Tom Bombadil, one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most colorful characters, is finally heading to Middle-earth. Vanity Fair revealed a first look at Rory Kinnear, who will play Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2.
Bombadil helped rescue the hobbits from danger in Tolkien’s first book in the saga, The Fellowship of the Ring. Bombadil, who goes by Old Tom, is a “woodland-dwelling man with an ethereal presence and a penchant for nonsense songs and brightly colored clothes.” Despite his presence in the books, Bombadil was cut out of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 animated film.
Kinnear is best known as Bill Tanner from the James Bond franchise. Kinnear recently starred in Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Netflix’s The Diplomat.
What to Expect in The Rings of Power Season 2?
The official synopsis reads: “Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.”
The Rings of Power’s ensemble includes Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Owain Arthur as Durin IV, Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel, Maxim Baldry as Isildur, Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor, Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn, Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad, and Charlie Vickers as Sauron.
New additions to the cast in Season 2 include Kinnear, Stuart Bowman, Selina Lo, Tanya Moodie, Stuart Bowman, Will Keen, Nicholas Woodeson, and Ciarán Hinds.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is developed by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. It is based on Tolkien’s history of Middle-earth. The eight-episode first season premiered in September 2022.
The Rings of Power Season 2 premieres on August 29, 2024, on Prime Video.
