Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Spoilers followfor The Great Wave, episode four ofLord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Its massive, massive, massive, massive!
Thats the truth of the show in general.
He writes extensively about how you should stress his Elvish.
Weve also got this incredible resource in our dialect coach and linguist.
Its also my favorite.
I discovered it in this period of my life, and now it is pretty much all I read.
I especially love things likeThe Silmarillionthat you’ve got the option to just read and reread.
Id gained such passion forEarendil and Elwing,everything theyd achieved.
Its a lot to live up to for him!
The Elrond that begins the show couldnt be sat in Disas kitchen having a chat.
Hes adapting to being around a certain mortal energy because its inside of him.
Its part of his growth, and theres hopefully more of that to come.
I would work with background actors who were around to make me look bigger than the dwarves around me.
So sometimes it was really useful for the acting.
What was it like filming the scenes between Elrond and Galadriel in the earlier episodes?
Shes famous, and at this point, hes still the son of greater parents.
Thats central for Elrond this season the idea of friendship and duty and balancing the two.
Gil-galad is kind of undeniable.
Ben himself just looked out for everyone.
Hes very good for morale.
How did you think about how Elrond tries to navigate the political intrigue of the elves?
Theyre all very canny.Theyre all tricky to figure out, you know?
And Gil-galad and Celebrimbor.
Theyre all very tricky about what theyre going to suggest and do next.
It is fun to play opposite them, as an actor.
I get why people ask about it.
As an actor, they were two very different jobs for me.
Theyre both well-known characters.
But inThronesI was literally wearing Sean Beans clothes.
That felt like an exciting place to begin.
Hes going to live thousands and thousands of human lifetimes until he gets to that point!
Elronds got a very distinctive coif going on inRings of Power.
What was the process of getting it ready like?Man, its long.
My hair is a beast.
The ears are also a really long process.
But Elronds ears are slightly different.
There are subtle choices that we made that might be unnoticeable that indicate that hes half-elven.
That influenced a lot of decisions.
