What a difference thousands of years makes. In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, Elves live in/with regard to’concerning’regarding millennia – and so when we met Cate Blanchett’s ethereal Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, her perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance came steeped in eons of undergo and memory reflecting her stature. But just like the you of 10 years ago might be pretty different to the you of today, the Galadriel we meet in Prime Video’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power has a long way to go bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e she becomes the one played by Blanchett. Here, she’s portrayed by Welsh actor Morfydd Clark, who put in an astonishing perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance in Rose Glass’s psychological horror Saint Maud.###Where that film was all blood, cockroaches, and shoes filled with drawing pins, The Rings Of Power was an altoacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her more expedition -filled shoot. “It was like being on a school trip!” Clark tells Empire in our world-exclusive cover feature. “I got to do swimming, riding, climbing…” That sense of outdoorsiness hints at a more active incarnation of Galadriel, one who, according to the actor, “still has a lot to learn” through the course of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . “I had to find that balance between someone who has got an element of the eternal but hasn’t yet seen it all. Don’t expect the same character that you meet later on.” She is, of course, reverent to Blanchett’s portrayal – aware of the lineage she’s stepping into that is, in a word, legendary. “Galadriel is legendary. Cate Blanchett as Galadriel was legendary. Tolkien himself is legendary!” she enthuses.###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the world that Galadriel will be adventuring in, Clark promises enormous’vast’massive’tremendous things. “[I] was not aware of how limited my imagination is until I stepped onto the set,” she says, hinting at much Middle-earthian magic to come. “It was like, ‘Oh my God, I possess’own’nurse the imagination of a paper bag compared to this!” Get ready in/with regard to’concerning’regarding wonders in this world beyond your amble’stroll’bimble’meander’roam ing.###Empire’s world-exclusive The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power issue takes a deep-dive into Prime Video’s epic fantasy series, with three covers to collect. Inside, we explore its epic scale, its many inhabitants, and its multi-year plan to tell a whole new tale in a beloved world, speaking to reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue runners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, director and executive manufacture r J.A. Bayona, manufacture r Ron Ames, and stars including Morfydd Clark, Lenny Henry, Robert Aramayo, Markella Kavenagh, and Benjamin Walker. All that, plus tons of never-bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e-seen images. Find a copy on newsstands from Thursday 9 June, and pre-order a copy with your choice of covers here. The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power starts streaming from 2 September.