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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shahana Yasmin

Fans joke Hollywood casting ‘an actual elf’ after Anya Taylor-Joy joins Lord of the Rings

Fans reacted with excitement to the casting of Anya Taylor-Joy in the forthcoming Lord of the Rings film, joking that Hollywood had cast the “most elf-like person in the world”.

Warner Bros confirmed on Tuesday that Taylor-Joy had joined the cast of The Hunt for Gollum. The Furiosa star plays Seren, a Sindar elf from the Woodland Realm who is described by the studio as “a trusted and lethal agent of King Thranduil”.

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