The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Designer Barry Gower explains how Sauron’s elven form differs from the other elves in the show. Abandoning the mortal Halbrand’s guise, Season 2 sees the second Dark Lord of Middle-earth transform into Annatar in the futureLord of Gifts and self-proclaimed emissary from the God-like Valar. Using this guise to fool the elven smith Celebrimbor into creating the remaining rings of power, Sauron even managed to position himself as the de-facto lord of Erizion.
talking to Screen Rant ace ring of power As season 2 nears its final episode, Gower explains how Charlie Vickers needed to separate Anatar from the other elves Those who live in Middle-earth. Vickers needed to provide a flawless, otherworldly presence, suggesting that Annater and Sam Hazeldine were at two opposite ends of the love spectrum. To do this, Vicar needed different makeup elements to work together, just like the matte glow her foundation provided. Check out his comments below:
So, we are, initially, directed to give someone fairy ears that will suit them, but we’re basically covering their own ears, or expanding. Luckily, Charlie has very nice ears, so we were able to give them these nice, slightly upturned angled ears. We were looking at all the anatomy of elven ears that we have made in the past. But it is creating something that will work well with her face makeup and also complement the hair style. She’s got that little widow’s peak, and she’s got a piece of clothing in her hair.
It has a lot of elements that have to work together, and any one of those things can throw off everything else. Even to Charlie’s complexion, as well, the foundation used on his face is a bit sheer. It’s creating this kind of otherworldly, godlike presence that, in a way, makes him quite different from the other elves we’ve created.
We know it’s Sauron at heart, but we need to make something that looks almost perfect and beautiful. So, I wouldn’t necessarily say he was a challenge. He was a really interesting character to build on, because we have someone like Anatar, and then we have someone like Sam Hazeldine’s character, Ador, who inherited that role from Joseph Maul from Sam season 1, making our Sam Ador. had to do Again, there is enough continuity from season 1. But in theory he is a part-orc, part-elven character.
So you have two ends of the spectrum, really. It’s making shapes for Sam that aren’t necessarily weird, but they are. They are different in design from what we put in Charlie. So, it’s trying to tick all the boxes, from beauty to weirdness, to somewhere in between.
What Sauron’s New Elven Form Means for the Power Rings
The Transfiguration of Sauron brings the show closer to Tolkien lore.
everywhere ring of power Season 1, showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay In an attempt to deliberately obscure Sauron’s true identity, Even going so far as to plant red herrings by alluding to both Daniel Wayman’s Stranger and Corrupted Elf adoration. However, the shocking Season 1 finale would later reveal that Sauron was Vicar’s Halbrand all along.
However, Dr. from this fraud ring of power The character was only possible because the show’s creative team created an entirely new identity for Sauron that wasn’t part of Tolkien’s original lore. when The story of Sauron’s impersonation is well known To many familiar with Tolkien’s writings, Halbrand was an original creation whose only narrative purpose was fulfilled when his true identity was finally revealed.
Our take on Sauron’s new guise
Sauron no longer needs to hide from the audience
Now, the audience is fully aware of who the primary antagonist of the show is, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power The source material and the trickster may begin to return more closely to the story of Lord Annatar, a trickster at his heart. Not only that takes a physical formwise and fair” As Tolkien once described, Gowers’ attempt to make Vicar’s Anatar stand out from the other elves in the show also serves to remind the audience of his true origins and dark intentions. As Samwise Gamgee would astutely observe long after the Third Age, Sauron in the guise of Lord Annatar must have “Feels fair and feels bad“