For the past two seasons, Morfydd Clark and Charlie Vickers have played nearly different roles due to the earth-shattering changes in Middle Earth. Vickers had a new approach in playing Sauron as he adopts a new persona, the elf Annatar, away from the human he portrayed in season one with Halbrand. While Clark, she had to approach Galadriel differently as the evil Sauron revealed his face, and she must enter into her dark mind over the rings.
Here is the official description of season two:
In season two of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without an army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will. Building on Season One's epic scope and ambition, the new season plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity. Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots...as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all...each other.
LRM Online's Gig Patta chatted with the two lead stars, Morfydd Clark and Charlie Vickers, about the changes in their roles for the series from season one to season two.
Morfydd Clark started her career in theater with Blodeuwedd, Violence and Son, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Romeo and Juliet. In 2017, she starred in Interlude In Prague and The Man Who Invented Christmas. Later, she speared in Crawl, The Personal History of David Copperfield, and Eternal Beauty. In the psychological horror Saint Maud, she was recognized for her role with a nomination with the 2020 British Independent Film Awards, nominated for the 2021 BAFTA Rising Star Award, and won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award.
Charlie Vickers starred in eight episodes of the Netflix series Medici as the youngest son of the Pazzi family. He starred in the comedy-drama Palm Beach and also the thriller Death on Shoreditch. Last year, he starred in the miniseries adaptation of the Holly Ringland novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two is currently streaming on Prime Video.
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