Don’t be a stranger.
Spoilers below for the season 2 finale of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”
Played by The Stranger in Prime Video’s “Rings of Power” Daniel Wayman, Finally revealed his identity – like Some viewers guessedHe is actually a younger version of Gandalf.
Wayman told the Post that he didn’t know When he first got this role he was playing the role of a famous magician.
“Literally right before filming that scene was the first time I knew I was going to say those words,” Wayman told The Post, in which the Stranger announced that his name would be Gandalf.
He said that shortly before filming the season 2 finale, showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay called him to break the news.
“It was a very special moment.”
The English actor added, “There was a lot of talk about who he was going to be, and [while] I wouldn’t have minded if it had been another version of the character that we’ve seen, or not seen, I think there’s essentially something about the child inside me going, ‘Wait a second, you’re going I will play this amazing heart-touching character that everyone knows. It’s a huge ‘pinch me’ moment.”
Set in the fantasy world of JRR Tolkien thousands of years before the events of “The Rings of Power”. peter jackson movies,
The show follows various characters During the creation of the rings of power and the rise of Sauron (Charlie Vickers), the elves included Galadriel (Cate Blanchett in the movies, Morfydd Clark in the show), Elrond (Hugo Weaving in the movies, Robert Aramayo here) and a A host of other characters such as the dwarf Durin (Owen Arthur) and his wife, Disa (Sophia Nomvete), and Harfoot – a kind of hobbit – Eleanor “Norri” Brandyfoot (Marcella Cavenagh).
For all of Season 1 and most of Season 2, the Stranger was Nori’s friend and traveling companion, and his identity was unknown. In Season 1 he fell from the sky and had no memory of his past, but he could cast magic.
Now, by the end of Season 2, he has met Tom Bombadil (Rory Kinnear) and is taking steps towards his identity as Gandalf.
“It’s not like there’s a moment where he’s like ‘Ah, it all fits into place, I know exactly who I am.’ Because this is the first time that Gandalf has existed in Middle Earth,” Wayman explained.
He added, “So ‘this’ is another piece of the puzzle instead of ‘oh, that’s who I am.’ This name feels right… moving forward.” But it’s not sudden, he’s the same person we know he’ll be at the end of the Third Age.”
Wayman said that he did not feel he had to replicate Ian McKellen’s performances in the films.
“I don’t feel pressure. I obviously prefer the portrayal of Gandalf that I know. This is extraordinary. But I don’t feel like I’m trying to imitate it, because Gandalf has gone through all these other things. It’s only because of this experience [in the show] This will help us understand where he got his intelligence, his honesty, all these different things from. We will see how they are formed.”
Wayman said he was “thrilled” to learn the news.
“It was a good thing to start the journey – and it is a long journey. There are many differences between this version of Gandalf and the film version, or any other version of the books. “He hasn’t gone through what he had to go through to get there,” he said.
He further added, “This gives us a lot of space to tell the story. You ponder – how do you become wise? you definitely don’t do that Happen Manner.”
