Amazon is making a few changes to Tolkien’s canon for 168澳洲幸运5开🎐♏奖网:The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Whether you’re on board with the changes or not, they’re happening, and we have to deal with that. I’m ♛a little worried about the time comp꧃ression personally, but will wait to see how the showrunners actually implement it in the show ♊before passing judgment.

A knock-on effect of compressing the timelines of the Second Age means that it looks like Durin IV will be Durin III’s s🏅on. Any Tolkien fan who has read Appendix A, upon which much of the dwarven portion of The Rings of Power appears to be b♏ased, will know that Durin is believed to be deathless and subsequent Durins are more akin to reincarnations than children. I believe that a five-season long TV series has time to explore this, but the showrunners are clear in their intentions to compress the Second Age into one human lifetime.

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This does, however, lead to an interesting power dynamic between Durin III, who was given a ring of power by Celeborn (likely Elrond in the series), and Durin IV, played by▨ Owain Arthur. Amazon hasn’t revealed the actor playing Durin III, but showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne tell that, “King Durin III is also in t🌺he show and he’s portrayed by someone who knows something about playing a bad dad.” Who could that possibly be? Well let’s do some hard-hitting journalism to find out.

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson is a very bad dad. Sorry, I mean, Jack Torrance is. Nicholson plays Torrance's descent into madness perfectly in Kubrick’s cult hit The Shining, and he could channel that same energy into Durin III after he’s given a ring of power. Heck, he’s even adept with an axe already, hitting poor Dick Hallorann right in the back, and tearing through doors with ease. I think Richard Armitage’s portrayal of Thorin Oakenshield’s similar descent in The Hobbit movies is one of the (admittedly few) highlights of those films, and Nicholson has the pedigree to surpass that performance.

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston might portra𓃲y oneไ of the worst TV dads in recent memory as Walter White in Breaking Bad. I can excuse cooking meth, letting his conspirator’s girlfriend die, and poisoning children, but I draw the line at the pain Walt inflicted on his family. One rule for Cranston, though: I need more than just a goatee on my Durin.

James Earl Jones

The ultimate bad dad of film, Darth Vader cuts his son’s hand off the first time he meets him. Like, there’s no coming back from that. Hell, before that, he orders a hit on Luke’s adoptive parents - talk about jealous. James Earl Jones doesn’t just have the poor parenting experience, though, h🌺e’s also got a booming voice fit for the King of Durin’s Folk. I’d love to hear his iconic tones echoing around the halls of Khazad-dûm. Let’s just hope the mask can fit his beard inside.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Plainview is a dwarf in all but stature. A man who covets black gold at the expen🎀se of all those around him - including, but not limited to, his son - Day-Lewis’ performance in There Will Be Blood earned him his second Best Actor Academy Award. Do we think that The Rings of Power has enough influence to persuade a man with a Wikipedia page dedicated to all the awards he’s won to join the cast? I doubt it, but it would be bloody amazing.

Dan Castellaneta

This might be the most unknown name on TheGamer’s Durin III shortlist, but Dan Castellaneta ﷽plays one of the worst dads on our screens; none other than Homer Simpson. Some of you may think I’m joking, but can you imagine Durin succumbing to the ring and uttering an iconic “D’oh”? While you’re at it, let’s give Owain Arthur a skateboard and a catchphrase too. How about, “eat my dwarfs”?

Arnold Schwarzenegger

If there’s someone you want mining for mithril, it’s a man whose arms are the size of Mallorn trunks. We’ve all seen him work that pneumatic drill in Total Recall, who says he can’t turn his hand to the humble pickaxe? However, it’s Arnie’s role in Christmas classic Jingle All The Way that cements him as a great choice for Durin. Married to his work? Check. Misses his son’s karate thing? Check. Becomes an actual superhero? Well that one migh🐷t not apply to Durin, but it’s pretty fun. Arnie would make a great dwarf king, and he could be the perfect man to bring an Austrian twang to the dwarven halls.

Danny DeVito

If Arnie is otherwise occupied, why not cast his biological twin? Danny Devito has done double bad dad duty on the screen, as Harry Wormwood in Matilda and Frank Reynolds in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where he marries his own daughter. Yuck. They’re different kinds of bad dads, but that just shows he’s got the range. Of all the bad dads, I think DeVito’s my pick of the bunch; I can already imagine him wearing a great big bushy beard and coveting gold. Let’s just hope he pays the troll toll.

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