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Serkis, 62, has been a lifelong campaigner for equality. In the year He said being one of the few white actors in Black Panther in 2018 gave him a new understanding of what it’s like to be a minority on a film set.
However, the previous Lord of the Rings films had an all-white cast before colorblind filming became commonplace, and so far his film looks the same.
To this day, every main cast member advertised has been white; Including Jamie Dornan, Anna Taylor-Joy, Kate Winslet, Leo Woodall, as well as returning stars Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellan. The question is why?
Serkis shook his head before answering, and it was clear that this was a subject he thought a lot about: “Tolkien himself was influenced by Norse mythology a lot, this feeling is very much.
“The Shire feels very, very white, you know…”
He closed his tail and paused with great certainty, “They don’t care much about what happens beyond the borders of the Shire, but they know they don’t want people intruding.
“Yes, there have been criticisms,” he says, acknowledging the now quarter-century-old debate.
“This particular film will be recognized in a way. But we don’t think we’re going to do a politically correct shoot for the film and the tick-boxes version. So it’s basically only if it’s necessary.”
Although several major stars have already been cast in Hunt For Gollum, more casting announcements are expected in the coming months.
