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Garen LiLorian · 01-26-2003, 03:14 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> when Aragorn knocks the dagger out of the air with his sword at Amon Hen, that is real! Oh, so cool! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hah! You have no idea how heartening that is to me. I always wondered how they did that so perfectly, because I can almost always tell when CG is added to a shot, and I couldn't tell on that one.Rhys-Davies is 6'6", and says the hardest thing he's ever done is learning to look up to talk to the shorter members of the Fellowship.Did you hear the one about Billy and Dom making a prank call to PJ? Apparently one of them (I don't remember which) does a spot on impression of Elijah's midget double, and they spent an hour on the phone with Peter, pretending to be the double, and arguing why he should be playing Frodo instead of Elijah.Before filming, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee were the only two main actors to have read the books all the way through. (Including the Silmarillion) I find that one to be rather sad, but oh well.

Purple Monkey · 01-28-2003, 04:43 PM

Hows this for weird... When the Nazgul with Arry's flaming stick in it's face screams as he leaves Weathertop in FotR, the scream is actually that of Fran Walsh. She must have a hell of a pair of lungs...

Carrûn · 01-28-2003, 05:25 PM

I was under the impression that the screams of Fran Walsh came from when PJ supposedly told her he had also obtained the rights to produce the Sil., the Hobbit, etc.

Galadrie1 · 01-28-2003, 06:07 PM

All the Nazgul screams are Fran Walsh. The sound people had some digitized sound for it, but they wanted it to sound more "real". When they played their sound for Peter Jackson, he said something like "Oh, well, Fran can scream like that." (I guess he knew that from the 'rights for the Sil.' incident, eh, Carrûn? )EDIT: Wow, I can't believe I used the word "sound" four times in two sentences.... I think I need a thesaurus. [ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

Lily Bracegirdle · 01-29-2003, 05:29 PM

At Ian McKellan's site, he says his tattoo of "nine" is on his upper right arm. Apparently he can only look at it upside down, and claims it looks like it spells "Gucci" when in that orientation. -Lily[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lily Bracegirdle ]

HCIsland · 01-29-2003, 07:09 PM

I'm pretty sure I heard an interview with McKellen saying that all the actors of the Fellowship have the same tatoo.Maybe I'm mistaken.H.C.

Lily Bracegirdle · 01-29-2003, 08:24 PM

Orlando Bloom's is on his forearm, and I heard somewhere that two of the hobbits had theirs on their ankles. Someone had a pic of Elijah Wood's on one of the other threads. It looked somewhere around his waistband...Amyone know the location of Sean Bean's tattoo?-Lily

Aratlithiel · 01-29-2003, 11:34 PM

They made him have his removed when they killed off Boromir.

Carorëiel · 01-19-2004, 10:45 PM

This is somewhat off topic, and I hesitate to add it here and resurrect such an old thread. But I've got a burning question and this seems about as good a place as any to ask. Does anyone know if David Wenham (Faramir) has a tattoo? I don't mean an Elvish 9 tattoo like the members of the fellowship got--just any tattoo. In some of his movies when you see his bare (right) arm, it looks like an attempt has been made to cover a tattoo.

Lathriel · 01-19-2004, 11:10 PM

I am not sure. I don't think so since he was never really i the fellowship. Anyway her are some fun facts. The bearded woman of Rohan The wind that blew PJ's glasses of his face at Edoras. Plus the T-Shirts saying I survived helm's deep with the M crossed out.

Enedbelethiel · 01-19-2004, 11:40 PM

Apparently, there was one day when Orlando Bloom was grumbling a little bit about shooting a certain scene on one day and was altogether in a grumpy mood. The hobbits, Viggo, and Sean Bean decided to "kidnap" him from his hotel room and then proceeded to slap, as Dom put it, "the hell out of his belly" all in good fun. Sir Ian McKellan was supposedly passing by the hoopla and simply shook his head it all. I like the fact that if anyone was getting a little bit off balance, they were close enough to set each other straight. I don't know anything about the normal repartee among actors on set, but I think that this was just one of the examples of how they all were able to solidify their relationship as friends and members of the Fellowship. I would have loved to have been walking through that hotel lobby to witness that little moment.*DISCLAIMER* From what I've heard anyway, no Orlando Blooms were seriously injured in the belly-slapping fiasco

Oddwen · 01-20-2004, 10:17 AM

John Rhys-Davies is the only fellowship actor not to get a "9" tattoo-he sent his stunt double.

01-20-2004, 10:30 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The guy who played Legolas broke rib <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Not only thatIt was broken at the warg scene, so the Legolas you see jumping awkwardly onto the horse is computer generatedall orlando did was jump up on the spot and the computer did the rest

01-26-2003, 03:14 AM	#41
Garen LiLorian Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The frigid white wilderness of the Midwest Posts: 235	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> when Aragorn knocks the dagger out of the air with his sword at Amon Hen, that is real! Oh, so cool! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Hah! You have no idea how heartening that is to me. I always wondered how they did that so perfectly, because I can almost always tell when CG is added to a shot, and I couldn't tell on that one.<P>Rhys-Davies is 6'6", and says the hardest thing he's ever done is learning to look up to talk to the shorter members of the Fellowship.<P>Did you hear the one about Billy and Dom making a prank call to PJ? Apparently one of them (I don't remember which) does a spot on impression of Elijah's midget double, and they spent an hour on the phone with Peter, pretending to be the double, and arguing why he should be playing Frodo instead of Elijah.<P>Before filming, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee were the only two main actors to have read the books all the way through. (Including the Silmarillion) I find that one to be rather sad, but oh well. __________________ This is my quest, to follow that star; no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause. To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause! -Man of La Mancha

01-28-2003, 04:43 PM	#42
Purple Monkey Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Monkey Island, of course! Posts: 30	Hows this for weird...<BR><p><BR>When the Nazgul with Arry's flaming stick in it's face screams as he leaves Weathertop in FotR, the scream is actually that of Fran Walsh. She must have a hell of a pair of lungs... __________________ "Nothing that actually occurs is of the slightest importance."

01-28-2003, 05:25 PM	#43
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	I was under the impression that the screams of Fran Walsh came from when PJ supposedly told her he had also obtained the rights to produce the Sil., the Hobbit, etc. __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."

01-28-2003, 06:07 PM	#44
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	All the Nazgul screams are Fran Walsh. The sound people had some digitized sound for it, but they wanted it to sound more "real". When they played their sound for Peter Jackson, he said something like "Oh, well, Fran can scream like that." (I guess he knew that from the 'rights for the Sil.' incident, eh, Carrûn? )<P>EDIT: Wow, I can't believe I used the word "sound" four times in two sentences.... I think I need a thesaurus. <p>[ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ] __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

01-29-2003, 05:29 PM	#45
Lily Bracegirdle Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bree Posts: 210	At Ian McKellan's site, he says his tattoo of "nine" is on his upper right arm. Apparently he can only look at it upside down, and claims it looks like it spells "Gucci" when in that orientation. <P>-Lily<p>[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lily Bracegirdle ] __________________ "But nay: the praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards." - Faramir

01-29-2003, 07:09 PM	#46
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	I'm pretty sure I heard an interview with McKellen saying that all the actors of the Fellowship have the same tatoo.<P>Maybe I'm mistaken.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor

01-29-2003, 08:24 PM	#47
Lily Bracegirdle Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bree Posts: 210	Orlando Bloom's is on his forearm, and I heard somewhere that two of the hobbits had theirs on their ankles. Someone had a pic of Elijah Wood's on one of the other threads. It looked somewhere around his waistband...<P>Amyone know the location of Sean Bean's tattoo?<P>-Lily __________________ "But nay: the praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards." - Faramir

01-29-2003, 11:34 PM	#48
Aratlithiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 196	They made him have his removed when they killed off Boromir. __________________ - I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there. - Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?

01-19-2004, 10:45 PM	#49
Carorëiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 54	This is somewhat off topic, and I hesitate to add it here and resurrect such an old thread. But I've got a burning question and this seems about as good a place as any to ask. <P>Does anyone know if David Wenham (Faramir) has a tattoo? I don't mean an Elvish 9 tattoo like the members of the fellowship got--just any tattoo. In some of his movies when you see his bare (right) arm, it looks like an attempt has been made to cover a tattoo. __________________ "Art is our way of keeping track of what we know and have known, secretly, from the beginning."--John Gardner

01-19-2004, 11:10 PM	#50
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I am not sure. I don't think so since he was never really i the fellowship. Anyway her are some fun facts.<BR>The bearded woman of Rohan<BR>The wind that blew PJ's glasses of his face at Edoras.<BR>Plus the T-Shirts saying I survived helm's deep with the M crossed out. __________________ Back again

01-19-2004, 11:40 PM	#51
Enedbelethiel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Imladris Posts: 26	Apparently, there was one day when Orlando Bloom was grumbling a little bit about shooting a certain scene on one day and was altogether in a grumpy mood. The hobbits, Viggo, and Sean Bean decided to "kidnap" him from his hotel room and then proceeded to slap, as Dom put it, "the hell out of his belly" all in good fun. Sir Ian McKellan was supposedly passing by the hoopla and simply shook his head it all. I like the fact that if anyone was getting a little bit off balance, they were close enough to set each other straight. I don't know anything about the normal repartee among actors on set, but I think that this was just one of the examples of how they all were able to solidify their relationship as friends and members of the Fellowship. I would have loved to have been walking through that hotel lobby to witness that little moment.<P>DISCLAIMER<BR>From what I've heard anyway, no Orlando Blooms were seriously injured in the belly-slapping fiasco __________________ Not all who wander are lost...

01-20-2004, 10:17 AM	#52
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	John Rhys-Davies is the only fellowship actor not to get a "9" tattoo-he sent his stunt double. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

01-20-2004, 10:30 AM	#53
King Elessar Guest Posts: n/a	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The guy who played Legolas broke rib <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Not only that<P>It was broken at the warg scene, so the Legolas you see jumping awkwardly onto the horse is computer generated<P>all orlando did was jump up on the spot and the computer did the rest