Rings of Power season 2 opened with a trio of episodes that gave us some new sides to Sauron, in some cases quite literally.
has put the spotlight of its season two story firmly on Sauron, especially now that he’s made himself known to Middle-earth after slumming it as Halbrand. But in doing so, it gave the show a chance to show us just what it actually means for the Dark Lord to transform himself into new form… in ways expected and unexpected.and Morgoth’s defeat, as we witness Adar and Sauron attempt to rally the remnants of Morgoth’s dark forces to accept a new leader.
Part of that, as we mentioned, was getting to glimpse a vile form we’ve never seen Sauron in before: after he’s attacked by Adar and the orcs, Sauron’s body transforms into a goopy, stringy mass of black flesh, devouring anything and everything it can get its tendrils on as it climbs its way out from the darkest depths and back into Middle-earth, where a feast on a passing human allows him to finally transform into the man we knew as Halbrand.
Although Vickers did not actually play the amorphous black glob that he came from, opening the season with Sauron’s personal history was a huge boon for the actor. “Revisiting Halbrand at the beginning, right from the beginning of the Age, and seeing his journey in the prologue, that was really rewarding. Because to be honest, it’s one of the things about working in something like this… it answered a lot of questions for me.” Vickers reflected on the opening.
He continued. “I remember watching from side stage, we were watching Charles do the sequence—because it’s all one take, the fire comes on, you knock this thing over—and it’s amazing. All of that coming together, the level of craftmanship,” Vickers added. “I think I asked Patrick at the end of the day, I was like ‘So, what do you think?’, and he was just like ‘It’s a miracle.’ I think it’s a miracle that it all worked, and the Annatar thing worked, and everyone was really happy.
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