The actors behind the Hobbit ensemble in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings cinematic trilogy have addressed the backlash of Amazon’s diverse casting for The Rings of Power in the only wholesome way they knew how: By declaring their support for the new team and saying that all are welcome in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
More than two decades since they set out from the Shire (or at least its production set equivalent in New Zealand), it seems that the cast of The Lord of the Rings remains an iconic powerhouse of cultural influence. Following the severe backlash to The Rings of Power, not the least of which included criticisms leveled towards the people of color portraying the new Middle-earth arrivals, Elijah Wood (Frodo), Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc), Billy Boyd (Peregrin), and Sean Astin (Samwise) have taken to Twitter to announce, in no uncertain terms, that “all are welcome here.”
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