The unique solid of the Lord of the Rings films are talking out about the racism leveled at the solid and creators of the TV adaptation The Rings of Power.
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan took to social media to share pictures to face up for variety on the collection.
Wood, Boyd, and Monaghan shared a photograph of them in particular person, carrying shits made by Don Marshall.
The shirts have the following message written in Elvish:
“You are all welcome here.”
Astin, in the meantime, wore a baseball hat with the same message as the shirts.
None of the stars are related to the Prime Video adaptation, which launched earlier this month.
The collection launched simply weeks after Game of Thrones spinoff, House of the Dragon, which was additionally criticized by racist followers as a result of the collection featured actors of colour.
Whoopi Goldberg is one of many celebrities to have spoken out about the vitriol.
“They don’t exist in the real world,” Goldberg mentioned on The View.
“You know that? There are no dragons. There are no hobbits. Are you telling me Black people can’t be fake people too? Is that what you’re telling me? I don’t know if there’s like a hobbit club, I don’t know if there are gonna be protests, but people! What is wrong with y’all?” Goldberg mentioned.
“All of y’all who have problems because there are Black hobbits… Get a job! Get a job! Go find yourself, because you are focused on the wrong stuff.”
Amazon shared a press release from the solid of Rings of Power on Wednesday, condemning the racism.
“We, the cast of Rings of Power, stand together in absolute solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment and abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis,” the assertion learn.
“We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it.”
“JRR Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural,” the assertion continues.
“A world in which free peoples from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to defeat the forces of evil.”
We stand in solidarity with our solid. #YouAreAllWelcomeHere pic.twitter.com/HLIQdyqLmr
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) September 7, 2022
“Our world has by no means been all white, fantasy has by no means been all white, Middle-earth shouldn’t be all white.”
Rings of Power premiered on Prime Video with 25 million viewers inside its first 24 hours.
New episodes drop Fridays on Prime Video.
Paul Dailly is the Associate Editor for TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter.
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