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On today's hour, I'm curious about what it's like to be Lord of the Rings, which is a super franchise.

Joining me to talk about this and his life is Owen Arthur, who plays the part of Dwarfian Prince during the fourth in Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power series on Amazon Prime.

Now, the Rings of Power TV show will cost Amazon over one billion US dollars, with the first

season alone costing a staggering $462 million.

That is a lot of money.

They're spending a lot of money on this. It's big time.

Let's speak to him and see what it's like to work in one of these franchises.

Oh, I want, thank you so much for joining me today. How are you?

I'm very well. Thank you, sir. How are you?

Yeah, very good. Thank you. Very good. Have you been enjoying doing the PR for

for the rings of power do you know what

i've i've i'm kind of looking back reflecting on it all now and it was it was a really busy

few weeks and i've i've never been involved in something that big before. And I enjoyed it.

Yes, I was a bit frustrated that I was in hotel rooms all the time

because I just wanted to go out and see the cities I visited.

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