The famous trilogy of JRR Tolkien became one of the most popular and replicable works in the world, and later was made into a film. However, the popularity of this book came long before it took the director Peter Jackson. Tolkien managed to create an amazingly solid and lively world – it came to that, then some fans really learn the Elven language that he invented. And about the many fans of role-playing games in the fresh air and say nothing!
For the first time, the rights to the screen version of the trilogy were bought out in 1969 by the members of the group The Beatles. They planned to star in themselves, and as the director invited the famous Stanley Kubrick. True, he refused, and plans for the film adaptation stalled. The only one of the actors who played in The Lord of the Rings who personally knew JRR Tolkien is Christopher Lee, who played the role of Saruman. By the way, at first it was assumed that he would play Gandalf. All parts of the film adaptation were filmed in New Zealand. There are 144 guests in the book at Bilbo’s farewell party, but only 100 extras are involved in the film. 19000 costumes, 500 bows, 10 thousand arrows and 48 thousand equipment were made for the shooting of The Lord of the Rings. Hair for elf hair, that is, for wigs, were purchased in large quantities, mostly in Russia. The height of the actor who played Gimli – 185 centimeters.
Role-playing games based on “The Lord of the Rings” already existed in the USSR, having appeared after the trilogy was translated into Russian in 1976. In total, there are six Russian translations of the book trilogy, and the debate about which one is better is very fierce. Before the shooting, the actors actually learned to fight with a sword under the guidance of an experienced fencer. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy won 17 Oscars, and a total of 475 wins with more than 800 nominations for various awards. The son of Tolkien, after watching a film trilogy, said that the films completely misinterpreted the philosophical ideas of his father’s books, and it would have been better if he didn’t watch them, because they were terrible.
During the filming, Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn, broke several toes and knocked out a tooth. Sean Bean, who played Boromir, is afraid to fly. While the rest of the actors traveled to the filming site by helicopter, he went there for several hours on foot, already in the clothes of his character. Ian McKellen, he is Gandalf, after filming, he grabbed the clothes and weapons of his character, and then put them on public display in the pub, which he owns. Directed by Peter Jackson starred in bit parts in all three parts of The Lord of the Rings. In order for the hobbit village to look natural, it was built a year before the shooting and allowed it to grow old. Tom Bombadil and related moments were not included in the film, as Peter Jackson did not have enough time for them. Initially, Orlando Bloom intended to play Faramir, but in the end he got the role of Legolas. He coped with it perfectly – it is a fact. The director’s version of the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy is one and a half times longer than that shown in cinemas.
Every day the film crew was served scrambled eggs for breakfast. Since there were a lot of people involved in the shooting, almost a thousand and a half eggs were prepared every day. According to the appendices to the book “The Lord of the Rings”, also written by Tolkien, after many years, Sam after his wife’s death sailed behind Frodo. Merry and Pippin lived a long life, and arrived in Gondor shortly before death. Aragorn ruled for 120 years, and after his death, Arwen returned to Lórien, where she soon died. After the death of Aragorn, Legolas also sailed behind the Sea, and Gimli followed him. Viggo Mortensen got so involved in the role that he automatically responded when outside the set was turned to him, calling him Aragorn. According to the director, the role of Arwen was supposed to be played by Uma Thurman, but because of her pregnancy, Liv Tyler’s role was lost. Orlando Bloom received confirmation that he will play Legolas, just two days after the official end of the acting school.
