This is what they agreed on in an interview with EFE Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Ismael Cruz Córdova, actors in the platform’s production Prime Video what The first three episodes of its second season will premiere on August 29after the success of the first one, which has been seen by more than 100 million viewers, according to the streaming platform. streaming.
“Good versus evil, life and death. And whether it’s a fantasy or just two people chatting in a room, it’s always We are navigating the big questions of life“said Addai-Robinson, who plays Queen Regent Miriel in the series.
The London-born American stressed that this epic fantasy resonates the way it does because it is a timeless story. “The stories, the hopes, the dreams, they are all the same and always will be.“, he added.
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“Tolkien is about that, about people trying to find their place in this worldin this Middle Earth, and trying to find themselves among all these conflicts,” added Puerto Rican Cruz, the elf Arondir in the production.
“But in the long run everyone realizes that We cannot do things alone, as individuals, but together as a community,” he said.
Prime Video opted to reflect a diverse world in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerwhose plot takes place thousands of years prior to the events of The Hobbit’and The Lord of the Rings, during the Second Age of Middle-earth.
Diversity as a flag
Both performers confessed that sometimes they have to pinch themselves to confirm that they are participating in this blockbustera “dream come true” and an honor, Addai-Robinson said.
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When the first season premiered, More than 25 million viewers around the world watched the series on its first day of screeninga figure that was the largest opening in the history of Prime Video and also the program on this platform that has generated the most subscriptions during its launch window.
On its first weekend debuted as the number one program in the general list of streamingaccording to the audience measurement firm Nielsen.
“It’s surreal to be in a production of this size,” said Cruz, who highlights the different locations in various parts of the worldthe production units and the detail in the costumes and staging.
For his part, Cruz, being a Latino in this global series, assumed “a beautiful challenge” which he enjoys very much, although “sometimes it is more of a challenge than it should be.”
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At the time, the Puerto Rican’s participation in the skin of an elf surprised some fans of the series when the first season premiered in 2022, but in particular it unleashed racist comments on the Internet due to what was described as “the first non-white elf”.
For Cruz, that is already part of the past. “Latinos put their hearts into everything they do” and I feel super proud to play Arondir,” he said.
“You have to let your work speak for itself,” he concluded.
Following the premiere of the first three episodes on August 29, Prime Video will issue A new chapter every week until the end of the season on October 3.
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