'Hobbit' Casting Director Fired For Turning Away 'Dark-Skinned' Actors

"We are looking for light-skinned people. I’m not trying to be … whatever. It’s just the brief. You’ve got to look like a Hobbit,"
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"........it's stories are derived entirely of Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Norse lore which were all of the white race......"

"There's a difference between hating or judging someone by the color of their skin vs. not looking the part of a cast member which best conveys the story and the environment. I mean, you can't cast a Caucasian guy to play the role of Shaft just like you can't cast a black guy to be King George VI (King's Speech)."

Via Jamey, SDYC