The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sam Hazeldine teases Adar’s journey in season 2 after the character’s recast. Hitting Prime Video in 2022, Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne’s fantasy series draws from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings appendices to chronicle the rise of evil in Middle-earth during the Second Age. The Rings of Power season 2 is now confirmed to release later this summer, with most of the cast returning. Joseph Mawle, however, will not reprise his role as Adar from season 1, with Hazeldine taking over the part.
In a recent interview with EW, Hazeldine teases his Adar’s journey in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2. According to the actor, the character will have a new mission in the show’s sophomore outing now that he’s found his Uruk-hai army a home. Check out Hazledine’s comment and two new images of Adar in season 2 below:
“For me, the appeal was that he’s a dark character, but he doesn’t see himself as a villain. He’s just trying to protect his children, the Uruk. So he’s doing what he feels he has to do to save them from the genocide, whether that would be from Sauron, who sees them as cannon fodder, or from the elves.
“At the beginning of the season, Adar is kind of in an existential crisis because he doesn’t really know what to do next. Sure, they’re going to have to deal with various attacks, but he’s finished 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’s done that. This sets up his call to adventure in season 2.”
More to come…
Source: EW
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history for the very first time. Set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power will explore a time in the franchise where kingdoms rose and fell, where The One Ring itself was forged and tells the tale of the rise of the greatest foe in the Lord of the Rings Franchise, the Dark Lord Sauron. Beginning in a time of peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of familiar and new characters as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil in Middle-earth. From the depths of the Misty Mountains to the forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, The Rings of Power promises to condense the extended works of Tolkien in a condensed but all-encompassing TV show format. The first season of The Rings of Power began airing exclusively on Prime Video on September 2, 2022
- Cast
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Morfydd Clark
, Ismael Cruz Cordova
, Charlie Vickers
, Markella Kavenagh
, Megan Richards
, Sara Zwangobani
, Daniel Weyman
, Cynthia Addai-Robinson
, Lenny Henry
, Lloyd Owen
, Nazanin Boniadi
, Dylan Smith
, Alex Tarrant
, Tyroe Muhafidin
, Robert Aramayo
, Geoff Morrell
, Thusitha Jayasundera
, Maxine Cunliffe - Release Date
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September 1, 2022
- Seasons
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2
- Network
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Amazon Prime Video
- Streaming Service(s)
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Amazon Prime Video
- Franchise(s)
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The Lord of the Rings
- Writers
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Patrick McKay
, John D. Payne
, J.R.R. Tolkien
, Justin Doble
, Jason Cahill
, Gennifer Hutchison
, Stephany Folsom
, Nicholas Adams - Directors
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J.A. Bayona
, Sanaa Hamri - Showrunner
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John D. Payne
, Patrick McKay
, Louise Hooper
, Charlotte Brändström
, Wayne Yip
