‘The Rings Of Power’ Actress Nazanin Boniadi On Her Decision To Depart Series Ahead Of Season 2

PREVIOUS, 9:23AM: Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power actress Nazanin Boniadi won’t be returning as her human healer character Bronwyn for season 2 of the Prime Video series.

Deadline has also confirmed that Boniadi’s role has not been recast. Bronwyn is the mother of Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) and the lover of elf warrior Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova). Both Muhafidin and Cordova are returning for season 2. Bronwyn didn’t make an appearance in the recent teaser trailer for season 2 of Rings of Power.

Boniadi recently wrote on Instagram that she paused acting “to focus solely on the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising in Iran and to advocate for the people in my homeland who have been risking everything for freedom.”

She also mentioned Deadline’s announcement of her movie, A Mosquito in the Ear, which she said, “Despite my passion for acting, I knew it would take a very special project to convince me to once again split my time between my day job and my calling as an activist.”

The movie is based on the Italian graphic novel Una Zanzara nell’Orecchio from Andrea Ferraris, which tells the true story of Andrew and Daniela, an American couple eager to form a family, who travel to India to bring home their newly adopted child. A Mosquito in the Ear reps the feature directorial debut of BAFTA Newcomer Nicola Rinciari.

This past week, Rings of Power showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay said that a fan-fave character, Tom Bombadil, from the J.R.R. Tolkein novel was finally making his debut, that part played by Rory Kinnear.