and Patrick are as passionate as any fan about Tolkien, and they have really considered long and hard the decisions that they've made about the show, and immersed themselves so completely in his works that I think that they are doing a wonderful honor to Tolkien and to his world.' Treating Tolkien's Middle Earth With 'Respect'Įlrond star Robert Aramayo shared his hope that viewers who may feel some trepidation towards returning to Middle Earth onscreen will give the show a chance. Sara Zwangobani, who portrays Harfoot Marigold Brandyfoot, concurred with her co-stars as she said of the showrunners: 'I think that J. Maxim Baldry, who plays Isildur, added: 'They have an encyclopaedic knowledge, they're the two best people for the job.'

and Patrick are, and have been for many years, deeply obsessed with Tolkien.' 'But the thing that's wonderful about Tolkien is that his world is so defined and so rich, and he wrote so much, that every kind of new character is written from pages and pages and thousands of words of what this world is. Morfydd Clark, who portrays Galadriel, said: 'It's been really interesting to have the merging of the canon characters with the new characters they've created. This meant that there was room for Payne and McKay to add to Tolkien's world by introducing new characters and expanding upon the blueprint set out by the fantasy author decades ago. The Rings of Poweris set in the Second Age of Middle Earth, thousands of years before The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, and is a period that Tolkien did not write about as extensively as the First and Third Ages. Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.' The actor spoke to Newsweek alongside the cast about expanding on Tolkien's work.

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