- The Rings of Power season 3 has added actors from two widespread Netflix reveals to its solid ranks
- Stranger Things‘ Jamie Campbell Bower and Heartstopper‘s Eddie Marsan have signed on in thriller roles
- I believe two specific roles are tailored for them
The Rings of Power season 3 simply bought a critical solid improve with the additions of actors from two of Netflix’s largest TV Originals.
Just two weeks after The Rings of Power‘s third season was formally introduced, the primary of many (doubtlessly, anyway) new solid additions have been revealed by Amazon MGM Studios. Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower, who performs the villainous Vecna within the vastly widespread Netflix collection, and Heartstopper supporting actor Eddie Marsan have signed on to seem in season 3 of Amazon’s high-fantasy prequel present.
Jamie Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan have joined the solid of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for the collection’ upcoming third season, presently in pre-production with filming scheduled to start this spring. pic.twitter.com/04iCb7Q6AvFebruary 27, 2025
Amazon hasn’t confirmed who they will be taking part in within the Prime Video collection’ subsequent chapter, however did reveal that Campbell Bower might be a collection common and Marsan will function in a recurring position. The tech big’s leisure division additionally reiterated that filming will start within the spring (that is autumn for southern hemisphere readers).
The Rings of Power season 2’s remaining episode arrange some fascinating occasions – ones depicted in JRR Tolkien’s legendarium and wider The Lord of the Rings (TLotR) works – to come back. You can remind your self what occurred in that explosive entry by studying my The Rings of Power season 2 ending defined article. Be certain to learn my devoted information on The Rings of Power season 3, too, to be taught extra about its solid, potential storylines, and extra.
Who may Jamie Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan play in The Rings of Power season 3?
Full spoilers comply with for The Rings of Power season 2 Potential season 3 spoilers are additionally mentioned.
We could not know who they will painting but, however that will not cease me from speculating. Bear in thoughts that I’ve no insider data, so every little thing from this level on is simply me having some enjoyable.
Where Marsan is anxious, he appears tailored to play a dwarven character. We already count on that there will be one new dwarf in top-of-the-line Prime Video reveals’ third season – that being Durin IV’s brother, who’s talked about in season 2 episode 8. Apparently, he’ll make a play for the Khazad-dûm throne following the loss of life of King Durin III. He has the assist of some key dwarf lords, too, so it will be fascinating to see Marsan’s unnamed character go toe-to-toe (verbally and bodily) with Owain Arthur’s Durin IV as they battle to change into Khazad-dûm’s subsequent ruler.
Campbell Bower’s position is much less clear. He’s most well-known for enjoying Vecna/Victor Creel in Stranger Things season 4 and he’ll reprise that position in Stranger Things season 5, which is about to debut on Netflix someday in 2025.
Given his expertise taking part in a terrifying villain, some readers could count on him to be one other commanding, antagonistic determine in The Rings of Power. So, he could possibly be one other of Sauron’s disguises – certainly, whereas Charlie Vickers has primarily performed Middle-earth’s Dark Lord within the present, Jack Lowden briefly portrayed Sauron throughout a flashback sequence in season 2 episode 1. There’s earlier kind for different actors taking part in Sauron in The Rings of Power, then. Could Campbell Bower play Sauron upon his return to Númenor? I would not rule it out.
That mentioned, Campbell Bower may additionally play a extra heroic character. Since the solid announcement was made, TLotR followers have flocked to The Rings of Power and The Rings of Power on Prime Reddit pages to say Campbell Bower has the air and look of an elf. Maybe he’ll play one in every of this race’s most attention-grabbing and/or vital characters, then, akin to Glorfindel or – whisper it quietly – Celeborn, aka Galadriel’s husband.
