Rory Kinnear will play the J.R.R.
Tolkien character Tom Bombadil, who was ignored by previous adaptations.
Hey come, derry dol!
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Can you hear him singing?
Peter Jackson’sLord of the Ringsfilm trilogy is widely celebrated as an extremely faithful adaptation of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel.
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But Bombadil is hard to reduce to Tolkien’s familiar categories.
The author never quite defined his role in Middle-earth.
The Rings of Powerseason 2 premieres Aug. 29 on Prime Video.
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