Season 2 of 'The Rings of Power' Producers: Sauron Will Be Like Walter White

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, he represents the all-seeing eye that watches over the city from atop the tower.

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We thought it was important for Sauron to have his own entity.

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We considered writing Sauron's backstory.

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We talked a lot about something Milton does in Paradise Lost," Payne continues.

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Milton intended for you to experience the same fate as Adam and Eve, therefore he created the situation that way.

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Payne continues, "Sauron is a liar in Tolkien, and we know that he appears in 'fair form' in the Second Age.

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