At the very least, audiences know The Stranger is a wizard.

First up was Daniel Weyman, who plays The Strangeraka, the wizard everyone thinks is Gandolf.

However, the show has avoided answering that particular question.

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We saw this character land.

Everybody saw this character land at the same time.

We all witnessed it.

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This comet was flying.

We didn’t know what it was.

That creature had no history."

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But they started to interact with some other beings, some other community, and we saw it all.

We saw every interaction.

And through that season, we saw everything The Stranger went through.

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So it’s not about waiting for a reveal.

It’s about watching.

There’s no secret.

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There was never a secret.

And that’s the journey, isn’t it?"

Daniel Weyland described Tom as"enigmatic, whimsy, singing,“and"powerful.”

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And I think [you have to take the] good with the bad.

And so it’s kind of like this season is her being.

Who am I going to be in this new world?

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And there’s no going back from that."

Charlie Vickers, who plays Sauron, is now in a whole new playground for Season 2.

Despite that, Vickers confirmed that his overall performance isn’t going to be changing much.

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[For] Season 2, the camera stays with me when I have those moments.

And we’re, as the audience, we’re let in on it.

So yeah, it’s mainly that.

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It’s not so much my performance, but it’s the perspective of the audience that changes."

But will Vickers one day put the evil attire on?

I definitely think about it.

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I mean, there’ll come a time when that decision needs to be made, right?

Because we know we’ve got to get there.

Yeah, that would be really, really cool, really special."

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Charles Edward teased that Season 2 is really just the start for his character, Celebrimbor.

And I always knew that was going to be the case.

So they said, Okay, you kind of dip your toe in Season 1.

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Season 2, you’re kind of all–It kicks off.

So, there’s quite a lot at stake."

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 hitAmazon Studios' Prime Videoon August 29.

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