The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is going deep into JRR Tolkien ’s treasure trove to finally shed light on a cult character who has – until now – been omitted from every other screen adaptation of the author’s popular fantasy books . Season two of Amazon’s big-budget TV series , which is set in Tolkien’s fantasy world centuries before the events of The Lord of the Rings , will welcome Tom Bombadil, played by Rory Kinnear ( The Imitation Game ). Tom was first introduced in print in Tolkien’s 1934 poem “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil”.
Described in the text as “older than the old”, he was characterized as an offbeat, good-natured entity who is the first being to exist in Middle Earth. “There’s a reason why he hasn’t been in prior adaptations, because in some ways he’s sort of an anti-dramatic character,” The Rings of Power showrunner JD Payne told Vanity Fair in an exclusive first look. “He’s not a character who has a particularly strong agenda.
He observes drama, but largely doesn’t participate in it. In The Fellowship of the Ring, the characters kind of just go there and hang out for a while, and Tom drops some knowledge on them.” “Knowledge that’s not particularly relevant to anything that they’re doing or about to do,” showrunner Patrick McKay added.
In exclusive photos published by VF , Kinnear is shown in character with a straight face, wearing a brown wizard cap, a light blue cape and an overgrown brown beard. Seve.
