{"id":804937,"date":"2026-07-16T23:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/804937\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:27:09","slug":"andy-serkis-just-defended-the-all-white-cast-of-new-the-lord-of-the-rings-movie-huffpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/804937\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Serkis Just Defended The All-White Cast Of New &#039;The Lord Of The Rings&#039; Movie &#8211; HuffPost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxOcGpKUnZUd0p1QnZWMThQNTZvUFVWbFk1OEZlcFJEYXhjTTRmam5UNFg5aHpWSkdqNVoyZjVhVXB5WnMzLWVGUjZQOFVwREJMcHMxNTFnTWJ3Z2NEdFRsQWhwa1ktNlNLWTI4ckJJQkd0QnA0UEY2clRuS1lzRTJQZ3UycVFaUk5ESF9BNHFadzVoNTFraDRMZG5oRUpDNTRNa2VxU0FHWUlxTzhjMTVyVVRRYmdMU3IxNjlmVWctdHhHSVRnejhKZ0Zpb211Nk8ydlk4dHl3dkxKWk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Serkis Just Defended The All-White Cast Of New &#8216;The Lord Of The Rings&#8217; Movie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HuffPost<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1HVjQ1OGdaeWNEdWh6b09RRG9KYUthMGlrd0VUamJDOW84eHFKdTA4bGRLUTVaRXY0R0VUaU5BbVpDa2NqcXlqSWRiSTB5WWo4QnVfa0h5TGxKUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Serkis praised for rejecting \u2018politically correct\u2019 casting in new \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 film<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toowoomba Chronicle<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9gFBVV95cUxOV2wzVW9QXy1tVXg4UDdVX1YwZzNLOUV1Yjh6dk5BX0lTd1hxZTgtQldqSHhlcVNUdHh0ZnFJZldrbDhXOFpoOVJHNTZ0VlcyenNpN055M2Z1Z25CMy1qMVo4TV94ZGVIRnRqY3VLRkg3UVk5X3RFRmF6WkNEbzJvWU9uQ2czSFliOEpTRXgzaE5CenJiWFlyaGtva0xQVFZpNFJ2a3h5OUZSTFVqSU51eXZhWE1FYnJySVJnbzVuNXZ4cmljWVRxaS1JUVBfcGxpM3k3czJFbFpKSHhTYWFSSndyVVowUzBZYWpOOTRuZ28wT1ktRnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cult film director rejects \u2018too white\u2019 claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Serkis Just Defended The All-White Cast Of New &#8216;The Lord Of The Rings&#8217; Movie&nbsp;&nbsp;HuffPostAndy Serkis defends lack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,14620],"class_list":["post-804937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-the-lord-of-the-rings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}