Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names that Ukrainian soldiers call their Russian counterparts is the Orcs. “It was a fantastical Wednesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, when Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis discussed recording a reading of the famous J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy and all its characters. However, when he recalled the voice of Gollum, he assigned a different obsession to the dual personality character than the “one ring to rule them all.” “Gollum was on the side and Sméagol was on this side,” Serkis explained. “And he would say things like, “We wants it. We needs it. We must have Kyiv!’ ‘No Precious, they’re to impose sanctions!’ ‘Sanctions? Sanctions, my Precious? If they do anything, we’re going to give them s*** back.’”
Serkis was referring to the sanctions that are being imposed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and the actor likened the evil Gollum to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking of sanctions, apparently Andy’s newest film ,The Batman, is being used to promote peace in Eastern Europe.
“There’s so much anticipation for this movie right now, that it’s actually being used as a cudgel against the Russians by not playing it there,” Colbert said. “It’s one of the sanctions being leveled against Russia that they don’t get this movie. Very powerful.” (Lord of the Rings star compared Putin to Gollum: ‘We must have Kyiv… my Precious)
