Charles Edwards loves learning TLOR facts from fans

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Charles Edwards fans who want to give him a Lord of the Rings education  Lord Celembribor himself, Charles Edwards is looking forward to really getting stuck into J.R.R. Tolkien’s story in Season 2 of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.    The cast and crew of ‘The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power’ were attending the Season 2 World Premiere at the BFI Southbank in London. The first three episodes of the new season launches on Prime Video on Friday August 29th, 2024.  Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00This is a large, large red carpet. I know you've been on many yourself over the years.

00:07It is a large one.

00:08How does this compare? How does Rings of Power, Lord of the Rings, compare to, say, The Crown,

00:12to Townsend Abbey?

00:13Well, for a start, this one's a gold carpet. Well, they say it's gold. It's actually yellow.

00:17I thought that too.

00:18But I'm not saying that in front of the Amazon people. It's gold-esque. Look, it's a colossal

00:24show, this. And at every turn, we are reminded of that, particularly at times like this.

00:31Certainly on set, because the sets are second to none, it's an extraordinary place to work,

00:35extraordinarily generous place to work. Anything you could want as an actor is there for you

00:41in terms of props, scenery, all those things, costume. So it is a big deal. And I'm very

00:48proud to be part of it.

00:50I guess in the last two years since it's come out in season one, have you had a moment of

00:55realisation when it comes to the fan reaction? Because millions of people watch this show.

00:59Millions of people speculate about what's going to happen next online and everything.

01:02Are you privy to those kind of chats online?

01:04No, I don't. I'm not. I would either just never get off it again, or I don't know. I've

01:11never gone down those rabbit holes. But I am aware of the people, particularly when

01:17we meet fans. It's very different when you actually meet people face-to-face. At

01:20San Diego Comic-Con, for example, we do many events with fans in person, which is always

01:26really gratifying and provoking and interesting, because these guys know a hell of a lot more

01:31than I ever will about the source. So it's always very, very gratifying to meet these

01:38people.

01:38Do you enjoy getting the education, I guess, from the fans who know every single little

01:42detail?

01:43Yeah, I do. I do enjoy it. But obviously sometimes you can't fulfil that for whatever

01:47reason. But I love knowing as much detail as there can be possible to know. I mean,

01:52we're doing Tolkien. You've got to know your stuff.

01:55Let's set the scene for season two. Where do we find your character? And tell us about

01:59the arc he goes on without spoiling anything, if we can.

02:01Yes, well, we've seen him. He's met Halbrand once in season one, and they've worked

02:07together. Then Halbrand goes. Celebrimbor never knows where or why. Galadriel has told

02:14them never to talk to this guy again. However, Halbrand shows up at Celebrimbor's city

02:20at the beginning of season two. Celebrimbor lets him in because he's intrigued by him.

02:24And he knows he's been told that he shouldn't see him. But something in him wants to

02:28ignore that, because he's feeling a bit fed up with all the other elves, because he feels

02:31a bit adrift and ignored. So he's a little bit, you know, gets a bit haughty and does

02:35his own thing. And then they forge this relationship, the two of them, which takes them through

02:40all kinds of twisty, turny, dark, scary places.

02:44We'll hear some twisty, turny, dark, scary places coming up this season. Can you tell

02:48us about what you are most excited for fans to see? An episode, a scene, a moment of yourself

02:53that you can't wait for the fan reaction for?

02:54We have been waiting to tell this story, the story of the forging of the reins with Sauron

02:59and Celebrimbor, since we got the jobs four years ago. And I sense that a lot of fans

03:06are waiting to see that story too. Season one was all about world building, introducing

03:11characters, and there are many, many of them. A lot of people know Tolkien, a lot of people

03:15don't know Tolkien. So all that work was very necessary and thorough. However, now we can

03:20start telling the Tolkien canon stories, which I think people are going to be very pleased

03:25to see.

03:26If that doesn't whet your appetite, I don't know what will.

03:28I hope it does.

03:29Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate you. Have a good night.

03:31No worries.

03:31Enjoy yourself. Thanks a lot.

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