Lord of the Rings fans won't have much longer to wait until the long-awaited Amazon Prime series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, releases on the streaming platform. The series, which is based on the classic appendices by JRR Tolkien, comes out on Friday, September 2. The show's cast are currently promoting it across the globe.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has a strong Welsh cast with the likes of Morfydd Clark, Owain Arthur and Trystan Gravelle. Morfydd, who plays Elven warrior Galadriel in the series, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, August 4 to talk about her role, which was originally inhabited by Academy Award-winning actress, Cate Blanchett.
Colbert, a self-confessed fan of Lord of the Rings, was left impressed when Morfydd, who grew up in Penarth, taught him the Welsh alphabet. Egging her on, the talk show host said: "Your little trick is, and I can't believe how entertaining it is, but it really is. The Welsh alphabet," before asking her to show him.
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Morfydd passionately replied: "Of course, my pleasure," before the audience applauded her and Colbert assured them, "you don't want to miss any of this."
She continued: "My friends at home can't believe I'm getting applauded for saying the alphabet and I'm chuffed about it," before she impressed them by saying the alphabet. You can watch the clip below.
After a continuation of the audience's applause, Colbert said: "It's hard for me to pick up where one sound ends and the next one begins. Welsh has like 29 letters not 26, isn't that true?"
"Yes, it has merged letters," she replied before the talk show host said that it seemed she was "teasing" him.
Set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power begins during a time of relative peace and covers all the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. These events take place over thousands of years in Tolkien's original stories but are condensed for the series.
The long-awaited series also stars Maxim Baldry (Years and Years), Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) and British actor and comedian Lenny Henry amongst others. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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