The Rings of Power: Morfydd Clark didn’t know she was auditioning for a Lord of the Rings series

The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are now streaming on Prime Video. The series includes dozens of main characters spread out across the two episodes, with still more to come, but Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel is clearly the star. But when Morfydd Clark first auditioned for the role in The Rings of Power… she had no idea it was for Lord of the Rings.

While speaking with Empire, Morfydd Clark explained that she nearly walked into her first audition for The Rings of Power without knowing what it was for.

The first [audition], I didn’t know what I was auditioning for. The actress next to me looked over all sneaky and was like, ‘Do you know what this is for? It’s Lord Of The Rings.’ And I’m forever grateful to her.

Morfydd Clark continued, “I went into the toilet and just stared at myself and was like, ‘You’ve gotta pull yourself together. You’ve been training for this for years. You know what to do, it’s in your blood.’ Because I’d been obsessively watching Lord Of The Rings for my whole childhood.” Actors aren’t always aware of what they’re auditioning for, particularly for projects as big and secretive as The Rings of Power.

Our own Alex Maidy gave The Rings of Power a glowing review. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an absolute masterpiece of television that has upped the ante for what we can expect from a streaming series,” Maidy wrote. “After seeing this series, I don’t think we can ever again call TV the ‘small screen.’ The Rings of Power is an achievement in every sense of the word with the best special effects, production design, and music of any series to date. As a fan of The Lord of the Rings, I am very happy and cannot wait to see where this story will go next.” You can check out the rest of Maidy’s review right here, and be sure to let us know what you thought of the series as well!