ring of powerSauron’s return keeps the focus of Season 2’s story firmly on Sauron, especially now that he’s well-known in Middle-earth after playing Halbrand in Season 1. But in doing so, it gives the show a chance to show us what it really means for the Dark Lord to transform himself into a new form…in both expected and unexpected ways.
ring of power Season two begins with a bit of a sideways step. Or rather, one step Backleading up to the climax of the First Age and the defeat of Morgoth, we watched as Adar and Sauron attempted to rally the remnants of Morgoth’s dark forces to accept a new leader. On top of that, in this flashback, Sauron is played not by Charlie Vickers, but by Jack Lowden… as we get to watch him get pissed off, slaughtered by orcs, and killed as he fights to survive Go through horrific, sticky transformations as you seek a new body.
“We thought it would help you understand how he sees himself and what he’s endured, and also maybe allow you to look at season 1 through a different prism and see it through his eyes,” showrunner Patrick Mai said. Kai told io9 at a recent press conference. “To see what he was after in a new way. It felt like a good starting point.
As we mentioned, part of this is that we see Sauron in an evil form we’ve never seen before: after being attacked by Adar and the orcs, Sauron’s body transformed into a gooey, gooey mess Black pieces of flesh, devouring everything. Albrand.
“We spent a lot of time and fun designing this puddle creature, which we call his most evil and purest form, who must crawl back from murder and betrayal… We looked at strange viruses and bacteria, like… …something you want. cannot Kill,” McKay continued. “Carrion, a painting by Francis Bacon. It’s one of the real joys of the season.
Even though Weeks doesn’t actually play the amorphous black sphere he comes from, opening the season with Sauron’s personal history has been a huge boon for the actor. “Revisiting Halbrand from the beginning [First] age, and seeing his journey in the prologue, it was really worth it. Because honestly, that’s one of the reasons for doing work like this…it answers a lot of questions for me. Vickers reflects on this opening. “It’s been very rewarding to really go through this process and get it out of my system and say, ‘Now we’re doing it, now we’re doing Annatar.'” We’re very lucky that this is all in chronological order , and all our scenes [between Vickers and Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor] Also in chronological order.
But as Weeks points out, the black goo’s transformation into Harbrand’s light isn’t the only transformation we’ll see from Sauron in the opening episodes of the season. After managing to slowly return to the orbit of Eregion and Celebrimbor, despite Galadriel’s decree that no Elf should ever be treated as “Harbrand” again, Sauron made his big move , revealing to the Elf Forger that he is not who he says he is. In an instant, Halbrand’s affable humanity was twisted, and he became distant and empathetic… before stepping into the fire of Celebrimbor’s forge and being reborn as Anatar, the Lord of Gifts, a The beautiful elf form left Celebrimbor in awe.
“It all happened on one day,” Vickers said of filming Anantar’s reveal scene. “We have Halbrand [of the scene]then I went to change my clothes and then did the forging work. It was so cool to experience that. But I remember the top of the scene, and it felt really special, like these two characters were meeting again, and that question – ‘Does the ring work?’
Edwards’s increasingly doomed character Celebrimbor also has an elf-craftsman-like awe in that moment. “It was an amazing day, photographing those forged things…the flames and everything. You read about it on paper, but you don’t know how it’s going to shoot, you know? They had this huge The camera runs in a line along the ceiling of the entire set, but its scope and scale are extraordinary. “
he continued. “I remember watching from the side of the stage and we were watching Charles perform this shot – because it was all a one-shot, and the fire comes and you knock this thing over – it was amazing. All of that combined, it’s the craft level,” Vickers added. “I think I asked Patrick [McKay] At the end of the day, I said, “Well, what do you think?” and he said, “It’s a miracle.” I think it all worked out, and the Anata thing worked out, and everyone was very Delight, this is truly a miracle.
Well, everyone except the denizens of Middle-earth, it seems, because the workings of Sauron’s Anatar thing mean that terrible times are only going to get scarier. ring of power Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.
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