The Rings of Power’s Daniel Weyman aka The Stranger Says There’s a Lot to Learn About the Enigmatic Character

With five episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power already out (read our two-episode premiere review here and episode five review here), we know more about the antagonist Sauron while we also have a mysterious and magical character The Stranger, who seems to be connected to the overarching story set in Middle-earth Second Age.

The shabby and ragged Stranger crashed into the earth in a ball of fire and since then, there have been a lot of speculations regarding the character’s backstory and purpose. Actor Daniel Weyman, best known for his inexplicable performance in the crime drama Silent Witness shared that the makers were clear about his character’s arch, which helped him put his best foot forward.

“They (makers) were pretty clear at the beginning that what they were bringing me was a character who had, at his core, a really deep and primal purpose. He had a need to accomplish something, once I began to tap into that, other things flowed smoothly. Whether that was costume, or hair and makeup, or dialect and movement – all those things flowed from that very primal, guttural sense of, ‘I know what I need to do here. I know what I’m here for.”

“At each point in the story, I knew exactly where the character was and who he was and what he was going through. So, from my point of view, it was quite an easy task to follow that through. And that’s a joy to have as an actor because there are some characters who never really know what their purpose is. They never really know what their desires are,” he added.

Daniel refrained from divulging into details but hinted that one can expect the unexpected from the Stranger. “As much as we don’t know about him, I think what we’re going to do, if we can stay with him, is to see that the way that he impacts communities around him is going to be dramatic. We are going to learn and learn and learn, and finding out what exactly is going on might not be so quick. Hopefully, people will have as much fun watching his story as I had to film it.”

A lot more is yet to be unravelled about the enigmatic and appalling Stranger, his motive behind the sudden visit to earth, and Sauron’s ultimate plan. All this and much more will be revealed, as Adar and his army march on Ostirith in the 6th episode, which will release this Friday, September 30 only on Prime Video. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power streams in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and other international languages.