Billy & Dom Talk to LOTR Producer Mark Ordesky! (Part 2 of 2)
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In part 2, Mark Ordesky joins Billy & Dom and discusses their epic preview at the Cannes Film Festival, the infamous Mines of Moria scene, how Mark got into Lord of the Rings, and then Eat the World with some Mochi Ice Cream with a fun LOTR twist!
Mark Lowell Ordesky is an American film producer, television producer and studio executive. He is best known for executive producing the Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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There’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo, and it’s Billy and Dom’s podcast. Best thing since 2019. Thank you guys! ❤️🙏
HAHA
Errr? Where did you get 2019 from? It started in may of 21. Little bit off bud
@@masonluffman6137 I know what this person is referring to, & I agree.
@@xthesixthsonmusicx am I missing something? What happened in 2019?
@@xthesixthsonmusicx if they aren't referring to the podcast the way they have worded their comment is terrible.
I could easily watch a Part 3 and Part 4 with Mark
It sounds like he must have some really remarkable non-LOTR stories too, based on that last wee bit about Jackie Chan, would love to hear more!
Aw I hope Mark comes back some day. He is super lovely, a real example of the goodness in the world and very knowledgeable. I can't believe how blessed you guys are and I absolutely love this podcast.
I'm currently sick, have been siting in my room for the last 3 days. I've spent this entire day watching the Making Of for lotr, and now just finished this episode. A lovely way to pass the time when I'm feeling bad. Thank you guys for every bit of effort you put into these movies, they changed so many lives.
I could listen to Mark Ordesky's lotr stories forever. what an unsung hero
Truly an unexpected guest I didn't know I wanted.
@@limberlad Salience? Graciousness?
didnt he try to destroy Peter Jackson?
@@purefoldnz3070wat
For some reason i really can't wait for Viggo to join these guys!
Thank you , Mark for telling the story about Stuart. We all thought that it wasn't just because he was too young for the role. He just wasn't fit for the role. Viggo was perfect choise.
Way back in 2002 when the first of the peerless extended DVD sets came out and I first heard about Mark Ordesky, I was bowled over by his enthusiasm and his charm. So great to know he's just as enthusiastic and charming (and busy) as ever. What a wonderful guy and as someone who was instrumental in bringing one of my favourite movie series to the screen, a person I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to... Cheers, Mark!
Agreed! In the BTS I found it slightly difficult to tell how much was personal enthusiasm and how much was just professional poise, so hearing his stories here of early intro to LOTR via D&D was brilliant and really helped explain why he was so dedicated to getting the films across the line? Would be fascinating to hear more about his other projects for New Line.
yeah but very bad man, really scummy what he tried to do to Pete.
@@purefoldnz3070what did he try to do to pete?
@@JR-pf7kk tried to stop him from being paid what he was owed and said he would never ever direct the Hobbit.
@@purefoldnz3070 WOW, What a rat
Mark is such a lovely person! He gives me hope. Really sees his role as facilitating artist, and a great problem solver ... with ethics. And so brilliant. Much success to him in his ventures.
I really enjoyed hearing Mark's journey through LOTR. Even though I have watched the how it was made videos, hearing details from other individuals who were involved is just as good. I want to hear everyone's story 💜
I love the podcast, yall rule! What a fascinating conversation, I can't imagine holding on to a receipt for 21 years 😮
This is so fun for me to see Mark here. I was obsessed with the all the behind the scenes stuff when the Extended Editions came out and always really liked him. Great couple of episodes, guys!
Really cool hearing more of Mark's more personal perspective on his career, as well as the professional side! He appeared in the LOTR BTS at the time but I hadn't heard much else from him, so thank you for making this possible, Dom & Billy. That signed receipt is a very cool memento 😊
And yes, green tea Mochi is 100% my fave snack!! 🥰 (Not so keen on the frozen icecream/sorbet version, texture tends to be rather different?)
I always liked when watching the special features on LOTR how Mark's hair line quietly vanished more between films
what a brilliant pair of episodes, I loved every minute of Mark's stories from his work and life! Thanks so much for having him on. I think a lot of us have some notion of what actors do, and even some of the behind the scenes stuff like makeup, costumes (me!), and of course the LOTR extended edition box sets taught us all about lighting and set design, etc etc etc. But it's not as obvious what a producer does, and it's so interesting and so essential! And he's such a lovely person througout.
This was another fabulous episode! Love Mark!
I was so hyped for LORD OF THE RINGS that I read Harry Knowles' Cannes report of the presentation dozens of times.
I'm always happy watching Billy and Dom 😁, I can't wait for next week for another episode
So glad Viggo was Aragorn
Another brilliant episode. Loved listening to Mark talk about LOTR.
I’m doing my part. I’ve subscribed from my account and my husbands so I can watch on multiple devices 🤣 can’t wait for that story 💩
One of my favourite guests so far. Great two episodes, thanks so much for these!
Would love Barry Osbourne if that's possible. His silky voice was great on the LOTR behind the scenes 😂
Love you guys! As a Lord of the Ring fanatic this was an amazing experience. Thank you Lads
Just watched the trailer for The Quest and it gave me chills. Very exciting stuff!
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Love the receipt story and all of the stories demonstrating the incredible bonds that grew during the creation of the #1trilly 😉😆 Creative communities really do have a unique kind of camaraderie, just the best. Thanks as always Billy, Dom, and TFO team (and Mark these past two weeks!) for the ray of light that is this podcast 🤩💫
There may be a day when the Friendship Onion podcast will be done, when there will be no more episodes, where no one will watch it anymore.......BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY!!!!!
Love! Love! LOTR stuff! This was wonderful. Mark is such a likeable bloke.
Thanks, Billy & Dom & Mark! 🧅
A portmanteaus for the pair of you is Monaboyd. If Elijah is included, it’s Dombilijah.
😂 Perfect!!
This was excellent! I'd love to see an interview with Barry Osbourne or any other lotr producer for that matter
One of the best things about being around before the internet took over, was when your friends would make Mix Tapes/CDs of music they wanted you to hear. 🤘🏻80s/90s/00s iconic things🤘🏻
Mark Ordesky... an international treasure. 😁
absolutely wonderful, would listen to Mark for days. And I'm still wondering how the flooded Queenstown issue got sorted?
Dom always calls him Marko--Mark Ordesky. Oh i get it
For misheard song lyrics, my brother sings Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? as "What's Love got to do, got to do with it?/What's love but a second hand with lotion?"
Forest of Dean represent!!!! Its a lovely place in the world Billy and Dom.
Sigur Ros is my absolute favorite band. Didn’t expect that crossover!
Happy Tuesday Dom & Billy! :)
Forest of Dean is in Herefordshire/Gloucestershire.
My. Goodness Mark! What in the world have you done to stay so youthful!? 😯
This show makes my Tuesdays
I've always wondered where Hollywood producers come from. Like, who moves to California to produce movies? To learn of Mark's path answers some questions I've long had. Kind of evolve into it from aspiring script writer, to script reader to whatever intermediate steps to knowing the right people and being in the right place and having the right skills to persevering to... Is it typical? I don't know. But it seems more likely than what I imagined: they pop out of the ground in April.
Definitely! 😄 His genuineness & 'fannishness' about the properties he facilitates is always a surprise too - I guess we tend to have a rather jaded perspective of anyone who is close to the money in Hollywood, but Mark's lev of humility and connection with the talent is pretty remarkable.
I think "Joy" deserves a useful point for the mochi I give it a 6 just because it brings people happiness
The light on Dom's eye was driving me a bit crazy. I just wanted to grab some duct tape and carboard or smth to patch that bit up lol
Lyrics I misheard would be from “We Can Funk” by Prince with George Clinton. What I thought was “I’ll gladly be in anyone’s club” is actually “I’ll gladly pee in anybody’s cup” 🤷♂️🤦🏼♂️
Boil em, mash em, put ‘em in a stew!!! 🤣🤟
Dom's a Sigur Ros fan, love it!!
Merry Pippin and Sam all got swords from the Barrow Downs right before reaching Bree, they were made by the old dunédain made for the bane of servants of Mordor. Merry couldnt have damaged the witch king of angmar without one of those swords
Re Quest: I AM SO JEALOUS of these kids, I would LOVE to do that! Imagine going on a vacation for a week entering a fully immersive interactive realm!? I'd die.
The Forest of Dean is on the border with Wales 🏴
Does anyone know where the potato recipe is? Like which podcast mentioned it first?
What about second Breakfast?
Dom tells us he'll tell us about the time he pooped himself if they reach 200k RUclips subscribers. (Tells the story anyway.)
Seattle is just south of Vancouver, Canada. Southeast of Seattle is Vancouver, Washington. Why both cities have the same name, I have no idea.
Did John say he got that mochi from Whole Foods?? I need some immediately but don’t know where to get a good one!
When I was a youngin I heard this song in between the raindrops on the radio often, it goes “crossing the fine lines we knew” and I thought it was “crossing the fine lined Suicune.” (It’s pronounced swee-koon if you say it wrong I will scream) If you don’t know Suicune is the water type legendary Pokémon in gen 2. Yes I have been that big of a dork since I was 9.
the townsend incident is still shrouded in mystery. i hope someone tells the story one day..maybe in a book.
Seems pretty obvious. He was too young and not rugged and alpha enough.
@@RolandDeschain1 And he obviously hated the training and brought negative to others energy because of that. He just didn't feel that good in the role.
Well it was explored in detail in the Anything you can imagine book by Ian Nathan. An awesome book, every fan of the films would love reading it.
What are the lyrics to the opening, specifically right before 'Your My Pearl'
Look up "the right way rub"
@@LindaC616 ????
@@anewlinii that's the name if the song
'I'm your oyster' is what I was looking for, but thanks for the help.
@@anewlinii I was going to tell you that I thought the last word was pearl not pear but I thought I would let you look it up
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Sigur Ros is great!!!
"Now, monks, on any occasion when the mind is sluggish, that is the wrong time to develop calm as a factor for awakening, concentration as a factor for awakening, equanimity as a factor for awakening. Why is that? The sluggish mind is hard to raise up by those mental qualities.
Just as if a man, wanting to make a small fire blaze up, were to place wet grass in it, wet cow dung, & wet sticks; were to give it a spray of water and smother it with dust. Is it possible that he would make the small fire blaze up?"
"No, lord."
"Now, on any occasion when the mind is sluggish, that is the right time to develop (Potency:) analysis of qualities as a factor for awakening, (Piety:) persistence as a factor for awakening, (Poise:) rapture as a factor for awakening. Why is that? The sluggish mind is easy to raise up by those mental qualities.
Just as if a man, wanting to make a small fire blaze up, were to place dry grass in it, dry cow dung, & dry sticks; were to blow on it with his mouth and not smother it with dust. Is it possible that he would make the small fire blaze up?
"Yes, lord.
"Now, on any occasion when the mind is restless, that is the wrong time to develop analysis of qualities as a factor for awakening, persistence as a factor for awakening, rapture as a factor for awakening. Why is that? The restless mind is hard to still with those mental qualities.
Just as if a man, wanting to put out a large fire, were to place dry grass in it, dry cow dung, & dry sticks; were to blow on it with his mouth and not smother it with dust. Is it possible that he would put it out?"
"No, lord."
"Now, on occasions when the mind is restless, that is the right time to develop (Prayer:) calm as a factor for awakening, (Power:) concentration as a factor for awakening, (Perseverance:) equanimity as a factor for awakening. Why is that? The restless mind is easy to still with those mental qualities.
Just as if a man, wanting to put out a large fire, were to place wet grass in it, wet cow dung, & wet sticks; were to give it a spray of water and smother it with dust. Is it possible that he would put it out?"
"Yes, lord."
Action, reaction; cause, and effect. I drink too much, I need to take a piss.
Mark's voice is 90% Edward Norton and 10% McConaughey.
Yes! I think the same!
If you want great funk/soul/jazz, listen to Jamiroquai.
love me some dj shadow
Get Peter Jackson on
Where's Tim, Tom?
Fish and Chip! Get Leslie to tell the props department. Oi! What's your fucking game?
Poor bastard. "While there are some, who are more responsible than others (and, they will be held accountable.") [/accidents are never blameless.]
Hop along, Dom. Get some breakfast!
Boom! First comment! ♡ I win+ first like
Well played ☹️
@@brentkammin9618 sorry my dude 😆 next time ;)
Really hoping Bobby Lee sits down and chats with these two. Would be a laughter fest
Dom, watch DJO, and get on with the Splash fan.
But, that's you putting words in my mouth.
if we're still talking about misheard lyrics, let's be real, no one knows the lyrics to Macarena.
Spanish speaker here...
I do. Not that they're deep or exciting....but many of us do
"Louie Louie" is your song
@@LindaC616 makes sense, as a spanish speaker. Unsure about the rest lol.
Off my comments
Second commenttt
Zero shoes? Isn’t that just bare feet?
Jackie chan's alright (for cinema,) but Jet Li fights black!
I stop storm with Tai Chi. (How's that for haiku?!)
Mark Antony? Encoded? MOTORO CHEATS!
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CYRAX!
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SMOKE!
JAX!
8:44 is your wife 12?
Your sponsors have taken over your podcast. It is a disgrace how greedy you two have become. I guess after Lotr none of you had any significant success. It's a shame.
You can just tap forward to skip, mate.
I love this podcast guys. Thank you so much for bringing much needed laughter and conversation. It shines light on even the darkest times. You guys are appreciated immensely. As is all the crew that work on the show. 💙
Regarding Imposter Syndrome: it’s not just about feeling you don’t deserve your accolades, but also convincing yourself you’re a fraud. I am a grown woman just a few years younger than Dom, and I often have moments when I am in a business meeting where I know for a fact I am the most knowledgeable person in the room in my specific field, and I still have the feeling that at any moment someone might jump up and go: “Aha! You’re not a real grownup, you’re just pretending!”
God I'm so glad they went with Viigo.
Can’t imagine anyone else in the role. These films honestly have some of the best casting ever.
1:10:33 -- Infinite respect to Dom for mentioning Sigur Rós!!!!
Mark has given us so many gifts
Wonderful. I've been looking forward to this since last week's part 1. Remind me to develop a talent so Mark can pay my restaurant bills.
Anyway, Merry's 'sword (really a dagger) may not have had a name but it was made in Arthedain by the ancestors of Aragorn for use in their wars with The Witch King of Angmar. It was imbued with powerful spells against the Witch King and it was for this reason that Merry's blow felled the Witch King, then the Lord of the Nazgul, at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. So it was not ordinary in any sense. In the book it was given to Merry by Tom Bombadil when he rescued the hobbits from the Barrow Wight, but as this chapter wasn't in the film I left my first viewing of Fellowship wondering if the reason for Merry's success in battle was going to be explained. It wasn't.
Normally i only listen on spotify but after this episode it made me login on my dusty old youtube account to subscribe and like, what a wonderfull guest that was. Sounded like a really great guy.
Always my happy place here 💕🥰👍🏻
What a coincidence, I work in a grocery store and I was listening to your podcast when you guys eat the world with the mochi, and would you believe it, I was stocking mochi as well!
This also happened with the van leeuwen ice cream with the wonderful Brian Green!
So if you are ever in Austin, TX and want some frozen treats, please step in!
I absolutely looove this podcast so much ahhh. This is the only podcast I listen to it weekly & look forward too 😍. Thank you guys so much 💕
I've missed the podcast for a week and listening to Billy's accent seems like he's more Scottish than ever haha
Loved all the insight Mark gave! Would love to hear from more people who worked in the background of the movies!
Thanks guys, great interview with Mark Ordesky. Another miss heard lyric which I think is called a mondegreen! AC/DC long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. My husband use to sing it’s a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll.😜😜
I would love to see an interview with some of the scale doubles from the trilogy.
I feel we so rarely hear from them even though many of them had as much screen time as almost any other character
Absolutely!! They seemed to be a really international bunch from what one saw in the LOTR BTS, with some great senses of humour? Would be fascinated to hear what they've been up to since the films wrapped, and how they & their families are getting on through the past couple of years' craziness...?
My favourite misheard lyric is one I read in a newspaper article when I was a kid - someone misheard Waterloo by ABBA as Portaloo. I sing it that way to this day - ‘Portaloo, couldn’t escape if I wanted to.’
Love the podcast! A little caffeine shot of joy in my weekly commute. When Dom was talking about mishearing Mr Boombastic, something about that really tickled me - I laughed so hard I nearly stalled my car at the lights. Thanks for the laughs!
We've all had that moment of paranoia that a portaloo lock or door may jam and trap us in that rather malodorous space! 😂 Great mis-recited lyrics...
Such a great discussion!! Mark is a treasure.
Potato scones sounds quite excellent.
Filmmakers pray for producers like Mark Ordesky. People like him make movies happen.
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!
Please, please touch on Adventures in Middle Earth : it’s 5e D&D but set in Tolkien’s world.
I’ve been running a campaign for nearly 5 years if you wanna talk to a fan about it 😅