Sam Hazeldine on Taking Over Adar’s Role in Season 2

The second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has debuted on Prime Video, featuring a significant change in its cast. The Game of Thrones alum Joseph Mawle, who portrayed Adar in the first season, has been replaced by Sam Hazeldine. Recently, Hazeldine discussed stepping into the role with ComicBook, expressing his joy in taking on the character.

“No, it wasn’t actually, it was really honestly a pleasure,” Hazeldine answered when asked if taking over the role was challenging. “I think that’s because it was such a rich character that’s been created by the writers and by Joseph in Season 1. And so, it was a real privilege to take on that character and see where the story takes him from there. So, I really enjoyed it. I just loved every part of it.”

Hazeldine also delved into the complex nature of Adar and his place on the moral spectrum.

“I don’t think he thinks about the moral question,” Hazeldine commented. “It’s like a whatever it takes thing. There’s different aspects of it. There’s that whatever it takes to keep… to find a home for his children as he sees them, the uruks, but also, he is deeply kind of, obviously has some kind of mental and emotional scars from whatever he went through with Sauron and Morgoth before as well as the physical scars. And I think he carries a lot of that and I think he’s got a lot of issues, but he’s trying… I think his actions are purely, from his perspective, for the good of his children. And he’s frightening because he feels like he has a worthy cause and he’s organized.”

The official Prime Video synopsis for Season 2 of The Rings of Power reads: “In Season Two of The Rings of Power, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will. Building on Season One’s epic scope and ambition, the new season plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity. Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.”

Developed by showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power adapts J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories from the Second Age of Middle-earth, set thousands of years before the events of the War of the Ring.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 is now available for streaming on Prime Video.

Source: ComicBook