With production currently underway on Amazon Prime’s prequel series based on J.R.R. Tolkien‘s classic fantasy series in New Zealand, The Lord of the Rings series announced on Thursday a massive 20 new names joining the cast (meaning that Amazon Prime now employs 98.72% of all working actors around the world). Lenny Henry (Doctor Who), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Lloyd Owen (You, Me and the Apocalypse), Augustus Prew (Pure Genius), Peter Tait (“LOTR” franchise), Benjamin Walker (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Arrow, Power), Simon Merrells (Spartacus: War of the Damned), Maxim Baldry (Years and Years), Ian Blackburn (Shelter), Kip Chapman (Top of the Lake), Anthony Crum (The Wilds), Maxine Cunliffe (The Wilds), Trystan Gravelle (A Discovery of Witches), Thusitha Jayasundera (Holby City), Fabian McCallum (You, Me & The Apocalypse), Geoff Morrell (Farscape), Alex Tarrant (When We Go to War), Leon Wadham (Go Girls), and Sara Zwangobani (Disgrace) are joining the massive project.

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