you once said you found useful thing You didn’t specify which one of Tolkien’s letters.I took it up as a possible reference to when Sauron sought redemption. The showrunner recently spoke Another way to read Sauron-as-Halbrand: As a power junkie. What was it that helped shape your portrayal of Tolkien?
I think repentant Sauron is really funny. But it was ambiguous in Tolkien’s writings, and I like to keep it ambiguous. letter 131,and”Morgoth’s ring,” The History of Middle-earth series. He spoke of how Sauron repented “even if he was just afraid.” I find his repentance fascinating — that’s why I don’t necessarily want to say how I interpreted it as an actor — [possibilities] for Halbrand.
If he seems truly repentant and wants to escape this dark path and live in humility, Galadriel inadvertently pulls him back into this power. There is no peace in the world,’ and the scene illuminates this whole thought of his. My peace is in strength. I need to rule I need to lead And she literally gives him the key to the kingdom and sends him back down the rabbit hole.
However, when he sees his repentance as an act, it leans into his deception and her deception, and she is a tool to get him back to where he wants. rarely. Except for this moment when he’s in the forge, staring out the porch and making decisions.
Even so, at that moment, he was about to cry alone.
I always like to think that the best way to deceive with shapeshifting is to take the full form of what you are trying to portray: your thoughts, your feelings, your way of life, your breath as a human being. Only by truly embodying the form could he deceive these highly influential figures. , we know that he fears the gods. We know he’s scared. Because Tolkien said it clearly.
Galadriel can be used as a tool. she knows the right person. She enters the correct room. If he’s by her side, it can only be good unless he’s discovered. And let people interpret it freely.