The Rings of power solid already knows The Stranger’s true id and which ones are taking part in Sauron.
Talking solely to TheTechnicalBuddy after The Rings of power episode 6 aired, Morfydd Clark – who performs Galadriel – hinted that the Prime Video presents solid know solutions to the excessive fantasy sequence’ two greatest mysteries. Unsurprisingly, although, Clark wasn’t forthcoming with additional clues as to which character Sauron is masquerading as, or who Daniel Weyman’s highly effective Stranger is.
Requested if any members of the solid are aware of the solutions about The Rings of power’s greatest secrets and techniques, a wry smiling Clark teased: “Possibly. The attention-grabbing factor about Sauron is he is a form in every single place. He can creep into anybody’s thoughts, as a result of he is despair and doubt.”
Ever since The Rings of power’s first teaser dropped online in February, diehard Lord of the Rings followers and extra informal viewers have posited theories about The Stranger’s true id. Moreover, many have contemplated which of the sequence’s 22 fundamental characters is Sauron in disguise.
Weyman’s Stranger, who crash-landed on Center-earth in a meteor within the Prime Video present’s opening episode, has displayed magical and harmful talents all through The Rings of power season 1. Subsequently, many followers have steered that The Stranger have to be a wizard, with the most probable possibility being that he is Gandalf. That is down to his burgeoning relationship with the Harfoots, considered one of three precursor Hobbit races.
It is the id of Sauron, although, that is stored in the rumour mill stepping into current weeks. Followers have steered that anybody from Joseph Mawle’s Adar, who lastly debuted in The Rings of power episode 3, to Charlie Vickers’ Halbrand, and even The Stranger himself as the person who Sauron is masquerading as.
Curiously, it is not simply those watching Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV present who mentioned which solid member was taking part in Sauron. Tyrone Muhafidin, who portrays Theo, solely instructed TheTechnicalBuddy that the present’s solid additionally tried to unravel the Sauron thriller earlier than they began receiving official scripts.
“Again in January 2020, once we’d solely been given the primary two scripts, Markella [Kavenagh], Nazanin [Boniadi] and I bought collectively for dinner and to play some Monopoly,” Muhafidin mentioned. “About midway by taking part in, we simply stopped the sport and began arising with loopy theories. Markella mentioned ‘Oh, what if Charlie is Sauron? What if Theo is Sauron?’, so I jokingly replied ‘What if Nori is Sauron?’.
“Each time we bought a brand new script, we learn by to seek out who it was. So we went by what the followers are at the moment going by, only a yr or two earlier. Now we’re attending to see the followers have the identical theories and it has been attention-grabbing to look at.”
With simply two extra episodes of The Rings of power’s first season left, audiences might be hoping that considered one of these two mysteries is resolved. If both are, it will be a protracted anticipate potential solutions in season 2. Amazon Studios has renewed the TV present for an additional outing and, as Robert Aaramyo – who performs Elrond – instructed TheTechnicalBuddy in September, filming is predicted to start someday within the subsequent month or two.
“We might be filming very quickly,” Clark confirmed when TheTechnicalBuddy requested a replacement on when principal images would begin. “I am enthusiastic about that as a result of it is going be so good to get again with the solid and to get to know a brand new crew.”
For extra on The Rings of power, try our unique chat with its showrunners and VFX producer about how that explosive episode 6 ending was dropped at life. Alternatively, discover out why the present’s creators are simply as confused about Lord of the Rings’ new homeowners are you’re, or learn our spoiler-free assessment of the sequence’s first two episodes. You understand, should you’re taking part in atoning for it.
