Yeah, I can see it, too. I really liked her small role in His Dark Materials. She was also in Patrick Melrose but I can't think at the moment who her character was.
I wonder if we'll see any of the other immortal LOTR characters? I don't know the lore real well, but I would assume at least Gandalf and Elrond would have to be possible.
If the show is set in the Second Age--and it does appear to be--then Gandalf won't be possible. At that point he was still Olórin, a Maia (essentially a lesser angel) residing in the Undying Lands. He didn't arrive in Middle-earth as one of the Wizards until about a thousand years into the Third Age. I think Elrond is very likely to show up; he was born late in the First Age. I'm still convinced that Will Poulter was going to play either Elrond or Elros, Elrond's twin brother who chose to live as a mortal Man. ETA: To add on to my Poulter speculation, I get the feeling that this show is going to take place late in the Second Age, so odds are he was probably set to play Elrond. Elros would have been dead for centuries by then, and I don't think they would have cast someone like Poulter for a minor role only seen in flashbacks.
Didn't know that about Gandalf, I thought I remembered references to him being involved in the stuff that happened in the Second Age.
Anything medieval is going to naturally be violent, even if fantasy. It reflects a truly violent era. Even by the 2nd age Galadriel would have been thousands of years old. She was alive during the Years of the Trees, and unlike Glorfindel, did not reincarnate and was the only Noldor who wouldn't come back west after the war of wrath.
Good point. I didn't want to say thousands, but as an immortal it works. I had all the odd books once upon a time, but have forgotten most of the non Hobbit and LOTR stuff outside of Númenórë related things. I'm hoping for late second age material at some point. Númenórë, a living Sauron, the downfall.
I know, right? I could go for a series that goes from early S.A. to late S.A. as well if it covered the major points well enough.
Tolkien had two different times at which he entered Middle Earth, but I don't think it was until at least the beginning of the Third Age, but possibly late Second Age. Need to reread now.
Robert Aramayo (young Ned Stark) is the second Game of Thrones alum to join the cast, filling in the role Will Poulter vacated.
I know I've missed a great deal of this thread but do we know what books/stories (if any) are serving as the inspiration for the story?
Not really. Based on the little bits of information we do know, it's highly speculated to be set during the Second Age...and that's about it.