Naked hobbits in Middle-earth? Some (Catholic) fans of JRR Tolkien are now fronting this, as Netzwelt reveals.
“The Lord of the Rings” (Source: Themoviedb.org)
- In the style of “Game of Thrones” there will be nudity in Middle-earth in the future.
- But some fans of “The Lord of the Rings” creator JRR Tolkien don’t like it at all.
- You have started a petition against nudity in Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings” series.
Incredible-looking US $ 465 million becomes the online mail order company Amazon for the premiere edition of his upcoming “The Lord of the Rings” series spend to make the Middle-earth illusion really perfect. Most JRR Tolkien fans are also looking forward to the series mega-project – but they are some also see the spiritual legacy of “The Lord of the Rings” creator threatened.
What happened? As early as October 2020, it was announced to the public that Amazon is looking for actors for his “The Lord of the Rings” series who feel comfortable with being naked in front of the camera. But do nudes like “Game of Thrones” even fit in with Middle-earth?
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Some apparently Catholic “The Lord of the Rings” fans say no, and have on change.org has now started a petition that wants to prevent both “superfluous nudity” and “any trace of nudity” in the upcoming Middle-earth show.
At the time of this writing, over 35,400 fans have signed the “Keep Middle-earth Nudity Free” petition.
The reason given is that JRR Tolkien was a devout Catholic whose memory does not need to be tarnished with nudity. The “The Lord of the Rings” series should be family-friendly.
It is more than questionable whether this petition can still influence the current production of the first season of Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings” series (and whether the whole thing is of any interest to Amazon). Season 1 is likely to have already been shot or is in the final stages of filming – and Rumor has it that it will appear on Amazon Prime Video this Christmas.
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