It’s going to be some time till we return to Center Earth now that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy has completed it’s second season. With ‘Shadow and Flame,’ which aired on October third, we noticed the free peoples of Center Earth wrestle in opposition to the forces of darkness. Nicely, one power. Sauron. And if there’s something that we discovered from the season 2 finale it’s that this Darkish Lord isn’t taking place with out taking everybody with him.
Fangirlish acquired an opportunity to talk with Charlie Vickers, our very personal Sauron about taking part in one of the vital beloved, or hated, villains in fantasy literature. We talked about combating in opposition to Galadriel, that one lonely man tear we will’t cease fascinated about, and the way killing Celebrimbor remains to be certainly one of his favourite moments of the season 2 finale. (Sorry Charles Edwards, we love you but it surely was time so that you can go.)
On the subject of Galadriel, there’s been a palpable rigidity between her and Sauron. She after all has been looking him as a result of he’s an important evil, led to her brother’s loss of life, and is a tempting power that pulls her to the darkish facet. In ‘Shadow and Flame’ we lastly acquired to see Galadriel confront Sauron after looking him all season lengthy. And for somebody who has been the epitome of poise and style as Annatar, coming head to head cracks him open and sees Sauron lose it.
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For Vickers, Sauron unleashes his rage and tries to kill Galadriel as a result of his she actually kicked him throughout the face with the face that she’s not falling for his tempting supply. “He underestimated her once more. And he tried once more to say, “You might’ve joined me. The door remains to be open.” After which she says, “The door is shut.” And I feel the ultimate rejection enrages him and that she’s stronger than he anticipated, but once more.”
It goes again to one of many key tenants of Sauron as effectively. One, that for villains like him, is all the time his downfall. Hubris. Vickers went on to clarify, “I feel [Sauron] has quite a lot of vanity and hubris. And for that to be thrown again into his face, fairly actually, he will get booted throughout the face by her, and it sends him proper over the top. He goes to attempt to kill her in that second.”
Sauron’s relationship to Galadriel isn’t the one bond for Sauron that’s explored within the season 2 finale of The Rings of Energy. He confirmed his rage to Galadriel, however he additionally confirmed it Celebrimbor, albeit a extra restrained kind of anger. Celebrimbor faces off in opposition to Sauron, not giving him something in the case of the situation of the 9 rings for the people. And this angers Sauron and leads Celebrimbor to be shot with a number of arrows and eventually killed with a spear.
For Vickers, he looks like Sauron misplaced “an important companion in craft, somebody that he may’ve used eternally and somebody he admired. A revered smith.” However it’s additionally a rage at himself in that second that leads him to do the issues he does. “His eyes are fairly actually burning as a result of it’s been thrown again into his face, this title of The Lord of the Rings. The rings are controlling you. And he’s been defeated on this second as a result of he wants Celebrimbor alive to seek out out the place the 9 rings are. And he’s sort of been like defeated in that sense that Celebrimbor has sort of coaxed him into killing him.”
His eyes burning ties again to the tear that Sauron sheds for Celebrimbor. His eyes are actually burning with fireplace and it’s all this emotion popping out in that second as a result of he’s shedding management. That’s Charlie Vickers sentiment. Not mine because the interviewer. And that tear, it wasn’t deliberate in any respect. Vickers stated, “I feel the shedding the tear wasn’t a deliberate factor in any means. It was simply one thing that occurred once I was doing it. And typically this stuff are inexplicable if you’re appearing.”
The ugly loss of life of Celebrimbor is oddly sufficient, Vickers favourite scene of season 2. Why? As he defined: “I feel it’s as a result of it takes you to so many locations.” And he’s not speaking about as an actor. He’s speaking about it as a personality and since it’s canonical for The Lord of the Rings. “It goes from like torture. I’m torturing him and he fights again after which he has this superb speech. After which I get offended and it makes me replicate upon myself and there’s violence. I feel however overarching it was concerning the canon. It was canonical. Like, filling his physique with arrows. And that’s one thing that’s within the books and is like an iconic picture. After which impaling him on the spear and hoisting him into the air was very cool to do.”
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In addition to the loss of life of Celebrimbor, Vickers additionally loved seeing his fellow forged mates strive their hand at pretending to be him in The Rings of Energy season 2 episode 8 ‘Shadow and Flame.’ Vickers stated, “It was cool seeing Morfydd [Clark] doing her greatest impression of me. After which Charlie [Charles Edwards] doing the identical factor.”
And for Vickers, he hadn’t seen them tackle the character of Sauron till a season 2 finale particular screening of the present. He was a bit busy remodeling from a a lot beloved model of himself. “Whereas they have been doing these bits, I used to be off-set altering from Halbrand again to Annatar, which takes ages. So I hadn’t seen them. I noticed them final evening [at the screening] for the primary time. And it’s humorous. I’m gonna discuss to Morfydd about her impression of me. It was good however there’s a number of changes she may make.” It’s essential to notice, that he completely lit up whereas speaking about his forged mate. And the character they play.
Hopefully season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy offers extra of the forged an opportunity to play Sauron. As a result of if it was enjoyable for the forged and viewers, why not do it once more? As for the phobia that this Darkish Lord goes to trigger, the free folks’s of Center Earth higher buck up and get it collectively. That is solely the start of what this evil goes to do your properties. And for those who don’t band collectively, you’ll by no means make it out alive. For a few of you throughout the ocean…it may be too late for you anyway…
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy seasons 1 and a pair of can be found on Prime Video.