The Rings of Power Interview Director J.A. Bayona: I’m Shooting the F*cking Lord of the Rings
36Last year, Prime Video’s series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power took J.R.R. Tolkien fans somewhere they’d never seen before: the Second Age. The show, which became the streaming service’s most-watched series ever, takes place thousands of years before the fellowship formed, and Rings of Power director, J.A. Bayona (The Impossible), was tasked with finding and setting that tone at the helm of Episodes 1 and 2. Before Collider’s Q&A with cast and creatives following our LA screening, Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub spoke with Bayona about the challenges of such an ambitious project.
With such a large and passionate fanbase, Rings of Power was a huge responsibility from the start. Bayona, a Tolkien fan himself, tells us that in order to bring this never-before-seen Second Age to life, he prepared by rereading the books, but also explains why he didn’t take influence from the beloved Peter Jackson trilogy. They talk about swiping sequences, the challenges faced to create Lord of the Rings in television format, and shooting during the pandemic. Weintraub also asks about whether Bayona will return to direct for Season 3 when his feature Society of the Snow is wrapped.
Rings of Power stars Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Charlie Vickers as Halbrand, Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Maxim Baldry as Isildur, Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, and Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa. You can check out the full interview in the video below or read along with the transcript.
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