Tolkiens original 1954 novelThe Fellowship of the Ringbut was cut from Peter Jacksons 2001 film of the same name.
In Season Two ofThe Rings of Power, hes played by Rory Kinnear.
Wainwright read and liked theLOTRbooks as a teenager, though he admits hes more of a Narnia person.
Rufus Wainwright was happy to sing about Tom Bombadil: “I am somewhat mysterious"Miranda Penn Turin*
I enjoy all great sagas, he says.
Im a big opera fan, and my husband and I listen to Wagner a lot.
I love to read ProustsRemembrance of Things Past.
I like anything thats long and involved and complicated and keeps your attention away from this frightening planet.
I understand it, too, in a way because I am somewhat mysterious.
Not everybody knows who Rufus Wainwright is, for better or for worse.
So I think its a nice pairing.
I lost to Joni Mitchell, which is, I suppose, OK, Wainwright quips.
Thats the big goodbye for that project, he adds.
Next, hes working on bringing hisDream Requiemto Los Angeles for itsU.S.
premiereon May 4, 2025.
I think I may have unfortunately written my masterpiece, he adds with a laugh.
