Robert Aramayo as a war-dirtied Elrond in The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 7
All the coy comments in the world couldn't prepare us for this. Maybe you went into The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 hoping that Galadriel and Sauron would put aside their differences — or not — and give in to that simmering tension between them with a smooch, or perhaps you found yourself hoping the fragile alliance between Galadriel and Adar might blossom into something more.
"I think that's how it begins, but then also it's a goodbye as well. This is very, very likely the last time he’s going to see her, and she's very dear to him. So, it's a really emotional moment, and it's a goodbye, I would say. We talked a lot about it and everyone had lots of ideas about how they wanted to do it and we went with this. The intimacy coordinator came up with the shape of it.
For Aramayo, a fan of Tolkein lore, understanding the reasoning behind the kiss — freeing Galadriel, keeping the ring from Adar, and also getting the chance to say goodbye to his friend — made the moment less shocking, and more interesting from a character perspective. As he told Lane:
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