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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Ismael Cruz Cordova plays

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Speaker 1: the elf errand Dear in Amazon's blockbuster Lord of the

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Speaker 1: Ring spin off The Rings of Power, a character that

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Speaker 1: sees his fair share of grief across the season, losing

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Speaker 1: his best friend and his commander and being separated from

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Speaker 1: the love of his life for much of the season.

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Speaker 1: And Ismael himself drew from his own life experiences to

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Speaker 1: play the part, telling the Hollywood reporter, I see Erin

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Speaker 1: Dear as this guy who's cracking open. I always say

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Speaker 1: that there's a crack that loss gives you. I've experienced

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Speaker 1: it myself, and your humanity kind of seeps it in

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Speaker 1: and out. I went through quite a deep period of

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Speaker 1: grief with the loss of my sister about fifteen years ago.

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Speaker 1: I felt this deep pain and I thought I couldn't

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Speaker 1: go on. But a teacher told me, the pain you

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Speaker 1: feel is your humanity being carved, and that's something Erin

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Speaker 1: Dear experiences The Rings of Power streaming a prime video

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Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood