Original Lord of the Rings cast join forces to stand against racist backlash over The Rings of Power

Lenny Henry in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
(Image credit: Amazon Studios)

Amazon, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:T💯he Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power cast, and actors from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the ✅Rings trilogy have all defended the new show against the recent racist backlash. 

Since even before the series s﷽tarted, a vocal minority have aimed rღacist vitriol at the diverse cast of the Amazon series – the show marks the first time non-white actors have played Dwarven and Elvish characters. Actor Ismael Cruz Cordova told he had received "pure and vicious hate speech" for two years after being cast as Arondir.

Now, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd – who played the Hobbit𝕴s in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy – have posed for a definitive message: "You Are All Welcome Here"

Sean Astin, who played Samwise, also posted a picture of the Elvish ꦓmessage – again, translated to ‘You♓ Are All Welcome Here’ – on .

Head of Amazon Studios Jen Salke that racism in any form is not acceptable: "We’re really proud of the cast that we have in the sho🤪w. We welcome discussion and even criticism arou🐠nd the series; however, we will not condone racism of any kind."

In a powerful joint statement released on The Rings of Power Twitter account, the show’s cast began: "We, the cast of Rings of Power, stand together in absolute solida🐈rity and against the relentless racism, threats, hara🉐ssment, and abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis. We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it."

It continued, "Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in Middle-ear🐭th and they are here to stay." ꧃You can

The message, then, is clear from all sides – racism will not be tolerated. Middle-earth we💛lcomes everyone, no matter their color.

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