Tom Bombadil was one of the major omissions from previous adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, as he was left out of Peter Jackson’s live-action trilogy and Ralph Bakshi’s animated LOTR from 1978. Even Tolkien himself seemed to have trouble placing the enigmatic character in his own story, as he was powerful and also immune to the temptation of the One Ring. Now, Tom Bombadil is finally set to make his cinematic debut in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2.
Via Vanity Fair, Rory Kinnear will play Tom Bombadil in The Rings of Power. Kinnear’s previous roles include Bill Tanner in the last four James Bond movies as well as the Creature in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful.
Rory Kinnear is Tom Bombadil in the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Learn more on @VanityFair https://t.co/fV6qf1sN5G
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“He has no clear dramatic function that would justify his inclusion in a really great movie adaptation,” explained The Rings of Power co-showrunner Patrick McKay. “He’s whimsical and magical, and almost verging on silly. But also has the wisdom of the ages and the music of the spheres and deep emotional wells of ancient history and myth, and his conception and function are tied to Norse myths and have deep roots in European fairy tale. So weirdly, he’s kind of the most Lord of the Rings thing in Lord of the Rings, and also the first thing you would cut if you were adapting it as a film. But we have the advantage of a television show, and hence we are going to find a way to tap into that.”
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