AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Andy Serkis refuses to bow to diversity pressure over all-white cast in new Lord of the Rings film
Andy Serkis has a message for anyone demanding that his new "Lord of the Rings" movie check demographic boxes: he's not doing it. The actor and filmmaker, who will return as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum," told the BBC that the film's announced cast, every one of them white, […] The post Andy Serkis refuses to bow to diversity pressure over all-white cast in new Lord of the Rings film appeared first on American Almanac .
Andy Serkis has a message for anyone demanding that his new "Lord of the Rings" movie check demographic boxes: he's not doing it. The actor and filmmaker, who will return as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum," told the BBC that the film's announced cast, every one of them white, reflects the world J.R.R. Tolkien built, not a casting spreadsheet designed to satisfy progressive critics. The comments, reported by Variety on July 15 , landed in the middle of a culture-war fault line that has run through Hollywood's fantasy adaptations for years. And Serkis didn't flinch. What Serkis actually said Asked directly by the BBC why every announced cast member is white, Serkis pointed to the source material, not a…Open