Lord of the Rings fans who are eagerly awaiting Rings of Power Season 2 have finally gotten their first look at one of the franchise’s most divisive characters: Tom Bombadil.
The first shot fromRings of Power Season 2of Bombadil (played by Rory Kinnear),sharedby Variety, shows the divisive Lord of the Rings character talking toDaniel Weyman’s Stranger(whom many believe to be Gandalf).
First look at Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil in ‘LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER’ Season 2.
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Bombadil is an interesting facet ofLord of the Ringshistory. He briefly appears in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring to save the hobbits early on, but then seemingly falls off the face of the Earth.
In his brief appearance in the books, he saves Merry and Pippin by singing Old Man Willow to sleep in the forest and shelters the Hobbits for the evening. The encounter is really only notable for Bombadil briefly handling the One Ring, which is shown to have no effect on him.
It sounds grim, but they may be right. Rings of Power will mark Bombadil’s first adaptation outside of the books, and even in those, his presence is minute. After Fellowship of the Ring, Bombadil only appears in two later poetry collections, 1962’s The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and 1997’s Tales from the Perilous Realm.
Many fans are calling the character “boring” on social media, and admitting they skip chapters Bombadil is in when reading the books.
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But Bombadil is not without fans, with many sharing how excited they are to finally see the character brought to life. As one X usersays, “One of the most beloved characters, played by one of the best character actors alive and people here still finding a reason to cry. We don’t deserve good things.”
Christopher Baggett was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team and a comics expert, across DC Comics and Marvel. He also has bylines at ComicsBeat, Comic Book Resources, and The HomeWorld.
