"You're black with an added gay bonus. Your success is pretty much guaranteed."
It's offensive and sarcastic, but you can't deny the truth in it. That pretty much sums up what's going on in Hollywood, or the entertainment industry as a whole (at least in the States).
It makes perfect sense to have POC (people of color) in this particular drama as it reflects how it is in the real world. Some other shows, not so much. No doubt they should cast more minority actors, but not all roles are created equal, e.g. you don't wanna see a White actor portraying T'Challa in Black Panther. It just doesn't seem right.
Amazon Prime 的出品不算多,但不乏有質素的大製作,之前的《Carnival Row》就不錯看,問題是第一季早在2019完結,落實第二季後因疫情影響至今未見蹤影(也許因為男女主角是 Orlando Bloom 和 Cara Delevingne,兩人的檔期很滿吧,有傳今年年底會播出第二季)。
所以《The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power》單看 trailer 是蠻值得期待的,但不似 HBO 和 Netflix,Prime 的製作感覺有機會等不到結局🤔