LORD OF THE RINGS Amazon Series Adds YEARS AND YEARS Actor Maxim Baldry In A Lead Role

Amazon recently unveiled what we assumed was the full cast for its upcoming Lord of the Rings series, but now we have word on a later addition. Maxim Baldry has joined the ensemble in a lead role...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 04, 2020 05:03 AM EST

Filed Under: Lord of the Rings

Amazon's upcoming The Lord of the Rings prequel series has received a late addition to its ensemble cast in the form of Years & Years and Doctor Who actor Maxim Baldry.

Like most of his fellow Middle Earth recruits, details on Baldry's character are being kept under wraps, but he is expected to play a "key role."

Plot specifics for the show are also few and far between, but it has been confirmed that the story will take place many years before the events of the first installment in J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. Production is expected to commence soon in New Zealand, and the show has already been renewed for a second season.

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are on board as showrunners and exec producers, while J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) will direct the first two episodes and serve as EP with his partner Belén Atienza.

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Robert Aramayo

Robert Aramayo will be best known for playing young Ned Stark in seasons 6 and 7 of HBO's Game of Thrones.

Aramayo will play the young hero of the tale, who is being referred to as Beldor (although there is speculation that he will turn out to be an established character).

Morfydd Clark

Swedish-Welsh actress Morfydd Clark is probably the most experienced of the ensemble, having appeared in numerous movies and TV shows since breaking on to the scene in 2014. Most recently, she popped up in The BBC's Dracula and His Dark Materials.

As far as we know, Clark is playing the only previously established Lord of the Rings character: Galadriel.

Joseph Mawle

Another former Game of Thrones alum, Joseph Mawle played Benjen Stark in the HBO series. He's also appeared in Ripper Street, Birdsong, The Passion and Troy: Fall of a City.

Mawle is believed to be playing the main villain of the show, Oren.

Markella Kavenagh

Aussie actress Markella Kavenagh was the first person to be cast in the show. Her credits include Picnic and Hanging Rock and The Gloaming.

She'll play the female lead, and her character is being referred to as Tyra.

Ema Horvath

From here, character details are pretty much nonexistent, so we'll just be listing the actor's credits.

Ema Horvath has appeared in The Gallows Act II, Like.Share.Follow., and Don't Look Deeper.

Owain Arthur

Owain Arthur is a Welsh actor primarily know for his theater work. He made his name playing Francis Henshall in The National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Nazanin Boniadi

Iranian-English actress Nazanin Boniadi also has a lot of experience, having appeared in the likes of Ben-Hur, Hotel Mumbai, Homeland and Counterpart.

Tom Budge

Tom Budge is an Australian actor, arguably best known for playing the "vicious little cretin" Samuel Stoat in The Proposition.

Ismael Cruz Cordova

Ismael Enrique Cruz Córdova is a Puerto Rican television, stage and film actor who is arguably best known for his recurring role on the later seasons of Ray Donovan. He also had a small role in one episode of The Mandalorian.

Tyroe Muhafidin

This will be 15-year-old Tyroe Muhafidin's first major acting role.

Sophia Nomvete

This will also be Sophia Nomvete's first major TV part, but she has plenty of theater experience.

Megan Richards

Megan Richards has appeared in Wanderlust, Doctors, and and Pan Tau.

Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith's credits include I Am the Night, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, and and Into the Badlands.

Charlie Vickers

Charlie Vickers has had minor roles in Medici, Death in Shoreditch and Palm Beach.

Daniel Weyman

Finally, we have Daniel Weyman, who has plenty of TV and theater experience. He's best known for playing Jim opposite Brenda Blethyn in Vera.

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Deagle - 3/4/2020, 11:34 AM

Rumor is Amazon fired all of their writer in the writing room for LOTR?

LORD OF THE RINGS Amazon Series Adds YEARS AND YEARS Actor Maxim Baldry In A Lead Role

Amazon recently unveiled what we assumed was the full cast for its upcoming Lord of the Rings series, but now we have word on a later addition. Maxim Baldry has joined the ensemble in a lead role...

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Morfydd Clark

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Ismael Cruz Cordova

Tyroe Muhafidin

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Megan Richards

Dylan Smith

Charlie Vickers

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