Markella Kavenagh & Megan Richards Interview | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2

hey marel hey Megan my name is Justin and I'm Nate thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us you both doing today good good how are you we're doing good we're talking to you yeah a so glad it was fantastic getting to see your characters uh grow and develop over season one of this series um Marella this time around in season two what's something that maybe surprised you about where we find Nori in this part of their story I think I think something that surp I mean it's something that surprised Nori I think too is just how much she misses her family and um how much actually leaving home meant to her so I think what was surprising was just reading that that was going to be voiced and expressed in their way like you hear her voice that in the first episode so um it's really you see how important that is and I really like that because there is an inner conflict between her doing what she's always wanted to do and then also balancing homesickness so it was um yeah it was really a nice surprise to see that the showrunners were going to acknowledge that yeah it's that duality of wanting more but having to let go of your your your family and to go do what you need to do I love that now Megan you know at times this show goes to some dark places but for us it's always a delight to see Poppy and Nori together on their Adventure you know what's the secret to having such a genuine relationship with one another on screen yeah I think there's something that makes it easier is having an actor who you're acting opposite be so wonderful and be so present um yeah but lovely oh keep going um but there's the what's lovely is that the poppy that I portray is not the same wouldn't be the same poppy without Marquel as Nori um and I think also something that I always kind of tell myself is that and norri are fine they're great and their relationship is stable and it's the same and um they have such a sort of like depth to their relationship that was already there before season 1 even happened um and so it's just our job to kind of Honor that and continue it and um marela makes it very easy I love that well you definitely you definitely see that and we feel it as we get to watch your characters um for for for both of you you know uh this season um there's a few bugs eaten at one point I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to say um I wanted to kind of talk about you know season one and season two we get to see how Haro foots are foragers and they very much live off the land for their meals uh for each of you uh as marel and Megan uh what's your go-to harfoot meal half meal there's got to be a pie in there oh yeah there's got got to be a pie in there for sure they actually had these incredible pies on set of season 1 but they were like Cherry as part of the Harvest Festival and they look really quite nice yeah I don't know I'm such a snacker it's like anything any snails food yeah bugs bugs sound delicious that as a snack food no yeah no cockroaches food no cockroach yeah maybe a cockroach and then I mean I was going to say like I would love a good harfoot stew but I'd be worried that if he made it his his foot might get in there yeah a little seasoning get on his bad gonna happen give it time okay after the after a long day you never know gets better with age yeah you know during production when you're on set you know there's so many elements in place to help bring Middle Earth to life you know from set design to makeup to costuming at at what point do you find yourselves fully embodying your characters marel let's start with you I mean it's it's exactly what you said it's it's as soon as I I'm inct I feel like I'm not actually in character but as in you you do feel like it's so much easier when you have the costume and the makeup and the Prosthetics and I feel like as soon as the feet are on you kind of can't deny how that you're a half foot because they really do alter the way you like stand like the The Stance and the way she is so I feel like that really helps and then as soon as you're on set and you've got the dialect and you've got these incredible sets you it just all of it it really does take a village and it takes this big team um comprised of like incredible crew that really come together to make to make I mean you know an act this part would not be anything without the incredible costumes and the makeup and the the thought and care that's also put into her um by the crew and the yeah the directors in the show room so yeah that it all helps and so I love I love it I love the whole process I yeah I think I mean you said it so eloquently and also the feet definitely is a main thing what's also amazing is being able to work with people who are so like top of their game at their Craft um when they sort of when you are sort of their subject and they you know do that it allows me to not have to think about any of that and I'm able to actually just really play Poppy and play that moment and be in that moment I think Alo the sets really help for me the grandness and the intricacies of them are just so beautiful and they're sort of like evergoing like Christian who's the setep designer is an absolute genius and you know his work deserves recognition for sure yeah well uh we are always blown away whenever we get to see like the visuals in the show and but of course um your Chemistry both of you it's just it's so so lovely and so wonderful um congratulations on the show thank you again so much for your time uh we've seen three episodes so far of season two and we're really enjoying it um so what happens yeah yeah thank you so so much you guys [Music]