The start of the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on August 29, 2024 is less than a week away, and Amazon Prime surprises us with a new insight – and is already presenting the second version of Sauron with new actorWhile half-breasted actor Charlie Vickers remains on board in the role of the ultimate Middle Earth villain, Jack Lowden an alternative variant of the powerful shapeshifter.
The Rings of Power revealed: Jack Lowden plays the new Sauron
A month ago, the involvement of the new Sauron actor Jack Lowden was leaked, who is supposed to make his big appearance in the very first scene of season 2. Now Amazon apparently no longer wants to keep the villain’s second face under wraps and revealed the actor in a new official making-of video called “The Faces of Sauron”:
Meet the new Sauron, Jack Lowden, in Amazon’s Rings of Power video
The Lord of The Rings. The Rings of Power – S02 Featurette The Faces of Sauron (English) HD
First Half-Rim/Sauron actor Charlie Vickers explains in the Lord of the Rings featurette: “Sauron has a lot of power. One of his main abilities is to To be able to change shape“.
The fully costumed Sauron 2.0, Jack Lowden, follows up by classifying his appearance: “It is a Flashback about 1000 years before season 1after [der vorige große Mittlerde-Bösewicht] Morgoth was defeated.”
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The Rings of Power: Jack Lowden as (second) Sauron
In addition to Flashback Sauron and his southerner form known from Season 1 called Halbrand, there is also another transformation of Charlie Vickers into Annatar: Sauron’s elven form, with which he wants to deceive ringsmith Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards). We will get it for the start of Season 2 of The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime * next Thursday with (at least) 3 Sauron versions to do.
How you know the new Lord of the Rings star Jack Lowden
British actor Jack Lowden, born in 1990, had a meteoric career in recent years before his appearance as Sauron. After initial successes in the mid-2010s in series such as The Tunnel and War & Peace, he was followed by roles in films such as 71, A United Kingdom and Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. For his role in the war drama Benediction In 2022 he even won the Scottish edition of the prestigious British film awards BAFTA.
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Jack Lowden in Slow Horses
In recent years, 34-year-old Jack Lowden has made a name for himself as the lead actor of River Cartwright in the highly acclaimed spy series Slow Horses as alongside Gary Oldman. The spy series starts its fourth season with him on September 4, 2024.
Since July 2024, Jack Lowden has been married to actress Saoirse Ronanwith whom he met while filming Mary, Queen of Scots in 2018.
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