What Do Sir Lenny Henry’s Recent Comments Tell Us about LOTR on Prime?

Sir Lenny Henry, an actor in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series, recently made some comments about his role in a radio interview on the BBC, and they raise a lot of questions….

The article from which I pulled the transcript of Sir Lenny’s comments is here: https://bleedingcool.com/tv/sir-lenny-henry-on-being-a-black-hobbit-in-the-lord-of-the-rings/

The full interview is here with his relevant remarks (not accurately transcribed but sufficiently similar) starting at about the 29:20 mark: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010fk3

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