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In past articles I have answered the question:
This post contains potential spoilers for The Rings of Power’s second season. At the time of writing these are simply rumours, but if you may want to avoid spoilers come back later and see if I was right!
Remember that week when we dove deep into RumourLand on Sauron and what he is going to get up to in the second season of The Rings of Power? It’s back up by some casting news broken in December by Fellowship of Fans:
EXCLUSIVE: Gavi Singh Chera will play ‘SAURON’ in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Season 2.
EXCLUSIVE: He will play the original form version of the character which is meant to be “angelic” and “ethereal” per sources.
EXCLUSIVE: In flashback scenes “Original Form Sauron” (Gavi Singh Chera) will have long hair, in present day scenes in Eregion he apparently has shorter hair.
Can also finally confirm (Dr Nosy Report) that “Annatar” is a character name listed for The Rings Of Power Season 2. Though NO CONFIRMATION or evidence yet as to whether: Original Form Gavi = Annatar
… they go on to state:
All we know about Gavi’s form of Sauron so far:
– In episode 7-8 of S2 he will be in region and share scenes with Celebrimbor
– He will be on the battle sets aka the Sacking of Eregion and will be in black and golden armour
– He will appear in a flashback scene and has filmed a fight scene with Adar
– There is a very important scene between him, Celeborn an Galadriel
This gives us Charlie Vickers’ form as the character Halbrand (original to the show), Gavi Singh Chera as
Annatar, and possibly another actor who may be playing Celeborn who is then revealed to be Sauron – per last week’s rumour.
Gavi Singh Chera’s credits include: The Lazarus Project and The Undeclared War.
Shapeshifting and multiple forms are not a canon violation. I’ve extensively explored the idea of Annatar or Sauron’s Fair Form since the inception of this feature series. I think making the choice to have such an incredibly powerful figure played by different actor is extremely compelling.
