Serkis defends all-white Gollum cast by blaming Tolkien, ignoring Jackson's precedent
Director Andy Serkis faced criticism this week over The Hunt for Gollum's all-white cast, attributing it to Tolkien's Norse mythology influences. However, blaming the author who died in 1973 obscures the real issue: Jackson's earlier Lord of the Rings films established the visual template decades ago, making continuity the more honest defense than invoking literary source material.
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