Original LOTR Hobbit Actors Unite Against Rings of Power Racist Backlash

Elijah Wood and his hobbit co-stars have banded together to respond to the backlash to the diverse casting in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The live-action branch of the Lord of the Rings universe began with Peter Jackson's epic trilogy of films early in the new millennium: 2001's The Fellowship of the Ring, 2002's The Two Towers, and 2003's The Return of the King. The series followed a group of adventurers who band together to help the hobbit Frodo (Wood) deliver the all-powerful One Ring to Mordor to be destroyed in the flames of Mount Doom. In addition to Frodo, the Fellowship includes Frodo's closest companion Samwise (Sean Astin), and the dynamic duo of Merry and Pippin (Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd).

Source: Screenrant