Llyod Owen says he’ll ‘force’ Thugs co-star Aamir Khan-Amitabh Bachchan to look at The Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings is all set to get its spin-off in an internet collection. Titled The Rings of Power, the much-anticipated collection is ready to stream from September 2 on Amazon Prime Video. Recently, the solid together with showrunner JD Payne was in India to advertise their undertaking. During the interviews, Llyod Owen shared with indianexpress.com how he feels working within the Bollywood movie Thugs of Hindostan (2018) had ready him to work on this worldwide magnum opus drama.

As readers might know, Llyod Owen performed the destructive lead John Clive within the Aamir Khan-Amitabh Bachchan starrer. Sharing that given the large scale of the YRF movie, he felt a powerful similarity on the set of The Rings of Power. “Not just in terms of size and palette but also how we filmed in different places. So yes, there was a strong sense of resemblance. In Thugs, there was a strong mythological aspect and that is reflected in the set. And hence, I felt I was well trained for the Rings of Power working on the film,” he advised us.

The 56-year-old additionally drew comparisons by way of studying a brand new language in each tasks. He shared, “Victor Acharya, who was the director of Thugs, wrote 36 pages of lines in Urdu for me. I had to try and learn and then add meaning, weight and emotions to it. It was the hardest and yet the most rewarding thing for me as an actor. Similarly, in this show, I have to speak Elvish. When the new words came, I was like, I am here again. How to decipher and make the language my own emotions was another big similarity.”

When we additional quizzed him whether or not he plans to indicate his new undertaking to his Thugs of Hindostan co-stars Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, he chuckled to say, “I will force everyone in the team to watch it.”

Talking additional about his character Elendil, Owen talked about that followers of the books and movies would know that he’s an architect hero. Towards the tip, he self sacrifices himself in opposition to Sauron. He causes for the sturdy attachment followers have in the direction of the character. Calling Elendil an ‘unlikely hero’, the actor stated, “I think in the essence, the hero idea… I don’t think they are born but made. In that sense, he is reluctant to be called for this great responsibility. But the thing with Tolkien is obviously in the story that there are forces outside all of the characters. There’s the weight of their fate and destiny. I think he slowly realises what his fate is going to be, and that is a painful and frightening idea. Also, what JD, Pattrick and the writers have set out for this family right from the beginning is what he goes on to do trying to keep them safe and precious. He looks after his grieving adult children in life, and that’s quite difficult.”

Apart from Llyod Owen, actors Robert Aramayo, Maxim Baldry, Markella Kavenagh, Charles Edwards, Megan Richards, Nazanin Boniadi, Ema Horvath, Tyroe Muhafidin and Sara Zwangobani had been additionally a part of the India tour.