The leading lady of Lord of the Rings' $1billion prequel: 'I'm going to be either famous or infamous'
telegraph.co.ukexpensive TV series to date would involve assistants, diva-ish demands and menacing publicists. Instead, there is just an amiable young woman wearing a red checked dress, trainers, and a vaguely medieval leather waistcoat.
As she says her name she rolls the ‘r’ and puts a faint ‘th’ on the end. Hopefully she does not spot the open tab on her interviewer’s phone, which at that moment displays: ‘how Morfydd Welsh name pronounced’.It turns out it is the same ‘r’ as in Mordor, the malignant land in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which is convenient.
After nearly a decade quietly building a reputation as an actor of rare depth and power, thanks to roles in Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield and a compelling lead in the psychological horror Saint Maud, Clark has been summoned to Middle-earth.
On 2 September, the first series of prequel The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, begins on Amazon Prime; rumours are that it will cost $1 billion.
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