“If You're Going To Do Tolkien, Do It Right”: Charles Edwards And Ben Walker On The Detail In The Rings Of Power
“My workshop is full of detail,” Charles Edwards tells TheGamer, so engrossed in his role he refers to his character Celebrimbor’s fictional Eregion workshop as his own. “It's a testament to the care and dedication of the amazing [crew working behind the scenes]. Every department on the show is working at the very top of their game, and as you've probably gathered from watching episodes one and two, it is extraordinary television.
“I have a display case, which is glimpsed briefly by the camera. However, every single little thing in there is labelled, it probably has some Tolkienian connection to something way back in the First Age, and that's very moving, actually, the care that has gone into it and the thoughtfulness.”
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The Elvish cities of Eregion, where Celebrimbor dwells, and Lindon, from where Ben Walker’s Gil-galad rules as High King are some of the most lavish sets I’ve ever seen, and it seems it was the same up close too. No expense was spared for The Rings of Power, it's the most expensive TV show ever made, after all. Walker encourages fans to pause the show so they can make out every detail in the background, (“do it, you're gonna want to do it!”), and explains that this level of care is what he believes will make the show so rewatchable in the coming years.
“It's not a series that you're going to binge watch and flush,” he says. “This is one you keep going back to and you're gonna get something new every time – much like when you reread [Tolkien’s] writing.”
He also emphasises that the details all help to tell The Rings of Power’s story, whether fans notice them or not. In particular, Gil-galad’s costume has detailing
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