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Charlie Vickers Was ‘Trying Not to Flinch’ in Rings Finale
To invoke Tolkein’s “representation of evil,” the Sauron actor looked to Hannibal Lecter, Walter White, and … Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
“Shooting Celebrimbor was when I was like, Yeah, this is cool,” Vickers says with a grin, describing the Rings of Power season-two finale scene in which Sauron, the Dark Lord he portrays, turns on his deceived Elvish collaborator, played by Charles Edwards. The scene is so rich, there are these huge swings and roundabouts of emotion and action, Charlie has this wonderful dying speech, there’s so much going on between the characters — but to be able to re-create that image was my highlight of the show so far.” Throughout the season, Annatar’s merciless manipulation of Celebrimbor made him that rarest of post-prestige TV villains: a straight-up black hat with no shades of gray.
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