Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power Star Discusses Replacing Game Of Thrones Actor In Season 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for its second season this August. One of the roles on the fantasy series, Adar, was recast, with Sam Hazeldine (Masters of the Air, Peaky Blinders) taking over for Game of Thrones actor Joseph Mawle. Hazeldine has now spoken for the first time about joining the show, telling Entertainment Weekly that he worked with Mawle years ago and is a big fan of what he did with Adar in the first season.
“So it was actually a pleasure to take the baton from him. Obviously we don’t look the same, but the character is instantly recognizable,” he said.
Hazeldine went on to say that the appeal of playing Adar for him is that Adar is a “dark character” but doesn’t see himself as a villain. “He’s just trying to protect his children, the Uruk,” he said. “So he’s doing what he feels he has to do to save them from the genocide, whether that would be from Sauron, who sees them as cannon fodder, or from the elves.”