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.
SNIP
Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show is scheduled to premiere on September 2, 2022, which is the anniversary of Tolkien's death.
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at gamespot.com ...
They signed a contract that it is supposed to be very closely aligned with the books from what I have heard.
I call BS.
Woke, not true to the story, and apparently loaded with porn as well from some reports.
This is a nice way of saying it will suck.
Well with something like this, people don’t have to actually watch...being subscribed to the service gets them revenue, not ratings.
If it's a prequel, why are they calling it Lord of the Rings? Shouldn't it be something like The Ring is Cast, or some such thing?
What more proof do you need that TV is, indeed, a vast wasteland?
Unbelievable. Liberals / commies ruin EVERYTHING.
A perversion of everything J.R.R. Tolkein belived in and stood for. At least the original work cannot be corrupted.
Modern media likes to portray women as men in drag. You know the 110 lb girl beats up all the guys.
—
Or as a super woman like the scene in “The 100” where the slightly built gal kills 20 big, battle-hardened warriors with her sword in under 15 seconds.
J.R.R. Token
Exactly. Real women have been canceled in movies and TV.
It’s why I never watch anything new without knowing the content.
The Tolkien Estate has a lot of power over the content and would not support full wokeness. Different races and some powerful females, sure, because that isn’t inconsistent with the Second Age. Homosexuality and transgender crap, no way. Unless it was shown as a negative, and a sign of decadence among the Numenoreans. I suppose that could make sense, but they’d never go in that direction either.
The “Lord of the Rings” himself is Sauron, and he’s the pivotal
figure in these Second Age stories. So you could still plausible call it a “Lord of the Rings” set of stories.
I rarely lol at FR posts anymore but you got me
I bet that is because they can’t find male actors who can emulate warriors.
I agree. I think these people are trying to make a few strong female leads into some woke crap. Won’t fly.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.