The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is currently gearing up to start filming its third season this spring. When it does, it will add two new cast members to Middle-earth: Jamie Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan.
We don’t know anything concrete about which characters they will be portraying, except that Bower will be a series regular, and Marsan will have a recurring role.
Bower is best-known for playing Henry Creel/Vecna in Stranger Things, and has also appeared as Mick Jagger in urban Myths: Mick and Margaret, Christopher Marlow in Will, King Arthur in Camelot, and is the voice of Skiff in Thomas & Friends.
Marsan has a lengthy resume of roles, including Terry Donovan in Ray Donovan, the Headmaster in Deadpool 2, Spyglass in Aromic Blonde, and Mitch Winehouse in Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. He’s also appeared in Apple TV+’s Franklin, Supacell, The Winter King, Choose or Die, Vesper, V for Vendetta, Mission Impossible 3, Hancock, Snow White and the Huntsman, Hobbs and Shaw, and many more.
Amazon confirmed it would be making a third season of The Rings of Power earlier this month, saying that the season would take place “several years” after the events of season 2, at the height of the war between the Elves and Sauron and focusing on Sauron’s efforts to craft the One Ring. If you’re still catching up, we’ve got a guide to how Season 2 sets up Season 3 of The Rings of Power.
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