The estate of J.R.R.
Tolkien issued a statement earlier this month saying it did not “approve” nor “endorse” Dome Karukoski’s biopic “Tolkien,” starring Nicholas Hoult as the “Lord of the Rings” author and Lily Collins as his wife, Edith Bratt.
However, at a post-screening Q&A in New York City May 1 (conducted by this writer), Karukoski said not working with the Tolkien estate proved to be a creative benefit.“Honestly, you try not to work with the estate for reasons obvious,” Karukoski said.
“Even if it would be out of kindness to ask the estate, you start servicing them, they become your friends.
You shouldn’t mess with the estate, so the film can exist purely for your own reasons and your own feelings about the characters.
We did very, very thorough research, we understand these characters, and the emotional truth of them is very true.
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