Thursday 8 September 2022 03:05 AM Original Lord of the Rings stars such as Elijah Wood and Sean Astin shut down ... trends now
The debut of the first two episodes of Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power last week has brought some racist trolls out of the woodwork... leading to some original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy stars to speak out.
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd took to social media on Wednesday, showcasing new hats and t-shirts with a powerful message written in the Elvish language Neo-Sindarin, which translates to, 'You Are All Welcome Here.'
The shirts, hats and other merchandise were created by Don Marshall, the self-dubbed, 'Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy' who has nearly 600K followers on TikTok, which are currently available on his official website.
Speak out: The debut of the first two episodes of Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power last week has brought some racist trolls out of the woodwork... leading to some original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy stars to speak out
Wood posted a photo of him alongside Monaghan and Boyd, all wearing the shirts, which feature 'You Are All Welcome Here' written in an Elvish script.
Below the script there are illustrations of a number of different Elvish ears of various shapes and colors.
Wood simply tweeted, 'You Are All Welcome Here' while tagging @LOTROnPrime and Don Marshall (@DonMarshall72) with the #RingsOfPower hashtag and the link to Marshall's website to purchase the t-shirts.
Elijah's tweet: Wood posted a photo of him alongside Monaghan and Boyd, all wearing the shirts, which feature 'You Are All Welcome Here' written in an Elvish script
The tweet went viral early on Wednesday morning, and has since amassed over 14K retweets and 90K likes.
Boyd also posted the photo with a similar tweet, while Astin tweeted a similar post, though he was wearing a white hat featuring the same message.
The show's official Twitter also sent a message, which began, 'We stand in solidarity with our cast #YouAreAllWelcomeHere.'
Hat: Astin tweeted a similar post, though he was wearing a white hat featuring the same message
Billy: Boyd also posted the photo with a similar tweet
'We, the cast of Rings of Power, stand together in absolute solidarity against the relentless racism, threats, harassment and abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis. We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it,' the statement read.
'JRR Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples from, different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to defeat the forces
