A series regular from season one of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is not returning for season two. A source close to the show exclusively confirmed that Nazanin Boniadi, who played Bronwyn in the Prime Video show's first season, won't be in the upcoming episodes. Bronwyn is a human healer who's the mother of Theo and had a forbidden romance with the elf warrior Arondir.
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00:00A series regular from Season 1 of The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power, is not returning
00:05for Season 2.
00:07A source close to the show exclusively confirmed that Nazanin Bonyadi, who played Bronwyn in
00:11the Prime Video show's first season, won't be in the upcoming episodes.
00:15You ready?
00:16Yes, Mother.
00:17I'm ready.
00:18Bronwyn is a human healer who's the mother of Theo, and had a forbidden romance with
00:23the elf warrior, Arondir.
00:25Fans noticed Bonyadi's absence from the show's teaser trailer, which has racked up 13 million
00:29views in the last two weeks.
00:31She recently wrapped filming an indie film titled A Mosquito in the Air.
00:35She previously posted on Instagram that she took a step back from acting to focus on activism.
00:40Bonyadi wrote,
00:41I stepped away from acting in September 2022, to focus solely on the Women Life Freedom
00:46Uprising in Iran, and to advocate for the people of my homeland who have been risking
00:50everything for freedom.
00:52She continued,
00:53Despite my passion for acting, I knew it would take a very special project to convince me
00:56to once again split my time between my day job and my calling as an activist.
01:00A Mosquito in the Air is that project, a beautiful adventure that we can't wait to share with
01:05you.
01:06As for the Rings of Power, the Prime Video series will return on August 29th.
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