While it’s going to be a while before audiences get to return to Middle Earth with Prime Video’sLord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, that doesn’t mean we’ll be entirely without news while we wait for theseries to return in 2024. Today, the team behind the hit fantasy series announced that stars of stage and screenCiarán Hinds, Rory KinnearandTanya Moodiewill be joining the massive ensemble cast, in recurring roles for Season 2.
Veteran actor Hinds is known to audiences around the world for his roles onRome,Game of Thrones, and more recently Netflix’sTreason. In the world of film, he was recently nominated for an Academy Award forBelfast, directed byKenneth Brannagh. His earlier film work includes a variety of stories and genres, and includesTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,Silence,Zack Snyder’s Justice League, andPersuasion.
Kinnear can currently be seen onOur Flag Means Death, and has also appeared onBlack Mirror, andPenny Dreadful, and film audiences will recognize him from theDaniel CraigJames Bond filmswhere he played the role of Bill Tanner. For his theater work, Kinnear has won two Olivier awards, most recently for playing Iago in the National Theatre’s 2013 staging ofOthello.
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Moodie’s earlier work exists largely in the theater space. She boasts two Olivier nominations, and appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Society production ofHamlet.However, she also has an extensive television resumé, appearing inA Discovery of Witches, The Man Who Fell To Earth, andSherlock.
Season 2 ofRings of Powerwent into productionin October, and in a change from the first season, moved production from New Zealand — whereThe Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit trilogies were both filmed —to the UK. The new season will see Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) reeling from the revelation that Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) was actuallySauron all along. Meanwhile, Nori (Markella Kavenaugh) andThe Stranger (Daniel Weyman)have headed out on adventure, and the people of the Southlands are recovering from the erruption of Mount Doom that destroyed their home. With so many moving parts in play, it will be interesting to see how Hinds, Kinnear and Moodie fit into things in Season 2.
The trio are not the only new faces joining the massive cast, asGabriel Akuwudike, Yasen ‘Zates’ Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, andNicholas Woodesonare also set to appear, along withSam Hazeldine, who will take over the role of Adar fromJoseph Mawle.They join returning cast membersCynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Leon WadhamandSara Zwangobani.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 is currently in production with no set release date. Check out our interview with Clark and Vickers below:
