a notable difference from the calm and serene queen who merely aids our heroes on their quest at a crucial juncture, this Galadriel takes a far more active role in the events. The series apparently begins with Sauron, the main villain of the original trilogy, already in hiding after the defeat of his far more powerful Dark Lord, Morgoth. As the report describes, “Galadriel is hunting down the last remnants of their collaborators, who claimed the life of her brother.”
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Everything to Know About The Rings of Power
“The forging of the Rings. Rings for the Elves, rings for Dwarves, rings for Men, and then the One Ring Sauron used to deceive them all. It’s the story of the creation of all those powers, where they came from, and what they did to each of those races.”
Other major players in “The Rings of Power” include a younger version of Elrond (portrayed by Hugo Weaving in the Jackson films), now played by Robert Aramayo after Will Poulter dropped out due to scheduling issues, as well as famous figures in Middle-earth such as the Elven smith who forges the Rings, Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards), the ancestor of Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the man who will eventually cut the Ring from Sauron’s finger, Isildur (Maxim Baldry), a wholly original character named Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) described only as a mortal who’s “running from the past,” the Dwarven Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), and many, many more.
