Sauron is finally feeling relaxed. Well, not the real Sauron, but rather the actor who plays him. In 2022, Charlie Vickers became the first human to ever take on the role of The Lord of The Rings’ biggest baddie, thus far only portrayed on-screen as a giant flaming eye (or massive suit of spiky armour).
The 33-year-old Australian actor, who had no major credits to his name before this project, is under no misapprehension of how big a deal his casting was. “I don't think anything will ever match getting this role in terms of changing the trajectory of my career,” Vickers says humbly, sitting across from me in a Piccadilly hotel on an early morning.
