Rings of Power: Actor who plays Sauron explains why he cries

Season 2 of the series The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power has ended on Prime Video and the show has killed off a number of major characters including iconic figures from the universe imagined by British writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Today, the actor who plays Sauron in the Amazon series has returned to his character's reaction in the last episode of season 2 and gave us explanations on the reason why we can see a tear running down his face.

Charlie Vickers, the interpreter of Sauron, surprised by so much emotion

Indeed, season 2 of The Rings of Power has concluded on Prime Video. Now, the rings are forged but their creator has been killed. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Charlie Vickers, who plays the Dark Lord, returned to the last episode of the season.

In this episode, Sauron brutally murders the elven blacksmith Celebrimbor played by Charles Edwardsby shooting him with an arrow that will be fatal to him.

In the interview, the actor who plays Sauron, who until now has been pretending to be Annatar, admits to have been surprised to have felt any emotion: “I didn't expect to be moved“. And to add:

It's not like it was planned. It just happened. And then when you talk about it, you have to go back and try to figure out why, and sometimes there's no explanation for these things.

Celebrimbor's Last Words Touched Sauron

The actor addressed the issue of the relationship between Sauron and Celebrimbor. Charlie Vickers claims that his character respected the Lord of Eregion and that if he shed his little tear, it is because of Celebrimbor's last words to Sauron. Indeed, he predicts that the rings will be Sauron's downfall by telling him: One alone will prove your total ruin:

Thinking about why he might have felt that way, there are a lot of different things. I think we see him kill people in this series, and he often kills them in a pretty matter-of-fact way, let's say. It's different with Celebrimbor because he's been a partner in crime and someone that Sauron really respects and could have used.

While season 3 of the series has yet to be confirmed by Amazon, in that same interview, Vickers has already teased some ideas for his character. He admits to wanting to see the war of the elves and Sauron, the fall of Númenor, the war of the last alliance or even the creation of the ring.

Season 2 of the series The Rings of Power is available on Prime Video.