The Rings Of Power Spent “Four Or Five Months” Building The Númenor Set
The Rings of Power is the most expensive TV show ever made, and it shows. The level of craftsmanship is stunning, with large and intricate sets being constructed for short scenes. Details on props like Feanor’s hammer – the very tool used to craft the Silmarillions – gave its heritage away to fans before Elrond and Celebrimbor name dropped its former owner. Charles Edwards (Celebrimbor) and Ben Walker (Gil-galad) gushed over the minutiae in our interview with them, but there’s plenty more still to come as Galadriel looks set to venture to Númenor in episode three, which premieres on Friday.
“When you see the island itself, you're going to see what man is capable of,” Trystan Gravelle, who plays Pharazôn, tells me – adding the caveat that these men, Númenorians, are more like supermen. “I don't think you've quite seen that in the Third Age. The Second Age really is a golden age for Men.”
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“You watch the first two episodes [with] the cameras sweeping across the map of Middle-earth, you're seeing all these vastly different landscapes, and there’s still going to be more,” adds Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays Queen Regent Míriel. “It's amazing, because in the first few episodes, you learn and see so much. And what I love is that a few key characters, as well as the audience, are introduced to Númenor simultaneously.
“I remember when we got a chance to watch the episodes, the way the cameras swept across the landscape, I remember the music swelled and the cameras sort of smooshed in and it's really stunning. Númenor is supposed to represent a society that's at the height of its wealth, its prosperity, and its power. And you see that and you get that and
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