Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power has been a controversial topic since it was first announced. Tolkien fans were concerned from the beginning about a series that wasn’t based on any of the actual novels, but that topic fell by the wayside when casting for the show begin to be revealed. There was a significant racist backlash to Rings of Power's diverse cast and star Ismael Cruz Córdova admits that dealing with it all has been tough. Luckily, the cast had help dealing with it all on set.
Córdova tells Variety that there was an actual therapist on set to help the cast deal with the onslaught of issues they were dealing with. The actor says the therapist was truly necessary because the “voices were so loud.” Hearing him talk about the way the whole situation made him feel makes it clear how needed this was. Córdova explained…
