The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays Míriel in the show, recently revealed the first season of the show was created to warp the story for newcomers to Tolkien’s story.
During an appearance at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June, Variety reports Addai-Robinson stated, “Season 1 is really about an introduction. You’re setting the stage for aspects of the story that are maybe a little bit more familiar to audiences, because we do know a little bit more of these next few things that happen, that will be part of Season 2…”
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She continued, “But there are a lot of people who have never read the books. They’ve never seen the movies. So that Season 1 setup really is, in my mind, it’s really for those people who are very new to Tolkien…”
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