Posted on 10/14/2021 5:17:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Actor Sir Lenny Henry has shared some new insight on Amazon's The Lord of the Rings TV show, which will feature a diverse multicultural cast and a "very strong female presence." Speaking to the BBC, Henry said he plays a Harfoot, a type of hobbit described by Tolkien in his writing as having darker skin.
"I'm a Harfoot, because J.R.R. Tolkien--who was from Birmingham!...--suddenly there were Black hobbits. I'm a Black hobbit. It's brilliant," Henry said (via WeGotThisCovered). "And what's notable about this... it's a prequel to the age that we've seen in the films and the books. It's about the early days of the Shire and of Tolkien's environment. So we're an indigenous population of Harfoots. We're hobbits but we're called Harfoots. And we're multicultural. We're a tribe. We're not a race."
The Harfoots are also made up of a variety of other people from different backgrounds, Henry said. "So there are Black and Asian and Brown and even Maori-types within it. It's a whole brand-new set of adventures that seeds some of the origins of different characters," Henry explained.
The show will also have a "very strong female presence," Henry said.
"There is a very strong female presence in this, there are going to be female heroes in this and they're going to be little people as usual," he said.
Actor Ludi Lin, who played Liu Kang recently in the Mortal Kombat movie, previously called out Amazon for a lack of diversity in its upcoming The Lord of the Rings TV show.
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Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show is scheduled to premiere on September 2, 2022, which is the anniversary of Tolkien's death.
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The polar bears want a 3% cut of the profits, and a 6% increase in solar panel purchases by their fellow cast members.
I don’t watch streamed shows either, so I count that. My entertainment options are only family friendly anime, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.
Who cares? Enough people to justify spending over a billion on its production.
Good answer.
The Lord of the Rings books portrayed some incredibly strong, yet feminine women. Galadriel, Éowyn, and Arwen are the most prominent. There is no need to tamper with perfection, but the modern crusade to “fundamentally transform” everything in our history and culture inevitability leads to destructive mediocrity.
There won’t be a Bilbo or a Frodo. The show takes place thousands of years before Lord Of The Rings.
It will be a huge hit.
Perfect.
Multicultural?
My friend has a refrigerator full of multicultural containers.
How much is Jeff Bezos willing to pay for them?
I can tell you what they aren’t...
Bored of the Rings will be a more accurate potrayal of Tolkien’s works.
Lord of the FAAAAABULOUUUUUUUUUS
Lord of The Politically Correct
Lord of The Woke
Lord of The Virtue Signalers
Lord of The Molesters
Lord of The Delusions of Grandeur
Eowyn you a strong female character . Killing the leader of the NazadGul counts
And few will watch it and it will get canceled.
Very wrong on both counts.
The words chosen to describe it are pure propaganda gibberish which means I will never view it.
Wake the dead.
Everything these freaking bastards touch turns into crap!
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