The 62-year-old will reprise his role as Gollum as well as direct this movie, which has received backlash for its all-white cast. Serkis spoke to the BBC about the controversy.
So far, the actors announced have included JamieDornan, Anna Taylor-Joy, KateWinslet, Lee Pace, Leo Woodall, Elijah Wood, and Ian McKellen. Additional cast members for the next installment in The Lord of the Rings franchise have not been released.
This isn’t the first time The Lord of the Rings has faced backlash surrounding casting.
Furthermore, The Rings of Poweractors published a statement condemning “the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis.”
“Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural,” the statement began. “A world in which free peoples from, different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to defeat the forces of evil. ‘Rings of Power’ reflects that. Our world has never been all white, fantasy has never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white.”
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