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Promotional material for the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ inspired TV show produced for Amazon’s Prime service suggests there’s a strong possibility the program has adopted a left-wing bent, with one actor cast in the series promising “multicultural” Hobbits and “strong female characters.”
Far-left actor Lenny Henry revealed he had been cast to play a “multicultural” Hobbit in the show, further promising that “strong female presence” and “female heroes.”
“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. We’re multi-cultural, we’re a tribe not a race, so there are Black, Asian and brown, even Maori types within it.”
