Amazon Studios has announced seven new cast members for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, including someone new who is playing the orc leader Adar after a recast.
Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones’ Benjen Stark) played Adar in The Rings of Power Season 1, but he’s dropping out for Season 2. Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders) is coming in to play Adar for the next season. Amazon did not provide any explanation as to why Mawle is leaving The Rings of Power.
New cast members for Season 2, which is now filming in the UK, include Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen “Zates” Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, and Nicholas Woodeson.