More than 650,000 people gathered to listen to the 'Hobbit' read by 'Gollum', and 400 million won were raised.

Famous British actor Andy Circus (56), who plays 'Gollum' in the fantasy masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings' series, recited 'Hobbit' for 11 hours to help medical staff including new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) The BBC broadcasted on the 9th (local time) that it had raised 3,000 pounds (about 428.72 million won).

'Hobbit' is

a masterpiece of fantasy novel master JRR Tolkien along with 'Lord of the Rings' .

The Circus played Gollum, an evil and bizarre character, in both Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, which were moved to the movie.

The recitation started on YouTube on October 8th through YouTube, etc., lasted for 11 hours, and the initial target fundraising amount was nearly three times that of 100,000 pounds.

During the recitation, the Circus played a joke, saying, "You can stop reading now. Goodbye."

On the 8th, he celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II and kept silent for 2 minutes and continued the recitation of the marathon without interruption, except when he went to the bathroom.

After completing the recitation, the Circus said on his Twitter post, "Thanks to everyone who listened to (recited) and supported our frontline workers."

(Photo = Yonhap News / Andy Circus Twitter screen capture)