a profane, unedited message (which is edited, here). “One, this is literally the opposite of the show’s f—ing message. Two, you’re causing pain to real people with real feelings.
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Ismael Cruz Córdova is starring as ‘Arondir’ in the Prime Video series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, making history as the first person of color to play an elf onscreen in a J.R. R. Tolkien project.
While you might know the actor as “Mando” from Sesame Street, Córdova has become a wise, intellectual, and humble 35-year-old man with a powerful voice, and a desire to make others like him feel seen. The Black, Latino and Puerto Rican actor grew up in the mountains as a poor child who always wanted, and needed to have a better life. His role as Arondir is a full circle moment, because after he saved money to buy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD, he dreamt of one day being an elf.
It was a dream he had to bury deep, as it was very clear that there were no elves that looked like him. With college on his mind, and a goal of becoming a pediatrician, everything changed when he found the drama club. Suddenly his dream of one day becoming an elf would slowly come true.
But his casting has not come without pushback. In this exclusive interview, we talked to Córdova about his life in Puerto Rico, finding his voice, and more.I’m incredibly excited. I mean, it’s a mixture of feelings, of course.
There has been such a big lead-up to this release. I started this process in 2019. The summer of 2019 was my first audition, all the way to the summer of 2020- so much has happened.
I lived two years in New Zealand, we went through a global pandemic, and everything has risen the stakes even higher for the show. On top of the fact that it’s a historical show, I also have the particular honor of being the first Black Afro-Latino elf of color in this franchise to represent that and open new grounds. So it’s a lot
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