‘Rings of Power’ Star Morfydd Clark Fainted When She Was Cast in Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMorfydd Clark was at the Toronto Film Festival promoting “The Personal History of David Copperfield” when she was told she was cast as Galadriel in the upcoming Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”“I found out and then I went to a screening and Q&A for ‘David Copperfield,” Clark told me Monday night at the “Rings of Power” premiere at Culver Studios. “I suddenly realized what a big deal it was for me, and I passed out during the Q&A.

I was caught by a lovely security guard.”Set thousands of years before the “Lord of the Rings” films, Clark plays the same character portrayed by Cate Blanchett on the big screen.“I knew I was auditioning for an elf but I didn’t know which one,” Clark recalled. “So me and my sister went mad trying to figure it out.

I never dreamed it would be Galadriel.” She has not reached out to Blanchett. “I couldn’t possibly,” Clark said. “But her performance was such a big part of my life.

Those films have gotten me through exams, troubles, teenagehood. She was with me all that time.”For one ocean sequence early in the season, Clark spent a lot of time doing water work. “It was really hard,” she said. “I thought I could swim, but then I took my first swimming lesson and I could see my teacher going like, ‘Oh, no!’”With reports that “Rings of Power” is the most expensive television series ever made, I asked the cast if that meant craft services were better than most. “I’ve had better and I’ve had worse,” said Owain Arthur, who plays Prince Durin IV.