The rings of power Star Charles Edwards has revealed how a five-hour crash course in ring-making confirmed he was playing the character in the right way.
Speaking to TechRadar ahead of The rings of power Following the release of season 2 on Prime Video, Edwards confirmed that he spent an intense afternoon learning about metallurgy and jewelry making to further delve into his character.
That tutorial, led by Kristie Rickwood, gave Edwards a greater sense of appreciation not only for the “intricate” and “detailed” work that goes into crafting rings and other jeweled trinkets, but also for the “forensic” manner in which her jewelry is crafted. The Lord of the Rings The character acts. After all, as the legendary but flawed elven smith who creates the 17 rings of the title (13 of which he forges alongside Sauron in his guise as Annatar), Celebrimbor plays an integral role in the Second Age and the entire history of Middle-earth.
“It helped me tremendously,” Edwards admitted when I asked how his experience making rings influenced his approach to Celebrimbor in the second season of Amazon’s high-fantasy show. “And I’m really glad I did that because what it showed me was how… I mean, I always had this vision of the character anyway, that he wasn’t a hunk with a hammer, but much more forensic and detailed.
“I've always seen it as a kind of jeweler who spends a lot of time leaning or hunched over a workbench. So when I had this lesson, that's exactly what I felt and it made me realize how intricate and delicate all of this work is. Kristie came with all the tools she thought would be appropriate for our world. [and some] “They're very old practice methods and I really enjoyed it. It shaped me enormously. I felt like it confirmed to me that this was how I wanted to play it or wanted it to be and, yeah, that's exactly how he would have worked, so I was happy with that.”
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Of course, as The rings of power In the season 1 finale, Sauron (who was at the time posing as the so-called outcast king of the Southlands, Halbrand) was not present when Celebrimbor created the three Elven rings. However, for reasons I won't reveal here, Celebrimbor and Halbrand are reunited in season 2, despite Galadriel's warning to Celebrimbor (in season 1 episode 8) that Halbrand was no longer someone the elves could trust. Inevitably, that leads to Sauron replacing Halbrand (via some dark magic) with his new alias Annatar, the apparent “Lord of Gifts”, which forces Celebrimbor to create more of the titular rings.
Being the master manipulator that he is, Annatar knows which buttons to push for Celebrimbor in order to persuade him to forge more magical artefacts. The key to this is that Celebrimbor feels inadequate to Fëanor, his grandfather and arguably the greatest elven smith who ever lived. Coupled with Celebrimbor's insatiable desire to create something as famous as Fëanor's various works, plus the fact that Celebrimbor doesn't know if (spoiler alert) the elven rings worked their magic and saved the elven race, it's not long before Sauron/Annatar is pulling Celebrimbor's strings.
“A lot of it has to do with pride,” Edwards admitted, “but Celebrimbor doesn't know what happened to the Elven rings either. Halbrand taunts him and taunts him with that information, and that's how they end up working together again.”
Between now and launch day, I'll be covering the second season of one of Prime Video's best shows in much more detail, including plenty of details about the dynamic between Celebrimbor (Edwards) and Sauron/Halbrand/Annatar (Charlie Vickers). So stay tuned to TechRadar for more information when I have it.
