Rings of Power Actor Celebrates LOTR Diversity In Passionate Post
A few days after the show’s premiere, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actor Ismael Cruz Córdova took to Twitter to celebrate the franchise’s return. Córdova, who stars as Arondir in the series, celebrated the Lord of the Rings project’s diversity and shared a moving story behind one of his character’s billboards.
As Córdova indicates, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s diversity in its casting has been met with a wave of racist backlash from toxic audiences. The Arondir actor opened up about the racist backlash earlier this week, saying that rather than let it disappoint him, it empowered him to fight to land the role and bring that diversity to a franchise that has rarely seen it. Such racist backlash in turn led to Amazon having to disable The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power user reviews in order to prevent toxic members bombing the show with negative reviews.
In spite of some racist backlash, Córdova’s passionate post about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s diversity continues to spotlight his devotion to rising above the toxicity and embracing the positive effects his work on the show brings. While the show debuted to major viewership numbers, bringing in a reported 25 million viewers within its first 24 hours, and is gearing up to begin filming season 2 soon, it will be interesting to see if the backlash effects the show’s ongoing ratings. Only time will tell as new episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debut Fridays on Prime Video.
Looking for zero favors but to live with the same chances to dream and thrive as anyone else. If you’ve ever felt discarded, marginalized, silenced – you are my people. And this moment is yours too! (2/4)— Ismael Cruz Cordova (@IsmaelC_C) September 3, 2022
My heart was burning w an unshakable goal: To get to where we were told we couldn’t be. Here we are. To share it w the two halves of my DNA was absolutely surreal. My heart is full, of love, of them, and all of you who share this same fire. (4/4)— Ismael Cruz Cordova (@IsmaelC_C) September 3, 2022
