It seems that marketing for the second season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is ramping up after this month’s first teaser trailer, and now there’s official confirmation that fan-favorite (but absent in live-action so far) character Tom Bombadil will show up.
Fan speculation about the merry – and extremely long-lived – man that dwelled in the Old Forest and his involvement in the show had been rampant for many months now, so this confirmation doesn’t come as a huge surprise. yet the actor chosen to play him is a bit of a shock: Rory Kinnear (of recent Men fame), one of the most recognizable British faces in the business.
The series’ social media channels and Vanity Fair jointly made the announcement on May 29 with an in-depth first look at Kinnear’s take on the character and how showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have approached him.