LOTR: The Rings of Power Cast Answer 50 of the Most Googled LOTR Questions | WIRED
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- The cast of Prime Video's The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power answer 50 of the most Googled questions from fans of the franchise. Watch as Morfydd Clark, Lloyd Owen, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Maxim Baldry, Benjamin Walker and Owain Arthur answer questions like; What is Middle-Earth? How old is Sauron? When does The Lord of the Rings take place? How tall are elves?
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“Ooh, didn’t see that coming, did ya? You need to read the books.” Gil-galad’s actor is a legend.
“When was the Second age?”
*After the first and before the third*
People need to stop using the word "legend" for everything. You're making the meaning of this word banal.
@@thulsa_doom A bit too late mate.
He's like a common white item if real life was video game.. imagine Common item being compared orange Legendary item.
@@thulsa_doom it's almost like language changes and words shift their meaning as a natural process of it
huh..
"You need to read the books"
A very common Tolkien fan line Lol
@Aziri e Hate to break it to you
Most of those two games are like fanfic
100% true 😂
Except that this applies to his other books like the Silmirillion, and the children of middle earth which cover a whole lot of lore that they don’t even get close to touching on more in depth lore. Literally just surface level lore. Then they break the lore in many instances that these books detailed.
@Aziri e your a child.
@Aziri e wow you really know nothing kid
8:58 "Why were the rings of power created?"
"To match an outfit" 😂
Something tells me these are not the most googled questions lol
Yeah, not only the series is awful, but it corrupts Wired making them less believable.
Abuse doesn't count as questions.
@@kongspeaks4778 Making such a horrible monstrosity also counts as abuse.
They're also deleting comments on here...
@@S.... Making a show you don't like doesn't count as "abuse". Grow up man.
It's really impressive how much the actor who plays Gil-Galad knows about the lore.
Imagine being that good with the lore, and then being told by the writers, that his character has to push his son to become an oathbreaker. :D
that is why his a king of elf ;)
gil galad, galadriel, elendil and isildur all seemed pretty passionate about it
@@Mncdk elrond is not gil-galad's son
"You need to read the books", that commentary was surprisingly hilarious 🤣
“everything’s an island when you zoom out far enough” 😂
Sauron winning is the only thing I want for Christmas this year!
afther watching a few episodes and realsing how bad galardiel was writen im more routing for the bad guys ... they seem more like the protaganists than actual pratagonists they want us to root for ....
@@HumanTouchArt Ppl keep saying she was written poorly, and initially I felt that way, but I’m impressed that the show keeps highlighting her current character traits as incredibly flawed/traumatically broken as I think she will actually go thru some very interesting character development
@@seanerzat you can crealy fell that people who worked don't have the same experience as for example writers who worked on house of the dragon ... You can see the inexperience in the writing and directing .... There a lot of slopines ...
@@HumanTouchArt Could you rewrite this?
@@seanerzat
Galadriel: manipulating and lying to ppl to satisfy her desire for vengeance
Also Galadriel: "dont pursue vengence cuz it darkens ur heart"
Florist: the orcs are invading, lets abandon our strategic positiom and move to the tavern
Florist to Halbrand: "are u the king that was promised?"
Halbrand: "yea"
The Kingdom: handful of villagers with few cottages
Harfoots: "we don't leave anybody behind" proceeds to leave the injured behind, and laughed at their death later on
10/10 MASTERCLASS writing - IGN
Gil-Galad's actor is so funny lol
i'm surprised, i looked him up and didn't think he'd be 1-American 2-a stand up comedian !
@@ishneak It's surprising because he's so serious in the show!
@@ishneak you got to be kidding me. I didn't expect that.😂 But now that you've mentioned it, he does have a Seth MacFarlane vibe.
@@adingdingdiiing6740 he looks a lot like him too! but the more serious older brother type lol.
He is great, he is who I wanted to play Nathan Drake
Silmarillion gives a good background to Tolkien's world, I recommend reading it.
I heard it’s a tough read
Wish the showrunners had paid attention if they read it at all
@@asiftoks it really is a good read if you aren’t bothered by the Immaculate prose
@@chairmanofthebored6860 they aren’t allowed to use the Silmarillion as a reference. Copyright limits them only to the appendices of the Lord of the Rings
@@asiftoks it's like reading the Bible or Beowulf. If you're trained in reading it there's a lot of nuance in every paragraph.
It’s called middle earth because Tolkien was heavily inspired/influenced by norse mythology. Tolkien would read and translate books in old norse in his free time. The literal translation for Midgard would be middle earth.
the literal translation would be "middle enclosure"
@@InvisibleJiuJitsu No.
@@VikingOtter then you don't know what literal means
no, Tolkien was inspired to write about English folklore as English mythology isn't as popular as Norse, Greeks or Egyptian myths.
so he wrote LoTR to bring English mythos to the world.
@@jamesoakley4570 do me a favor and just google if he was inspired by norse mythology because that means I don’t need to actually argue with you over something you’re factually misrepresenting
Benjamin Walker (Gil-Galad), Owain Arthur (Durin IV), and Lloyd Owen (Elendil) all just gained a lot of credit in my book! Especially impressed with Benjamin seems like a true fan of Tolkien lore.
Benjamin WALKER
@@themurrrr yes my bad. Good catch.
Morfydd Clark also knows alot
Not like the showrunners
If they knew so much then why didn’t they question the changes to the characters, and the story?
Gil-Galad and Elendil do know what they are saying, that will make them act better, definitely
boy u wait for episode 7
Agreed!
Ben Walker is a force of utter chaos and I'm living for it.
yeah me to im just living for it! what are you talking about? wow!
@@poppit5481 Er...sorry? I don't get what you're trying to say.
Lol looks like the bot got out botted by a bottier bot.
@@Dan-pt2tn I'm not a bot, but OK.
I'm happy to see some of them know some of the book lore.
It doesn't really matter, the show has nothing to do with the lore anyway.
Maybe they do, the writers certainly have no clue about the lore. And even if, they just ignored it and created some half witted inconsistent and terrible fantasy that only shares some names with the legendary works of Tolkien. Maybe next time do an IQ test on your writers.
@@tyr3759 No point IQ testing the writers when creating something that respects the lore was at any point an objective of this show
@@barbz2741 Agreed, but if they hired writers with some intelligence, at least we might had a show to watch that was mildly entertaining. That's the whole idea of entertainment, ain't it. Now it's just a political statement of all that's wrong in this particular time.
It makes me more depressed that they knew the books but still took part in this insulting show.
Ok i didn't expect to absolutely adore Gil-Galad's actor but i do
Galadriel is brighter than my future.
Gil-Galad did his homework. I like that!
Most important question: Does Amazon deletes bad reviews?
Propably like all big companies too...
That's a question that has already been answered. And the answer is yes.
The reviews have been partly re-enabled and still aren't positive much, the majority of them pointing at the bad writing, boring plot and the cringy dialogues
They own IMDB and also deleted Google reviews
You actually care? My advice is go touch grass
Surprised to not see "Why is Rings of Power so bad?".
This actually should be the one question to ask them all
Because it's a stupid subjective rant. Get a journal bruh
Isildur actor seems to stay really well in his naive "air head" part
it's called having fun, they have dozens and dozens of interviews..calm down
@@Tnbrisket haha sure it was only ironic any attack :)
@@Tnbrisket That's how we know this isn't just a one off. He's an airhead...lol
I almost died when I saw "older than Ulmo". After watching it 4 times I think she said "the moon". Thank Eru
I love how half of them know the lore but also realize how complicated it all is.
Complicated how?
It's not complicated
@GL Fer what are you talking the show is bad, the writing is bad, the story isnt coherend and a lot of things just dont make sense but most of the main actors in the show are doing a good job dont blame them because their character are dull and doesnt make sense blame the authors who wrote them like that not the actors who fulfill the written role
@GL Fer I believe that direction and writing was a fault... Feeling bad for the actors, some of them were LotR fans since their childhood according to some interviews.
... are knowing the lore and realizing how complicated it is mutually exclusive concepts?
Like, is it NORMAL to know the lore of something but somehow have no idea that it's complicated?
“I’m a sailor, called Isildor” dear god.
don't be too offended. U don't even know how to spell the character's name.
Lol it's this, but pretty much everywhere in the entire series.
My reaction to basically everything... Just hearing that pained me. And some of them do know their stuff like Morfydd Clark and Benjamin Walker, but so much of the stuff they say just... 🤦🏻♀🤦🏻♀🤦🏻♀🤦🏻♀
The most googled question: "How do I get Amazon to not delete my negative review"?
You definitely need to touch grass
Answer: don't be a crybaby. Write a negative review without sounding like a sobbing toddler.
Post a passive aggressive comment on YT instead 🤪
I would like to know why the sea is always right? And why stones see downward?
dude its part of the law now. and you cant question it..its just like men getting pregnant and men in womans sports..bigot
They had to ask them why Amazon deleted so many reviews
I like how that one answer is the same thing that Gandalf said to Saruman.
"We must join him, we must join with Sauron!"
"Saruman, you should read the books."
Sauron also takes the very fair form of Annatar in the 2nd age to charm the elves . After a period of wandering he eventually resides at Ost -in-Edil, which is the capital of Eregion, which is close to Khazad Dum (Moria), where he convinces the Gwaith - I - Mirdain (the Noldor Elven alchemists and jewel smiths and Celebrimbor to forge the rings of power.
Before that he got rejected by Gil-galad and Elrond in Lindon. He was also rejected by Galadriel who was staying in Eregion before she moved to Lothlorien. Though they were unaware that Annatar was actually Sauron, they didn't trust him.
Honestly I don’t get all the negativity, I’m enjoying it so far
How? were like 5 hours in and pretty much nothing has happened this shows making the Hobbit look like a masterpiece!
The internet is full of overly emotional and immature morons who cannot handle the fact that some people genuinely enjoy the adaptation!
@@davidmclaren9027 I thought the Hobbit was brilliant as well. I’m not saying Rings of Power is absolutely outstanding but it’s pretty nice
Same here, my favourite TV show in years
@@tomvg87 glad to see another fan!
alternative title: benjamin walker bullying maxim baldry for 10 minutes LMAO
Galadriel should have this kind of energy not the one that is given to her in the show, she should be warm but strong at same time.
It's called character development brother. In times you will see her change.
@@mawten2454 she is thousands of years old, been in bigger wars, she should be more mature :)
@@mawten2454 DOUBT
@@mawten2454 character development.... ? For a thousand year old being acting like a teenager ? CW couldn't do worse.
@@mat3714 What does CW stand for?
It appears the actors have far more character than their own character they're acting.
Wonder if any negative comments will be deleted here just how they are deleting them with the show
What if I like them better here than their characters
To clarify I personally do like their characters, and some more than others..but I'm talking about that they should be better, is not enough at all yet, tho they also should be likable since the beginning :/
Anyways also was an open ended question without thinking much of the actors just their characters so wasn't really comparing them much and was just my first thought lol, but I will give them a chance at least xp
No cause same 😂
My girl Galadriel!!!!
@@ableton-i3d guyladriel
without the director ruining their character they're very real and personable.
Well the bar is low
“Where’s was the Rings of Power filmed?” “Detroit.” I think I laughed for 5 minutes 😭
Really?
More Tolkien in the answers to those questions than in the whole show...
This is just not true lol
@@metalsalsa sure quite a few aspects they talked about or showed in the text at the bottom aren't depicted differently in the show
@@metalsalsa how so?
@@noobatredstone3001 I recommend watching Corey Olsen's content. He's a scholar whose dedicated a lot of his life to studying and teaching Tolkien's works. He talks in depth about the Tolkien in each episode. I could type up some examples if you'd like. Truth is there isn't much in the way of story for the characters in the 2nd age.
Bro the actual most asked questions are like “Why is rings of power so bad?”
It wasn't.
@@alexandrabe7924 how much is Amazon paying u?
@@abudabi1995 Only those who read the books are complaining. For me it was a fun series to watch. I love fantasy and in my opinion this was well done.
@@alexandrabe7924 how was it well done the whole show makes no sense.
Forget the lore and forget the books because they obviously did
The show is straight up bad
1:25 - where was the rings of power filmed?
Gil Galad: Detroit 😂😂
Dear cast, you are phenomenal. Do not let yourselves get dragged down by someone on the internet who considers critizicing the stuff other people love and do an accomplishment within itself.
Why can’t we have an opinion? We aren’t hating the actors I’m sure they’re decent people, but we have the right to have an opinion on something we don’t like or can we not have opinions anymore
@@RJTheCerealGuy You obviously can. Nothing I wrote implied the opposite.
Your name is clapped bro
@@antonskrobanek5291 sorry, misinterpreted the tone, for me it sounded like calling anyone who doesn’t like the show just internet trolls. This is why I hate texts haha
@@RJTheCerealGuy No bother. Thank you for clarifying. Take care!
Ben looks like an elf more than anyone in the whole lotr universe
ISILDUR has the best answer for "WHAT ARE HARFOOTS?"
Prototypes of Hobbits 😂😂 3:34
This is the first time I’ve seen Galadriel smile and she’s not even in character.
Why does the dwarf prince sounds exactly like he is still in the character 😂
Galadriel's actor has such an extensive knowledge and answers in detail. Amazing!
Same Elendil's one
Too bad she's a terrible actress
@@illyrusemperor9278 She's an incredible actress fam. Go watch Saint Maud. You may not like the character the writers of RoP have given her, but she's killing it all the same.
@@AJTalksNerd Absolutely agree
No she is not knowledgeable about Tolkien's mythology. Proof : she thinks that Galadriel is older than Ulmo.
Ulmo is the Vala of all of the oceans, the seas and the waters in Arda (the world) and he is nearly as powerful as Manwe (the main Vala and brother of Melkor / Morgoth).
Eru Illüvatar (the one God) created all of the Ainur first before aught else was created. Some of whom then went on to become the Valar and the Maia of Arda, which is in Eă (the universe of Tolkien's mythology).
Get your facts correct first before you seal clap an amateurish actor or actress.
It feels surreal to see Galadriel as a likeable person.
You think she was likeable here?
@@LoLPunky yesh seemed like a nice gal
@@timokohler6631 she shut down half way through this interview.
@@LoLPunky Do you?
There was no need for Isildur and his College friends to be in this series.
Gil galad knows his stuff
Gil-galad’s actor strikes me as more of a hobbit than an elf-king.
Most googled questiones:
Why amazon delete reviews?
Why huge budget show looks like a larp session?
Why they dont respect the lore?
Wow, so toxic! This comment needs to be deleted
Why Tolkien's fans are so toxic?
@@diegoimbraguglio3738 all fandoms are inherently toxic. They‘re puritans.
"Ok you're pale, you can roll letter R, you're just perfect to play Galadriel. Close the audition!"
Llyod Owen my favourite cast member.. his passion seems to be strong
No chance most of this questions have been googled. Nevermind "The most Googled".
When Morfydd mentioned Glorfindel 😍
✨❤️✨❤️✨
I think he is likely to appear in the show. Glorfindel's revival happens during the course of the show. It's probably why she mentioned him.
The show is garbage.
Episode 5 is just laughable.
I heard the sea said that ROP was a bad show. And you know what Amazon says, 'The sea is always right.'
The galadriel actor just has one expression the whole show...
The lady in blue dress is way better looking in person than on the show...one of the rare occasions
She's absolutely gorgeous 😍
0:30 "Older than Ulmo" I lost it 😂
Why she talks with closed mouth?
She actually said, "Older than THE MOON!"
*Subtitles mistake!*
@@talibhussain5357 Yes, I was referring to the subtitles
@@illyrusemperor9278 is that a British thing? 😅🤭
@@talibhussain5357 i think she's forcing that a bit too much, trying to sound super posh
Sauron, like Gandalf, the Eagles and all the other Maiar existed before Arda was created.
Benjamin and Owain were by far my favorites here. What a pair of cool, lore-knowing guys.
Battery-powered rings!
I don’t think Galadriel has dropped her character yet 😅❤
So extremely unlikable?
@@chairmanofthebored6860 if you don't like it why are you here lol you're obsessed.
@@gracelessnesss obsessed with Tolkien and his legacy? Yes certainly. Many of us have been Tolkien fans for literal decades. Myself included. Seeing his works destroyed feels like a slap in the face.
@@hakasims you are missing the point entirely. If they wanted to make a subpar fantasy series, fine. They attached the Tolkien name to try and buy an existing audience. All the while releasing what is essentially fan fiction
@@chairmanofthebored6860 touch some grass
As far as Middle Earth being 3 million square miles. I thought about and and figured okay, that's like 1,000 miles by 3,000 miles. Then I thought that sounds about the size of Australia. Looked it up and boom. Australia is 2.99 million square feet. Middle Earth is about the size of Australia.
as an australian, i'm delighted to know that
Harfoots are hobbits.
Just like the Egyptians were human.
They were not “Egyptians the proto-humans”
Same thing here.
such a weak comparison
My favorite answer is when they yelled "THIS IS SPARTA!!" and kicked that guy into the pit. I cheered
People trashed Galadriel but this woman knows everything 😊
Here is my question. “How does it feel to be eternally linked to the literary leech of this series?”
How was reading the books not mandatory for the job?
Galadriel is not older than Ulmo wtf.
"Alright guys, go out there with a big smile, and pretend you're not part of the biggest dumpsterfire since GOT S8" - Amazon's puppeteers.
Funny how Galadriel is supposed to be a very old mythical elf except she acts like a 14 year old valley girl
Spot on.
Galadriel is also supposed to be centuries older than Elrond, Gil-Galad and Celebrimbor...
You didn't watch the latest episode.
Gil-Galad actor really knows his stuff. they should of just put him on to answer the questions. everyone else looks like a boob in comparison
Guyladriel the Karen
This will be over soon.
They will be forgotten.
Other than (obviously) Tolkien and even Jackson, for their true works of art.
That day can't come soon enough. Writing is atrocious, I feel bad for the actors.
Sauron is the real creator of the this show.
stalin, created your comments
More like Morgoth managed to escaped the void and corrupt the song of the ainur.
@@neluconstantin7655 Low Jab.
The most googled question is probably who is sauron
No, it’s “who approved these scripts?”
Slim Shady
@@CorePathway I agree XD
It's The Stranger
Celebrimbor never got a ring of power he gave the 3 elven rings to Galadriel, Gil Galad and Cirdan
#1 Most asked question: Why am I watching this?
Ben Walker's intelligent brain 🧠 wow I love this actor now
I love how well they all know the material, but you can tell that Morfydd Clark is the hardcore nerd.
If those are them most Google questions then only because Amazon deleted all the ones they did not like.
7:42 did we see the same show..? 😂
Where is the question when the show will get good?
The girl who plays Galadriel is terrible actress, sorry
Harfoots, prototype of the Hobbits 😆
Ulmo was one of the Valar, the first beings who sang Middle-earth into existence. Do your homework Ms. Clark.
My biggest problem with what Amazon has done is that the elves act like humans, which is not Tolkien’s world. There are many more defining charcters than just pointy ears.
However, the scenes with Elrond and Durin I actually liked in this episode. They captured the essence of what is a ‘dwarf’ great with Durin, and they started to scratch the surface to Tolkien’s concept of the elven race with Elrond. (despite the short hair, which I seriously don’t understand the purpose of that)
Unfortunately, Galadriel is seriously not an elf. The fight scene with the soldiers was the first time this season that I felt like Galadriel was an elf, and it only lasted a minute or so. She’s not even a good portrayal of a human; she still feels like a Karen, and like most Karens you can’t take them serious. You just have to laugh 😂
I think that is somewhat how Galadriel is described at the time. She is supposed to be brash, hyper focused, and ambitious. The writers of the series could have made her character in the series much more clever in these pursuits though. That's probably the biggest proper complaint about the show (almost every character is boring and 2 dimensional)
@@temporalsoliton except she's not ever described that way.
@@temporalsoliton the biggest complaint about this show is the awful writing in every aspect: pacing, dialog, characters, plot holes...
@@chairmanofthebored6860 she is described as arrogant and selfwilled in the UT
My thoughts exactly!
I’m not gonna watch this show but these people seem nice
Don't watch it, your opinion of them will sour within minutes.
Everyone seems nice in interviews and first dates. That's when we put our best version on
I think u should watch it if you like LOTR
I'd rather just watch them being themselves for 8 episodes than that excuse of a TV show...
I just want to say that , as someone who has read everything Tolkien has written, though it has been a while, I for one am enjoying the show for what it is. An entertaining show BASED upon his writings, not an attempt to directly translate them. I am not trying to analyze every episode based off any preconceived notions. As such, it is entertaining and I am very much enjoying it and can't wait to see more.
@@MichaelOKC No.
@@MichaelOKC Yeah, sorry, you can't even call it "based" upon his writing...
@The Outlaw you have never touch grass in your life
@@MichaelOKC stop lying you have never touched a single book of Tolkien
I'm sure these questions weren't provided in advance and the answers already provided, yep 100%.
Galadriel is always on a bad mood, even in this video lol
"Hobbits and Harfoots.." bruh.. I guess, using Wikipedia is too hard
Here is a question: Maybe the show would have been better if Amazon spent less time setting up countless interviews with the actors and more time working out a good script with a good story line instead of the sloppy mess they try to sell off as "Tolkien"? 🙄
You are aware that marketing and writers are entirely different departments, yes? They can do their jobs concurrently.
Galadriel‘s actress looks and sounds more like an elf in this interview than she does in the actual series
Right?
I don't hate the actress but hot damnit the writers screwed up big time.
Gil-Galad's Benjamin Walker is quite charming, t0o bad they wrote Gil-Galad to be only less unlikeable than Galadriel.
Have you read the interviews with him aboutbteh character?
@@pyktukasplays4945 No.
@@pyktukasplays4945 no one.
Where was the main question? “Havee yeee heearrd of Sourrrrron?”
2. Of the Most googled question: "Which character are you?" Answer: "I am Galadriel" if this question is even under the top 50000 most googled question, i srsly doubt google.
Lol true
Morfydd seems to know her stuff
Maybe she does, she just ignored all of it.
@@chairmanofthebored6860 Imagine blaming an actor for your opinion of a show in which said actor had no say in the writing of it.
@@hypaavos3554 oh I'm not blaming her, I am definitely blaming the writers. But man her portrayal of Galadriel is just unbelievably unlikable and grating.
@@chairmanofthebored6860 I like her. She's interesting. I look forward to her scenes.
@@MaxxadTV it's actually baffling how badly written Galadriel is in this show. An absolute mockery of this amazing character.
Cynthias come a long way since Spartacus. Good for her.
Most googled questions huh. Do these people think we are idiots? 😂
They seem like a nice bunch. They deserved a better show than that.
The show was amazing.
@@alexandrabe7924 sorry, but no
@@israelelias4513as a person who didn’t know much about the lore or how the rings came to be, I loved the show.
@@guledm349 glad to hear it. I really didn't like it, as mostly of the people, specially old lotr fans. But the show is supposed to entertain people, good for you 🙌🏻
morfydd clark is as shiny as a elf would be....
She's terrible actress
rings of power was such a disappointed, i cant event be bothered to watch it anymore.
Tolkien was originally inspired by the references to middangeard and Éarendel in the Old English poem Crist A.