When Cynthia Addai-Robinson was cast as Queen Regent Míriel in Amazon Prime’s highly anticipated ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ she didn’t have time to feel nervous. “I felt just disbelief. It felt like winning the lottery, to be honest.” Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott chatted with Cynthia about the series, how it feels to play queen, and what she hopes people take from the series. “I think people are hungry for, especially within fantasy, something that feels forward facing…Just to be a woman of color in this world, it feels like if you're gonna tell this story now, you’d want to have that.”

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