The
shooting
of
Amazon
Prime
Video's
upcoming
Lord
Of
The
Rings
(LOTR)
web
series
has
resumed
in
Auckland,
New
Zealand
after
the
pandemic.
However,
a
casting
call
for
actors
willing
to
do
nude
scenes
has
upset
the
franchise's
fans.
According
to
reports,
the
casting
call
by
BGT
talent
agency
read,
"Comfortable
with
Nudity?
Up
to
$500
per
day.
Use
reference
NUDE.
We
need
Nude
people
based
in
Auckland
-
age
18
plus,
all
shapes
and
sizes
(Intimacy
guidelines
will
always
be
followed
onset)."
A
report
in
India
Today
also
revealed
that
the
production
team
for
the
show
also
has
an
intimacy
coordinator
who
is
present
on
the
sets,
suggesting
the
series
could
include
sex
scenes.
As
soon
as
the
news
hit
social
media,
fans
expressed
their
unrest
over
the
changes
being
made
to
the
series
and
its
theme.
Fans
are
worried
that
Amazon
will
turn
LOTR
series
best
known
for
its
kingship
and
adventure
into
something
dark
like
HBO's
hit
fantasy
drama,
Game
Of
Thrones
(GOT).
One
user
wrote,
"The
whole
point
of
Game
of
Thrones
is
that
it
wasn't
LOTR.
But
conversely,
the
whole
point
of
LOTR
is
that
it
could
have
been
GOT,
but
Tolkien,
as
a
socially
conservative
traditionalist,
decided
not
to
go
that
direction." Another
user
pointed
out
the
best
part
of
the
LOTR
series,
and
wrote,
"
The
reason
the
original
3
Lord
of
the
rings
movies
were
so
successful
were
because
they
didn't
have
pointless
nudity
or
sex
in
them.
That
type
of
shit
doesn't
fit
in
Tolkien's
world.
If
amazon
does
this
they
are
making
a
big
mistake."
Take
a
look
at
more
tweets,
Hobbit
sex...Like,
gee...Just
what
I
always
wanted...
🙄🤥😬😖🤢
#Not
Like
seriously,
who
TF
thought
this
was
a
good
idea?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
https://t.co/O00MsJDZRk
Amazon's
Lord
of
the
Rings
web
series
is
said
to
be
a
prequel
to
JRR
Tolkien's
novels
and
will
start
off
in
the
Second
Age
of
Middle-earth.
The
era
was
best
known
to
have
caused
the
end
of
Sauron
at
the
hand
of
an
alliance
led
by
Men
and
Elves.
Amazon
has
already
greenlit
a
season
two
for
the
show.