COLLIDER: Charlie, is it true blondes have more fun?
CHARLIE VICKERS: Oh, yeah!
In Sauron’s world, maybe he was having more fun because he was being more Sauron.
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I had an amazing time this season.
It’s been awesome.
On a more serious note, the Season 2 opener fleshes out a lot more about who Sauron is.
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Did that help you put together a fuller image [of him] in your head?
VICKERS: It was incredibly useful in giving me more of a backstory for him.
You have the text, you have everything that happens.
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
It’s like, Was the repentance genuine?
It gave it a little more context to the earlier parts of the first season.
MORFYDD CLARK: I think it redeemed Galadriel a bit to see that hed chosen [this].
She didn’t open up all his darkness, but she doesnt know that, unfortunately.
VICKERS: I didnt know that.
VICKERS: Each with their own intention.
I agree with that.I think it adds more weight to the ending.
If they were just hanging out all the time, it removes the epicness of the final confrontation.
Was there anything that emerged between rehearsal and cameras rolling that took either of you by surprise?
So,they were in this kind of dance.
It’s really fun as an actor to do those things without words.
I think it’s when I say the line, Not all of it.
You say, Was it part of your illusion?
And I say, Not all of it.
And I think that was kind of northern, and then I transform into Halbrand.
But she’s redeemed herself.
“I wanted to find this emptiness within that performance.”
It gives her pause.
Maybe she even lowers her defenses for a second.
She wasn’t following the rules of her people at that point.
VICKERS: Thats a really good point.
She’s got to find some sort of wolf inside of her and keep fighting.
VICKERS: And she kicks him.
CLARK: [Laughs] She does.
VICKERS: A roundhouse kick.
Was that you taking that kick, Charlie, or was that someone else?
VICKERS: I think that might have been Jonny [James] who took the kick.
But you still kicked him, didnt you?
CLARK: Yes, which… this part of stunts I find really terrifying.
When I came into this, I was like, And it’s all just smoke and mirrors?
And they’re like, No, you’re going to kick me a lot.
What?Actuallydo it?
It’s amazing to watch them.
you’ve got the option to’t just be this evil, dastardly character.
“It was really nice to have her truly being blindsided by what he did.”
Even with the gift of foresight, they will continue to be surprised.
It was really nice to have hertrulybeing blindsided by what he did.
VICKERS: The character is so interesting, and Sam is so nice, as well.
He’s the opposite, and I always think that’s amazing to see him do that.
You get to see him being quite sexy for a while, as well.
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[Laughs] That’s true.
Just to wrap up, let’s talk about your characters respective mindsets on the outcome of this fight.
As you previously mentioned, Morfydd, the door is shut.
That feels like where Galadriel’s head is at before plunging off the cliff.
In terms of where they emerge from this fight, whats Galadriels perspective on Sauron after this?
Where are they now, heading into Season 3?
This idea of only being good because you’re free to succeed is gone from her now.
VICKERS: I think he doesn’t value Middle-earth.
I think he underestimates Galadriel.
Also, I thinkit just really reaffirms he hates the Elves.
Theyre like an annoying fly that’s still there in the ointment he’s trying to crush.
CLARK: He doesn’t see them as rational.
That’s the thing.
And it’sthese things that he can’t fully understand because of who he is.
That defeat is not an option for Sauron.
Both seasons ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerare available to stream on Prime Video.
