New Rings of Power season 2 behind-the-scenes video shows Celebrimbor star’s "heartbreaking" final goodbye
Oct. 16, 2024Goodbye Brimby
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The Rings of Power season 2had a fair few casualties, but one that hit us hardest was Celebrimbor’s. The Elven smith was manipulated byAnnatar–Sauronin disguise – to make severalrings of powerin the show’s sophomore season. Their conflict came to a head in a brutal final exchange that saw Celebrimbor tortured with Orc arrows before he was impaled. Ouch.
Now, a new behind-the-scenes video shared by Prime Video has revealed this wasn’t actually his final scene. Actor Charles Edwards’ final moment on set came during the Galadriel and Sauron fight, when Annatar shapeshifted into him as he was fighting the Elf. The clip shows Edwards addressing the team on set, saying: “I’ve been very lucky in having Charlie Vickers as a scene partner for most of it and we’ve had a wonderful, wonderful time. And thank you, bye.”
Later in the clip, he called his exit from the show “heartbreaking”. He said in an interview with Sauron actor Vickers: “It is heartbreaking for me, genuinely because we had a truly wonderful time, the two of us.” Watch it below.
Speaking to GamesRadar+, Edwardspreviously revealed the macabre leaving giftthat his co-stars got him too. “I did mean to steal… well, not steal – they said I could have it, but I never got round to it – a little anvil that he uses as a paperweight at one point,” he explained. “But what I did get given was a little miniature model of me impaled on the tree with the vines coming out of my chest.” The model in question was in reference toGaladriel’s visionearly in the season which foreshadows the Elven smith’s death.
For more on the Lord of the Rings show, read our guide toThe Rings of Power season 3and our breakdown ofThe Rings of Power season 2 ending explained.
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