Nori and Poppy, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s dynamic Harfoot duo, have been finest buddies who caught by one another it doesn’t matter what. That’s why it was so shocking within the Season 1 finale when Poppy stayed with their caravan cohorts reasonably than be part of Nori and the Stranger on their new journey in search of that constellation from Sadoc’s map.
“I was also surprised as a person reading it in the script,” Markella Kavenagh, who performs Nori, tells TVLine.
She and costar Megan Richards, who performs Poppy, seen their friendship as “having a bungee rope attached between us, and every time one of us would step outside of our comfort, it would stretch and stretch and stretch,” Kavenagh explains.
“They’ve been such an integral part of each other’s lives for so long that maybe they need to do their own thing for a bit. It’s important for growth and to know that they’ll always be there, and they’ll always have each other’s back. But they also need to really own who they are as individuals and have their own sense of autonomy for a bit. It’s sad, but it’s also life.”
Elrond and Durin additionally noticed their decades-long bond examined this season, with the previous reaching out to the dwarven prince for assist in saving his dying individuals by mining mithril — a treasured ore that was harmful to retrieve. King Durin III — who was suspicious of the elves — shot down their digging efforts, and it appeared like all hope was misplaced. But in the long run, Elrond left Khazad-dûm with a small piece of the game-changing materials, due to an off-screen gesture from his bearded buddy.
“We actually did shoot the scene where I hand it to him quickly without my father knowing, so that there is a glimmer of hope for Middle-earth,” Owain Arthur, who performs Prince Durin IV, shares. “I like that Durin still went against his father for his friend. He followed his heart [and] did what he thought he needed to do.”
According to the actor, this refined act has solidified Durin’s friendship with Elrond transferring ahead, and this may not be the final time we see them collectively. “We had a little bit of a tiff at the beginning, but that made us even stronger…. and we’ve recovered from that. The fact that Elrond is now banished from Khazad-dûm doesn’t mean that I’m held captive in Khazad-dûm, so I think he will be able to go and see him at some point.”
Another factor to stay up for when Rings of Power ultimately returns for Season 2 is how the wooden elf Arondir will deal with beginning a brand new life along with his paramour Bronwyn and her son Theo, who’re each human. In Episode 7, we realized that the trio — together with the remaining of the Southlanders — have been headed to Pelargir, an outdated Númenórean colony with contemporary land for them to reside on.
“We’re always talking about elves and human relationships and humans as babies in the eyes of elves, but I think it’s reversed with him entering a more human dynamic,” Ismael Cruz Córdova, who performs Arondir, notes. “He is a baby in terms of knowing how to be domestic and how to be a dad or a boyfriend.”
With this new life among the many people comes the inner battle of which facet he lands on if he’s ever pressured to decide on. Does he facet with the elves or the people? “That’s the meat of the conflict of this guy,” Córdova provides. “At the end of the day, he’s an eternal being. He’s going to outlive humans in one way or another. He’s chosen to go with the humans right now, but if he gets called upon, will he choose his family or his people?”
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