Summary
- J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay tease that a classic Tolkien character could appear in
The Rings of Power
. - Characters like Glorfindel could show up in a planned five-season run.
- Celeborn will make a return in the show, hinting at a significant power dynamic shift for Galadriel.
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay have teased the appearance of another classic Tolkien character cut from the Peter Jackson movies. In the lead-up to The Rings of Power season 2 debut, it has already been revealed that the Prime Video show will introduce Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil. A pivotal character in Tolkien’s original Lord of the Rings, his character was one of several whose appearance was notably absent from Jackson’s critically acclaimed movie adaptations.
During a recent panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Screen Rant attended, Payne and McKay were quizzed about the possibility of another character from the books appearing in their show, namely the Elf Lord Glorfindel. Suggesting that “50 hours is a long time” to tell a story, the showrunners hinted that a lot of surprising characters will show up throughout the show’s planned five-season run. They also teased the return of Galadriel’s missing husband, Celeborn. Check out their comments below:
The answer is yes. 50 hours is a long time, we have a long story to tell so there’s room for a lot of surprising people to show up. Celeborn will be back, don’t worry.
Originally intended to be the character who bore a wounded Frodo to Rivendell, his role was replaced by Liv Tyler’s Arwen in the movies.
Glorfindel Could Become One Of Ring of Power’s Most Important Characters
The Elf Lord’s Absence From The Peter Jackson Films Was Disappointing For Many.
Potentially representing one of Sauron’s most dangerous adversaries, with any luck, the Prime Video show will finally give the Elf Lord his proper dues and give him the kind of focus denied to him in Jackson’s own
Lord of the Rings
trilogy.
While Jackson’s decision to swap Glordfindel’s pivotal book moment for Arwen may have been disappointing for some fans, some theories suggest that his character may not have been entirely absent from his movie adaptations. A common fan theory suggests that one of the nameless Elves who accompany Elrond to Aragorn’s coronation in Return of the King is indeed the missing Elf Lord, but this all-too-brief appearance is unfitting for one of Tolkien’s most important and powerful characters.
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Hopefully, however, Glorfindel’s promised appearance in The Rings of Power could rectify this oversight and reveal the character’s true potential. Originally slain in battle with a Balrog during the First Age, Glorfindel’s spirit would later be returned to Middle-earth by the god-like Valar and granted the same powers possessed by the Maiar, such as Sauron and Gandalf. It was even Glorfindel, who first gave voice to the pivotal prophecy that the Witch King of Angmar could be killed by no man, a prophecy eventually fulfilled by Miranda Otto’s Éowyn in Return of the King.
With this kind of backstory in mind, when Payne and McKay do finally introduce a resurrected Glorfindel into The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, it will likely shift the show’s power dynamic significantly. Potentially representing one of Sauron’s most dangerous adversaries, with any luck, the Prime Video show will finally give the Elf Lord his proper dues and give him the kind of focus denied to him in Jackson’s own Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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
- 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
- September 1, 2022
- Seasons
- 1
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
- Writers
- Patrick McKay , John D. Payne , J.R.R. Tolkien , Justin Doble , Jason Cahill , Gennifer Hutchison , Stephany Folsom , Nicholas Adams
- Directors
- J.A. Bayona , Sanaa Hamri
- Showrunner
- John D. Payne , Patrick McKay , Louise Hooper , Charlotte Brändström , Wayne Yip
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