Which TV “Bad Dad” Will Play Durin III In The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power?
Amazon is making a few changes to Tolkien’s canon for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Whether you’re on board with the changes or not, they’re happening, and we have to deal with that. I’m a little worried about the time compression personally, but will wait to see how the showrunners actually implement it in the show before passing judgment.
A knock-on effect of compressing the timelines of the Second Age means that it looks like Durin IV will be Durin III’s son. Any Tolkien fan who has read Appendix A, upon which much of the dwarven portion of The Rings of Power appears to be based, will know that Durin is believed to be deathless and subsequent Durins are more akin to reincarnations than children. I believe that a five-season long TV series has time to explore this, but the showrunners are clear in their intentions to compress the Second Age into one human lifetime.
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This does, however, lead to an interesting power dynamic between Durin III, who was given a ring of power by Celeborn (likely Elrond in the series), and Durin IV, played by Owain Arthur. Amazon hasn’t revealed the actor playing Durin III, but showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne tell Vanity Fair that, “King Durin III is also in the show and he’s portrayed by someone who knows something about playing a bad dad.” Who could that possibly be? Well let’s do some hard-hitting journalism to find out.
Jack Nicholson is a very bad dad. Sorry, I mean, Jack Torrance is. Nicholson plays Torrance's descent into madness perfectly in Kubrick’s cult hit The Shining, and he could channel that same energy into Durin III after he’s given a ring of power. Heck,
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