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The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 8, Shadow and Flame," now streaming on Prime Video.

The Season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power solidified the identity of The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) that had been in question since the beginning of the first season. The actress who played Harfoot Elanor Nori Brandyfoot, Markella Kavenagh told CinemaBlend it feels surreal to talk about the fact that The Stranger was revealed to be none other than the wizard Gandalf.

Its very exciting. I dont think its quite hit me until now, just how exciting it is that hes portraying, you know, Gandalf, Kavenagh said. And the fact that I can even say that, because obviously, its something thats been kind of a secret for so long. So yeah, it feels really surreal, she said.

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Warning: Major Spoilers lie ahead for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale!

Nori and The Stranger's adventure comes to an emotional end, while Mriel is left in a precarious state in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale. Played by Markella Kavenagh, the young Harfoot set out with her friend, Poppy, to help the tall wizard known only as The Stranger to regain his memories and get a handle on his abilities. After being separated by a sandstorm, Nori and Poppy discover a community of halflings known as the Stoors, while The Stranger meets the mysterious Tom Bombadil, who offers some ambiguous advice to help.

Portrayed by Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Mriel was introduced as the queen regent of the island of Men, Nmenor, though saw her power challenged near the end of season 1 after her expedition to the Southlands with an army...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2!

Nori and Poppy's adventure has led to a surprising turn of events in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2. Introduced in season 1 of the J.R.R. Tolkien prequel show as part of the migrating Harfoot clan, Nori and Poppy's lives are changed forever with the sudden arrival of The Stranger, a man who mysteriously falls from the sky and has no memories of who he is. The first season chronicles Nori and Poppy's travels with The Stranger in the hopes of discovering his identity and how to get a handle on his magical abilities.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 sees Poppy rejoin Nori and The Stranger on their journey to Rhn to try and learn more about the latter's identity. Along the way, though, they become...

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The biggest mystery in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 was the identity of Sauron. An early contender was Daniel Weyman's character The Stranger. He -- along with Markella Kavenagh's Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot and Megan Richards' Poppy Proudfellow -- explored the dangers of magic throughout the first season. Though The Stranger was not Sauron, there was more than enough mystery around him to keep all three characters guessing.

At season's end, Nori went off adventuring with The Stranger to learn more about his actual identity, as it was heavily implied that he's Gandalf the Grey, but where does that take them in Season 2? Cbr sat down with Weyman, Kavenagh, and Richards to talk more about the journeys of The Stranger, Nori, and Poppy in The Rings of Power Season 2. Weyman also discusses all those fan theories...

Daniel Weyman cant shake the character of Gandalf from his mind. Thats because ever since the British actor burst onto the scene as The Stranger in Prime Videos mega-hit, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the buzz has been building that the character could very well be Gandalf himself, who was played by the venerable Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings films.

In a recent interview with MovieWeb about the highly anticipated second season of the series, which debuts on August 29, Weyman was candid about the possibility he could, in fact, be playing Gandalf, noting:

I'm really enjoying playing this character from almost his birth in Middle-earth. I feel like it doesn't really matter to me [if hes Gandalf]. I don't think I'm trying to hang out for him to go one way or the other. I love the way that the writing lands me as an actor in a present situation,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the two-episode premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”

At the end of the first episode of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” one of two installments dropped by Amazon Prime Video on the show’s launch day, young Harfoot Elanor “Nori” Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh) follows a fiery object that’s come shooting down from the skies of Middle-earth to find a mysterious, barely clothed man unconscious at the center of a flaming crater that’s been hollowed out in the earth. By the end of the second episode, Nori and her best friend Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards) are watching the large man, played by Daniel Weyman and credited only as “The Stranger,” throw fireflies into the sky to create what Nori thinks is a map of specific stars he’s trying...