Amazon scored a big hit with The Rings of Power. However, one star of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy is not at all thrilled with the venture.
It’s been three months since Amazon released its biggest series production to date. The Rings of Power is a massive project that will tell us the story of the Second Age of Middle Earth over a total of five seasons. According to a cast member of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it’s just a money-making scheme.
Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill is not a big fan of The Rings of Power on Amazon
Bernard Hill, who starred as King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, shares his thoughts on Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series with Metro. And they are anything but positive.
“The whole project is about money. I don’t plan to watch [the series] and I don’t want to be in it. “
You can watch the trailer for The Rings of Power here:
He was then asked if the series should have ended as soon as Peter Jackson’s trilogy was completed. “Definitely, yes,” is the British actor’s answer. In his opinion, the Hobbit films have already tested the limits of the franchise.
“They’ve already gone very far with The Hobbit. The Hobbit is a tiny book. They’ve done it well – very well, in fact. They expanded [the story], but you can’t stretch a piece of elastic as much as you like. “
While preparations are currently underway for Season 2 of The Rings of Power, another project from the Middle Earth cosmos is in development. Warner Bros. wants to release a new Lord of the Rings film in 2024. It is the anime The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
