Author: Parmadur

Ananova has a (very) brief blurb about Ian McKellen’s attempted persuasion to have the French and Saunders parody of Lord of the Rings included as an Easter egg on one of the trilogy DVDs.

AHA (American Humane Association) has an interesting review of The Two Towers, based mostly on the training and care of the animals used in the film. It also gives insight into how some of those cool horse stunts and shots were done.

“…I went down to New Zealand originally to play a totally different character. And it was really hard, because I wasn’t allowed to talk about that for so long, and everybody was asking me. Saying, you know, ‘Is Arwen going to be a fighter?’ And all of these things. The original character of Arwen that…

“I was out of my element, like Frodo was out of his. Carrying out this responsibility on this journey, and everybody felt like that. Everybody felt like their journeys mirrored that of their characters. I knew it was going to be like that, that’s part of why I was so excited to go down to…

When asked about shaving his eyebrows for the role, Dourif replied, “”I had tons of qualms about it, and my girlfriend really didn’t like it. It took a good six weeks before they looked normal. But it’s part of Wormtongue’s look. You see the veins under his skin, and there are scabs in the wig.”…

In an interview with IGN, Sean Astin talks about acting with Andy Serkis (Gollum), filming special scenes for the Two Towers DVD, and life after Lord of the Rings.

Want to know how Viggo kisses? Ask Liv! She answers this question (and many more) in a recent interview with Alloy, which you can read here.

“You will find the shadow of Saruman hangs over the entire film. He is constantly mentioned in dialogue. He is the only human manifestation of antagonism. Peter’s instructions were simple: never forget that this man is immortal. He is also the very embodiment of evil. He is the antagonist.” Read the rest of the interview…