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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I’m so glad I stopped watching tv 17 years ago.
So it’ll be “Lord Of The Rings”...but not really.
Like, who cares?
What’s a hobbit?
IOW, schlock.
I don’t think Sauron cares about how you’re feeling today or what gender you’ve decided to identify as this week. That’s part of the message in the story. There is true evil, and we all must fight it. We all have a part to play.
J. R. R. Tolkien gets woke.
It may have elves, but it won’t be Lord of the Rings.
Huh, looks like it’s time to pull out the books and ignore the show.
Another good reason to never watch this bilge.
Bilbo Baggins will be a tranny called Dildo Faggins.
J. R. R. Tolkien could write. These parasitic script writers and producers can’t do much more than horrible knockoffs. If they had any skill, they’d write their own stories and guaranteed, they wouldn’t be “woke” because no one would watch them.
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Sounds like it’ll be a huge hit....not
If you want true diversity, go to a zoo.
Don’t settle for tokenism.
It’s not on tv. It streams from Amazon.
So this is what Col. Kurtz was referring to when he uttered his last words.
I think I’ll not care, not bother, not watch.
Anyone who has been following this show in development knows it doesn’t take place in the Third Age of Middle Earth. Go back to sleep.
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