Nice point, Lizzmongoose, and were LotR set today or in the future I'd say yes, defiantely, but sicne it's set in a far off Medeiaval-like time where people didn't mingle too much as such, and the geographical location of LotR is in the north-west, the roles for the people from the northwest would have to go to people who look like they came from the real northenr hemispehre, just as the Haradrim roles would have to go to people who look like they came at least from the Meditteranean, if not further south.<BR>It's like the majority of people in an adaptation of a novel such as Pride and PRedujice would be white, because historically in the story's context, they just were.<P>Mind you, plenty of darker skinned people acted in the roles - Lawrence Makenrie (I'm sure I got the sirname worng) is a Maori who acted as Sauron, The WitchKing and Gothmog! (And several Orks!)
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