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sa is obviously such an iconic figure in Tolen law this season we're going to get to see saon out in the open making everything happen who is this man he is no man he's [Music] so hello everybody and welcome to the show I am joined by two actors whose characters couldn't be more opposite welcome Benjamin Walker who plays High King G galled and Charlie Vickers AKA Sauron nice thank you Benjamin how did it feel to put these elf ears back on it feels like coming home I know it sounds goony but we are such a nice group of people and we've known each other so long that bringing the band back together is a a breath of fresh air here we are back in Lindon and one of the great things about a new season is having new characters and Brilliant actors to portray them like this one Mr B Daniels hello a lot happens in the first season but the second season it really feels like the gloves come off and if you know the source material you know we got a lot of ground to cover Charlie what was it like for you stepping back into hbr shoes now that your true identity is out there it's a pretty special feeling I mean for me it's quite different because I'm sort of coming back as almost a different character yeah there's that sequence that spans many years showing Sauron recovering from adar's betrayal rebuilding his physical form and finally intersecting with gadil in the flashback to season 1 what did you think about that being like the opening when they first pitched me the idea I think they called it a blob and it's not it's not really a blob it's more like a collection of worms to have that whole prologue bit tell the backstory of Sauron was really special to see but it's also like the characteristics of it are kind of beautiful dark Sinister and vicious did you have a movement coach when you were the morming blob oh yeah yeah it took me many you know many many weeks training that the thing that I always was trying to do was just to try to play every moment genuine with Hal brand and everything else was kind of there in the writing because if you're kind of winking at the camera or like twirling your mustache you start to think oh there's something going on here but it's I like that on second rewatch you can see that there's layers to it you pushed me to Heights that no one else could have I will never forget that and I'll see to her than no one else does either saon left gadal behind but she was really his partner in a lot of ways I mean even in my mind I'm like oh there was a genuine connection between you and galadrial but it was there it's always mind games with you I think any person that he works with is all his own benefit so he worked with gadriel because I think he thought that she could give him something she could provide him a lightness to his Darkness you know we joke about his most basic form of The Blob yeah but he's parasitic and that like anything that comes by if he can use it he's going to take it elron just informed me your companion this haland was not who he claimed yet you chose to withhold this from him and calab bribor who is this man he so go valid handles galadriel's Revelation that Hal Brandt is saur in a really awesome way it's kind of like this throat noise like this before it it I'm actually saying an elvish word I want people to start using it I use I use it how do you think that Revelation changes your character's Dynamic with gadriel I mean they just keep messing up you can only tell people what they should do so many times Well elbron takes the ring and does that okay what's great is that everyone has a point of view and it's Justified there's nobody who's really in the wrong it's just a very complicated situation when it's first created you don't actually know what it is it's like Oppenheimer you've created something that you don't fully understand and so it is that complicated and dangerous and it's why he's so cranky all the time cranky but bring brooding Gil get oh go did you look that up on the Internet no um it was sent to me we don't have to talk about what me I'd rather not the light of the Eldar has faded coals too long removed from the Hearth you had a song in this episode you were actually quite amazing are you a trained singer yeah I'm I'm a song and dance man when I saw that our high King was going to sing in Elvish to Mark the moment where his people are leaving Middle Earth I'm not sure if there's a more Tolan thing to do at that [Music] moment the song is a funeral durge and it's that kind of a song about the passing of time and loss at this point we're kind of accepting Doom we have to leave and return to B and abandon Middle Earth to its own devices it's Unique because it's an Elish that's the first for me but bear wrote the music and leth mcferson our voice and speech genius so I mean I felt really [Music] supported when the set design is so vast how immersive does a scene like that feel for you is it easier or harder to act I think it's easier I think that's the beauty of working on something like this because there's so many hours of craftsmanship and so much dedication put in from the crew you get to walk onto these sets that just do half the job for you this one turned itself in Lord father can you talk about some of those scenes at the camp one of them comes to mind when Sauron has his face in the dirt I remember it really well we were in a tiny little set where you could hardly stand up and I had the chain around my neck was like a proper chain that when I lie down I remember we did a few variations of it with Charlotte because I say I to serve a lot of M in that moment Adar thinks oh sweet yeah he's wearing legance to me but I'm like no it's actually a bit of an oversight from Adar really yeah he took his eye off the ball but there is something yeah where I think that and Sam and I spent a long time talking about it where there's almost an acknowledgement that Adar knows that Hal brand is Salon because in the opening scene you see their relationship and there there's almost this kind of super natural connection between them that they must understand each other on another level you can't kill me in time you will beg me to do you feel bad that you got everybody to crush on you as Hal brand and now you've revealed yourself to be absolutely the worst do you feel guilty at all yeah but there's still think that's a good lesson to learn be careful don't get sucked in by Pretty Faces well thank you so much both of you for joining us can't wait to see where your characters go on through season 2 yeah thank you so much thanks guys thanks everyone that's it for this episode seven more epic episodes of the Rings of power to go and here on inside the rings of power more inside information and special guests I can't wait join us again after you watch the next episode of the Rings of power on Prime video this is only the beginning [Music] [Music]