Elijah Wood, Sean Austin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, the stars of Peter Jackson’s iconic Lord of the Rings trilogy, shared on social media about the new Amazon series The Rings of Power. Star names reacted to people who criticized the ethnic diversity in the series.
Amazon Prime Video launched last week, the long-awaited Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power brought the series to us. Adapted from the works of JRR Tolkien and set thousands of years before the legendary Peter Jackson films, the production managed to break records by reaching millions of viewers from the first day it was released.
Although the Rings of Power series broke records, it divided the audience into two. Fans of books and movies showered the production with criticism from many platforms, especially social media. In fact, this situation had gone so far that Amazon even blocked comments made by users on the platform for a while to prevent trolls. One of the reasons for these negative comments is ethnic diversity.
Stars of original Lord of the Rings trilogy react to racist comments
Unlike previous productions set in the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) universe, the series features actors from many different ethnic backgrounds. For example; black actor Lenny Henry is a hobbit, Puerto Rican actor Ismael Cruz Cordova is an elf. Many people also criticize this variety and say that it is not suitable for the LOTR universe.
While the discussions on the subject were ongoing, some famous names were making statements stating that these reactions to the actors were not correct. Now, a response to the racial criticism has come from the actors we know from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy. Known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the trilogy Elijah Woodas Pippin Took Billy Boyd and Merry Brandybuck Dominic Monaghanmade a post on the subject on social media.
The trio reacted to the criticism of the actors of the Rings of Power series by sharing a photo. In the image, the star names were seen wearing a t-shirt featuring different colored elf ears. Also elvish on your shirtYou are all welcome here’ His writing also attracted a lot of attention.
Wood, Boyd and Monaghan, who also played Samwise Gamgee in the movies Sean Austin He also supported with a separate photo post he made. In the post, Austin was seen wearing a hat with the same slogan on his co-stars and reacting to racist comments. So, what do you think about this controversial topic? You can share your thoughts in the comments.
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