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Given how physically demanding the making of this film was, I'm not sure the actors could have done it without Vigo. The guy's a trickster who always seemed to keep their morale up. 30/50
Dude was an all around BA. I love how he greeted everyone with a headbutt each day, then in between filming he’d go to nearby stream and fish until he had shoot again.
I was a VFX artist on the films and they recorded a bunch of us chanting and roaring - i was told by the sound designer that they used MY growl for the hero Uruk Hai growls in the battle of helms deep.
The preparation for this movie is what made these movies such a success. It was not thrown together the night before, but a well thought & dedicated interest in authenticity, with the best persons playing each character. It is a well loved movie trilogy which I still watch to this day.
Indeed! I wish more producers would realize this as I have seen way too often good IP mishandled leading all too often to missed opportunities for everyone involved but especially hardcore and dedicated fanbases. How do we get: "These legendary stories are going to make for great screen adaptions! Sssooo... I'm changing key core dynamics only to the introduction, storyline, pacing, main arc, setting, plot, characters, genre, message, and ending... Yeah, mines going to be so much better for todays audience rather then the opinions of those nerdy fans!"
Christopher Lee was such a Tolkien fan, he was livid when he found out Saruman was killed off right at the start of Return of the King and almost walked out on filming
In regards to Sean Bean and the helicopter. He did get in to it on the first day. Unfortunately for him, Dominic and Billy had told the pilot to show Sean what he could do leading to one crazy trip which made Bean so scared he preferred to get up five hours earlier and hike up in full gear.
Not only to get to NZ in the first place but his line of work makes me wonder how much he struggles with this. Or was it simply an excuse to get a hike in while getting into character or something...
I always thought that was mean, but I don’t know if guys would consider it so. Either way, I’d have felt bad seeing him struggling to climb that mountain at the crack of dawn.
@@redreaper2752Yeah it makes sense for Merry and Pippen to do but maybe not your fellow ACTORS. Maybe they didn’t realize how terrified he truly was, but when they saw him hiking up the mountain, I bet they felt pretty bad about it.
When Wormtongue looks upon the armies in awe from the tower above, and a single tear escapes his eye, that's how I feel when seeing some of the scenes; and especially the making of
A couple other things others probably noticed: 1. In FOTR when Sam and Frodo are leaving the shire, the original theatrical version you could see a car driving by in the distance. 2. In ROTK when Sam is fighting Shelob, he had sting in one hand and then it cuts immediately to a different angle and he has it in the opposite hand. Some of these I had picked out for myself, but it’s really cool to see a lot more. Awesome video man. These movies were an absolute masterpiece and will never be matched.
@ in the original DVD theatrical version you can in fact see a car in the background. So no, it isn’t bs. They realized it and fixed it when the extended edition dvd was released. I have copies of both and it can be seen plainly.
@joshuaowens570 I've watched videos that point it out with circles and arrows and never seen a car. Just some pixels change color. Even if it's a car, you just simply cannot tell. I don't believe you can see it "plainly".
Ayy, I was just in Hobbiton about 50 hours ago, it was pretty cool! Not sure if it's in the video, but a lot of the Uruk-hai actors were New Zealand military. Apparently they were too good at the fighting during the large scale battle scenes so they were "winning" a lot of them instead of losing like they were supposed to, but eventually eased up and got it down.
As a Flight of the Conchords fan, it always blows my mind that there’s an entirely different group of people who know and love Brett because of a minor role he played in Lord of the Rings.
Johny Rhys-Davis recordings of Treebeard where played out of a speaker through a wooden tunnel and re-recorded to make the voice more ecoey and (literally) wooden. Rhys-Davis pondered how an ent should talk so he decided on speak on the inhales rather on the exhales like you normallly would.
This trilogy is not just a pop corn flick. It is a true experience! I think Jackson made some really decisions with the film adaptation. Instead of putting Tom B in the film Jackson became Tom Bombadil. Of all the changes made from book to screen I am very happy with the product. I mean so much so that I crown it the very best Hollywood has to offer. It blows the doors off Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon. The crowning jewel of the film industry. When you craft something on this scale it becomes a true marriage of skills. They only cut corners that didn't show. Blood Sweat and tears created something special.
@@MoldveyDM yeah, ig. I just personally cant take it over gotg because of the way i grew up loving the characters n shit, but i guess u could say the same thing about lotr too, but i didnt fully grow up with the movies, yes i watched them when i was like 10 and the 2nd time i was 15 but i wasnt that invested in the characters back then, but i watched them recently again now that im 20 and i gotta admit, i kinda miss them now, but the one group i miss the most has to be gotg. I just cant explain my feelings over those movies, idk, plus the ending for rotk was rly off to me, idk... like sarumans death which wasnt even in the original movie.. like how do u end of a trilogy without showing us what happened to the main villain, or the fact that eowyn killed the WITCH KING that easilly...
@@hamsterdmg ya I honestly don't think it would've been that bad. It wouldn't have had the same power, but it definitely wouldn't have made the movie any less influential in my opinion.
When Ian McKellen said that he meant to knock his head in that interview I'm pretty sure he was making a joke. "Hit my head? no it was intentional of course. And I seem in genuine pain because of my fine acting skills"
Regarding point 3 with the 250 horses, did you know that it was Bernard Hill (Theoden) who suggested to ride along the lances with his sword gracing them?
I’ve been a lifelong cinephile, loving films of every genre, era and description. If one includes degree of difficulty in the equation, there is simply no denying that LOTR is the greatest achievement in the history of cinema and is unlikely ever to be eclipsed. Even if degree of difficulty is excluded, a very strong case can be made for its superiority to any other film that is considered great.
I think everyone has heard how Viggo broke his toes. You forgot to mention how Sean Astin put a glass shard through his hobbit foot, which came out the top of his real foot. Plus the scene with Viggo in the water, he was pulled under by the current and pinned there. The Safety Dive team couldn't find him, and just as he was out of breath...the current released him.
I knew all of these facts, mainly because I’ve watched the appendices to death and love them but nice to see them on here as well from someone who loves the franchise as well
I wanted to say that too. You typically obscure the actors behind an object like a pillar or something for a brief moment for the switch. Just using the picture frame here was done masterfully. The most important thing is that both actors maintain a very similar direction and speed in their motion and the viewer can’t even notice it.
48/50! Fact #7 is partially incorrect. Gandalf's pipe staff is taken by Saruman when he's captured in Isenguard. He receives a new staff in Rivendell (dubbed the Moria staff) which he looses at the bridge of Khazad-dum. Also many of the FOTR scenes in this video are taken from the EE Blu-ray that has the awful green/blue tint and thankfully corrected with the new 4K transfer.
LOL @ the end. I'm so glad the broken toe trivia has become a meme unto itself 😂😂😂 But you left out one important detail: did you know that Viggo actually broke his toe when
If PJ had included the fight between Aragorn and Sauron at the black gate in the film, he would have only spit on the books even more! He has enough of that already!
I remember the scene Pippin screaming when horse went stomping him , his hands not tied with a rope , then he crawled out with his hands tied with a rope 🤣🤣
Viggo broke his toe on the third take because his scream wasn't believable enough, but the real pain caused a real scream. The riders who broke from the charge at pelennor fields were people who had actually read the books and so Peter Jackson told those rider to break ranks and charge.
I had the privilege of touring the META studio in Wellington and getting a tour. These actors worked six days a week straight for two years. All three movies were completed at once.
Thanks so much for this... I knew more than half of them, from 'The Making of...' series, but still there were some interesting new facts... I'm glad that none of the other considered actors were chosen - this was so perfect. Including that Sean Connery (alias the first James Bond) was offered Gandalf's role and an exorbitant amount of money, but declined, because 'he couldn't make sense of the story' - so glad about that! Billy and Dominic (who played Pippin and Merry) met on the plane down to New Zealand, and 'recognized' each other immediately, without having been introduced. Christopher Lee was convinced that he would be the perfect Gandalf... Peter talked him out of it and into playing Saruman instead. Peter Jackson of course lapped up the main recognition for the film script and execution, but after all I've seen, I respect so highly also Philippa Boyens and Peter's wife Fran Drescher - they all worked on the script and its execution permanently. Peter did have the authority as the director to have the final word, when it was needed... my favourite movie of all times was for over 30 years Kubrick's '2001 - Space Odyssey'... ...until LotR appeared.
The movie Simi Tuff was shot in cowboys stadium for the on field shots. I was living there at time and unemployed. The ad said free food. that was all I needed. The weather was not good and only about 600 ppl showed. So what they thought would be a quick morning shot feed them lunch and send them home to all day and into the night. I got feed three times that day . They had us moving all over the place for dif shots. We walked a good 5 miles that day. Easy for me but for some it got hard and they would just sit for a while and then join back in. That was a fun day and my first and last movie ever to be in. I live putting it up on my 76" zooning on he crowds and showing where I am in all the stands scenes
The thing about LOTR boosting tourism in NZ is definitely true. When my wife & I had just gotten engaged, we took a vacation to NZ, for the sole reason of how beautiful it looked in the movies, and wanting to see it for ourselves. We aren't particularly hardcore fans of the Tolkien or the the LOTR movies and story world universe..although we have both read the books (many years ago) and really enjoy the moviè..we just love traveling and visiting beautiful places, and doing things like hiking, camping, hunting, and exploring the wilderness in those beautiful places, like NZ. And i swear, NZ is definitely has some of the most beautiful places in the world that you could ever lay eyes on.
Andy Serkis did tell the story of how he came up with the story how he came up with Gollum's voice in the behind the scene doucmentary The Taming of Sméagol on the Two Towers Appendices DVD.
I just saw it today. I hope one day they will release all the cut scenes. Especially from the battle of the last alliance , and Aragorn fighthing Sauron. I knew 42😊 but I love the behind the scesnes almost as much as the trilogy. And since rings of power even the cringe scenes and the CGI in the Hobbit movies seem forgivable. At least it all feels like middle eart and the character who are Tolkien characters are not ruined. Btw. As much as I love Legolas, I also adore Thranduil, especially when he fights. His comstumes and sword are gorgeous and he looks totally royal
I knew 45 of these. Cinderblock Balrog, visible Arwen in Helms Deep, fan favourite elf, Tolkien grandson and Real actor dead Saruman were new. Great stuff, Thanks.
I loved the video! Here is just something you can use another time maybe. InTwo Towers,after Gimlis line "No Sign Of Our Quarry But What Bare Rock Can Tell" when the 3 are running on the hill after the Uruk Hai, you can see a part of Gimli's armor fall off. (Well, I think it's an armor (leg) piece.) 😊
Another reason Stuart Townsend was fired, was his terrible attitude, and work ethic. When other cast members wanted to rehearse, or practice fight choreography, he would always respond negatively, with, “You’ll get it on the day.” It got so disheartening, that Ian McKellan actually took Townsend aside, and asked him if he even wanted to be there. Peter Jackson was just being diplomatic when he said Townsend was let go for being too young.
Sean Bean DID go in a helicopter once and it was up in Caradras scene where he picks up The Ring after Frodo drops it in the snow. He was so afraid when he rode the hlicopter that he struggled NOT to think about it for the rest of the day, which Viggo noticed and asked about it.
There was just two reshoots, not three. They filmed The Grey Havens once, then they reshot because of the vest mishap and then they had to do it a third time because of blur that happened because of a camera mishap (not because of the mistake of a focus puller as stated in the ddirector and writers commenray).
You missed in the first movie at the end Sam runs to stop frodo but he stepped on a large piece of glass and had to go go hospital because it was too much for the crews medics to handle. Great show and one or two new to my fan boy self !
Fran Walsh had a cold the day they recorded her scream so it was a lot gravel in her voice, which made her scream come of as weird according to her. The result was that Fran destroyed her voice after she did her recoding of her scream. Like Peter Jackson says "Pain is temporary, film is forever.".
20:38 except all Deleted scenes are there in extended versions, what are a lot better because then u dont miss actually any important cutscenes. I also do have those shorter versions from both films.
this was good i learned a few new things but you could of including the scene where Sam steps on glass and went through his foot when he is on the ramp trying to swim to Frodo`s canoe
I very much believe Sean bean probably didn’t ever step foot in a helicopter, man’s happy to take a hike after filming the sharpe series where they had to hike in full 95th rifle gear from the 1800s they did so much work in the Spanish hills along with other mountain areas during freezing winters
If they had gone through with killing one of the hobbits, or they had to bend the knee for the Weinsteins, I can guarantee the LOTR series would not have gone down as well. Members of Tolken’s family already hated it, they would’ve disowned it if they killed the hobbit
I didn't know or at least i couldn't remember 5, 8, 20, 28, 33, 34, 47, 48 and 49 I am bad with numbers, so i didn't know the exact numbers for 3 (but knew it where a lot and the number in the books and movie), 9 (but knew there where multiple in all kinds of sizes) and 12 (but knew it was shortly after and very early in his career) So i only really completely knew 38/50 and my favorite trivia i learned by far was 33 :D (Viggo Mortensen throwing apples at Billy Boyd 😂) You really got me with number 50 😅 Whole LotR love ♥️
Gandalf actually would have lost his pipe to Saruman after losing his fight in Orthanc. He has a different staff in Rivendell and on the journey. I know this because I had to choose which staff to spent a crap ton for a replica of and went with the “Moria” staff. Hope Saruman got good use of the pipe with all the pipe weed he had stored up
The loss of his pipe explains why Gandalf went berserker mode on the balrog. Poor thing never had a chance. He's lucky they fell though. Had he not, he would have faced something so terrifying it wasn't even named in the movie. P.E.T.A. "0_o"
2:18 yeah but the point peter jackson was trying to make in the movie is that sauron cant appear physically without the ring because he poured in so much of himself into it
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I got 21/50! 🎉🎉🎉
He didn't have a sleep mask....
Oh....Look, Another salesman. All I needed to see.
Its a true masterpiece
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Given how physically demanding the making of this film was, I'm not sure the actors could have done it without Vigo. The guy's a trickster who always seemed to keep their morale up. 30/50
Indeed, I've heard nothing but praise of him from the rest of the cast!
Someone we'd ACTUALLY like to hang out with and have a beer❤
I was a big Sean Bean for Aragorn Man, I thought I’d hate Vigo (not being a Brit with anything I’ve seen)…. I was so so wrong!
Dude was an all around BA. I love how he greeted everyone with a headbutt each day, then in between filming he’d go to nearby stream and fish until he had shoot again.
The perfect man to play a leader and a king
Nobody else could have made those movies as well as Peter Jackson. The man’s a genius
I was a VFX artist on the films and they recorded a bunch of us chanting and roaring - i was told by the sound designer that they used MY growl for the hero Uruk Hai growls in the battle of helms deep.
And when you wakw up from dream, what next be?
The preparation for this movie is what made these movies such a success. It was not thrown together the night before, but a well thought & dedicated interest in authenticity, with the best persons playing each character. It is a well loved movie trilogy which I still watch to this day.
Indeed! I wish more producers would realize this as I have seen way too often good IP mishandled leading all too often to missed opportunities for everyone involved but especially hardcore and dedicated fanbases. How do we get: "These legendary stories are going to make for great screen adaptions! Sssooo... I'm changing key core dynamics only to the introduction, storyline, pacing, main arc, setting, plot, characters, genre, message, and ending... Yeah, mines going to be so much better for todays audience rather then the opinions of those nerdy fans!"
One of the only times I didnt skip the sponsored segment. That was very well made.
Glad to hear, we had a lot of fun making it 😂
Christopher Lee was such a Tolkien fan, he was livid when he found out Saruman was killed off right at the start of Return of the King and almost walked out on filming
In regards to Sean Bean and the helicopter. He did get in to it on the first day. Unfortunately for him, Dominic and Billy had told the pilot to show Sean what he could do leading to one crazy trip which made Bean so scared he preferred to get up five hours earlier and hike up in full gear.
It’s always Merry and Pippin 😂
Not only to get to NZ in the first place but his line of work makes me wonder how much he struggles with this. Or was it simply an excuse to get a hike in while getting into character or something...
I always thought that was mean, but I don’t know if guys would consider it so.
Either way, I’d have felt bad seeing him struggling to climb that mountain at the crack of dawn.
@@redreaper2752Yeah it makes sense for Merry and Pippen to do but maybe not your fellow ACTORS. Maybe they didn’t realize how terrified he truly was, but when they saw him hiking up the mountain, I bet they felt pretty bad about it.
When Wormtongue looks upon the armies in awe from the tower above, and a single tear escapes his eye, that's how I feel when seeing some of the scenes; and especially the making of
For Hobbiton, the grass was let to grow and then let sheep out to graze it to look more natural (as opposed to using a lawnmower).
Yes! And did you know there are about more sheep than humans in New Zealand? There is about 4.6 sheep per human.
LOL
@MiddleEarthUpdates this is the kind of information I need!
A couple other things others probably noticed:
1. In FOTR when Sam and Frodo are leaving the shire, the original theatrical version you could see a car driving by in the distance.
2. In ROTK when Sam is fighting Shelob, he had sting in one hand and then it cuts immediately to a different angle and he has it in the opposite hand.
Some of these I had picked out for myself, but it’s really cool to see a lot more. Awesome video man. These movies were an absolute masterpiece and will never be matched.
Number 1 is such bs. You can't see a car.
You can see some pixels change color, but there is no way you can tell what it is.
@ in the original DVD theatrical version you can in fact see a car in the background. So no, it isn’t bs. They realized it and fixed it when the extended edition dvd was released. I have copies of both and it can be seen plainly.
@joshuaowens570 I've watched videos that point it out with circles and arrows and never seen a car. Just some pixels change color.
Even if it's a car, you just simply cannot tell.
I don't believe you can see it "plainly".
Ayy, I was just in Hobbiton about 50 hours ago, it was pretty cool!
Not sure if it's in the video, but a lot of the Uruk-hai actors were New Zealand military. Apparently they were too good at the fighting during the large scale battle scenes so they were "winning" a lot of them instead of losing like they were supposed to, but eventually eased up and got it down.
That’s so cool! We haven’t been in New Zealand yet. It would be a dream to visit Hobbiton!
And about the military, yes, I believe that’s true! 😂
NO no no you lose this battle! "We respectfully disagree!"
As a Flight of the Conchords fan, it always blows my mind that there’s an entirely different group of people who know and love Brett because of a minor role he played in Lord of the Rings.
Was what I came to point out - “Figwit” my arse, this guy’s a bloody legend already!
Johny Rhys-Davis recordings of Treebeard where played out of a speaker through a wooden tunnel and re-recorded to make the voice more ecoey and (literally) wooden. Rhys-Davis pondered how an ent should talk so he decided on speak on the inhales rather on the exhales like you normallly would.
Wooden tunnel? That's genius
Well he speaks on the in- and exhales
This trilogy is not just a pop corn flick. It is a true experience! I think Jackson made some really decisions with the film adaptation. Instead of putting Tom B in the film Jackson became Tom Bombadil. Of all the changes made from book to screen I am very happy with the product. I mean so much so that I crown it the very best Hollywood has to offer. It blows the doors off Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon. The crowning jewel of the film industry. When you craft something on this scale it becomes a true marriage of skills. They only cut corners that didn't show. Blood Sweat and tears created something special.
Rightly said…it’s an experience… 👍
I agree, well said
Definitely one of the best trilogies, no doubt about it, just not MY #1 favourite, in particular. Kill me, but i prefer gotg over the lotr
@seynpurrp Guardians are the best Marvel movies no doubt. GotG2 made me cry. You know the scene.
I just have a special place in my heart for LoTR.
@@MoldveyDM yeah, ig. I just personally cant take it over gotg because of the way i grew up loving the characters n shit, but i guess u could say the same thing about lotr too, but i didnt fully grow up with the movies, yes i watched them when i was like 10 and the 2nd time i was 15 but i wasnt that invested in the characters back then, but i watched them recently again now that im 20 and i gotta admit, i kinda miss them now, but the one group i miss the most has to be gotg. I just cant explain my feelings over those movies, idk, plus the ending for rotk was rly off to me, idk... like sarumans death which wasnt even in the original movie.. like how do u end of a trilogy without showing us what happened to the main villain, or the fact that eowyn killed the WITCH KING that easilly...
I'm on my knees thanking Eru that Nicolas Cage didn't get the role 🙏🏻 Great video ❤
Thank you for watching :)
Yeah it sounds horrendous, but I don't think it would be THAT bad. The man is a good actor and can play serious roles like this.
you know, i get that nicolas cage can be a "joke" actor but he could have pulled it off
@@hamsterdmg ya I honestly don't think it would've been that bad. It wouldn't have had the same power, but it definitely wouldn't have made the movie any less influential in my opinion.
@@hamsterdmg I think they made the right choice,though. Actually,I can't imagine anyone,other than the chosen actors,in any of those roles.
When Ian McKellen said that he meant to knock his head in that interview I'm pretty sure he was making a joke.
"Hit my head? no it was intentional of course. And I seem in genuine pain because of my fine acting skills"
Oooo! I love the long videos! It’s like 50 shorts all put together!!! Let me put my nerdy LOTR costume on, get a cup of tea and watch! Cheers!
Hope you enjoyed it Gandalf!
Mind if I eavesdrop?
same :D Cheers!
I am in shock that Viggo really broke his toe. I most certainly did NOT know about that fact... 😏
Amazing they could keep that secret all this time!
@@RoboSteave I remember knowing that when not many people did, Now you get shamed if you bring it up lol
@@gnr2396 Also the Christopher Lee and Tolkien thing. It's been repeated so many times that now it sounds just ridiculous to bring this up.
@@janmajer4662 And also Sarumans backstab lecture
@@Dargoneth Hell yeah 😂😂
As an addition to the point where Éomers sword falls out, doesnt it look like he notices it but keeps going like a champ
Regarding point 3 with the 250 horses, did you know that it was Bernard Hill (Theoden) who suggested to ride along the lances with his sword gracing them?
Wow
I actually knew about 99% of what you showed here because I watch all of your videos! Thanks for all your hard work ❤😊
same
Thank you for watching 😄
I’ve been a lifelong cinephile, loving films of every genre, era and description. If one includes degree of difficulty in the equation, there is simply no denying that LOTR is the greatest achievement in the history of cinema and is unlikely ever to be eclipsed. Even if degree of difficulty is excluded, a very strong case can be made for its superiority to any other film that is considered great.
I 100% agree.
RIP Ian Holm, Bernard Hill and Christoper Lee. You’ll never be forgotten.
Wormtounge shedding a single tear is a subtle but sich a glaring form of character development.
Christoper Lee knowing how someone sounds when they get stabbed is both badass and scary. What a man.
Viggo knows how to LIVE and enjoy the moment.
I feel like they should have kept the sauron scene in, appearing as a fair looking elf makes him 10000x cooler and more mysterious to the uninitiated.
I think everyone has heard how Viggo broke his toes. You forgot to mention how Sean Astin put a glass shard through his hobbit foot, which came out the top of his real foot. Plus the scene with Viggo in the water, he was pulled under by the current and pinned there. The Safety Dive team couldn't find him, and just as he was out of breath...the current released him.
For the treebeard fact I was more surprised to see they build an entire practical upper half of treebeard for the hobbit actors to react off of.
Oh goodness! I cannot see Nicholas Cage as Aragorn! 😂😂😂
Vigo Mortensen was perfect. ❤
I think even Cage would have set aside some pride after viewing the finished products and said, "Damn!, they really dodged a bullet there!"
Nicholas Cage would not have fared well…
Decades from now all this may be remade, but this masterpiece will never be crafted better. ❤!
I knew all of these facts, mainly because I’ve watched the appendices to death and love them but nice to see them on here as well from someone who loves the franchise as well
19:35 - it’s called a Texas Switch! Super classic and well-executed
Nice, didn't know that!
I wanted to say that too. You typically obscure the actors behind an object like a pillar or something for a brief moment for the switch. Just using the picture frame here was done masterfully. The most important thing is that both actors maintain a very similar direction and speed in their motion and the viewer can’t even notice it.
Im so glad they cut out Arwen. Including her on the battle front would just be stupid.
Jed Brophy is truly an incredible actor ❤. And Sean Beans characters always seem to die too early. He’s such a good actor ❤
48/50!
Fact #7 is partially incorrect. Gandalf's pipe staff is taken by Saruman when he's captured in Isenguard. He receives a new staff in Rivendell (dubbed the Moria staff) which he looses at the bridge of Khazad-dum.
Also many of the FOTR scenes in this video are taken from the EE Blu-ray that has the awful green/blue tint and thankfully corrected with the new 4K transfer.
Ahh you're right, didn't think about that staff-swap!
4:30 I held this ring in my hands when I visited Halfdan Hansens Shop in New Zealand in 2016.
That's so cool! Was it heavy?
@@MiddleEarthUpdatesPretty 😅
You willingly parted with the one ring? A spot on a boat sailing to valinor is reserved for you
LOL @ the end. I'm so glad the broken toe trivia has become a meme unto itself 😂😂😂 But you left out one important detail: did you know that Viggo actually broke his toe when
If PJ had included the fight between Aragorn and Sauron at the black gate in the film, he would have only spit on the books even more! He has enough of that already!
I remember the scene Pippin screaming when horse went stomping him , his hands not tied with a rope , then he crawled out with his hands tied with a rope 🤣🤣
Viggo broke his toe on the third take because his scream wasn't believable enough, but the real pain caused a real scream.
The riders who broke from the charge at pelennor fields were people who had actually read the books and so Peter Jackson told those rider to break ranks and charge.
Viggo broke 2 toes, not one.
He broke two toes.
Where the hell does this "one toe" misinformation even come from?
@Vnemes1sV youtube vids.
I had the privilege of touring the META studio in Wellington and getting a tour. These actors worked six days a week straight for two years. All three movies were completed at once.
Certaines choses sont déjà bien connues, mais certaines autres sont vraiment moins connues et très intéressantes, merci !
Thanks so much for this... I knew more than half of them, from 'The Making of...' series, but still there were some interesting new facts...
I'm glad that none of the other considered actors were chosen - this was so perfect. Including that Sean Connery (alias the first James Bond) was offered Gandalf's role and an exorbitant amount of money, but declined, because 'he couldn't make sense of the story' - so glad about that!
Billy and Dominic (who played Pippin and Merry) met on the plane down to New Zealand, and 'recognized' each other immediately, without having been introduced. Christopher Lee was convinced that he would be the perfect Gandalf... Peter talked him out of it and into playing Saruman instead.
Peter Jackson of course lapped up the main recognition for the film script and execution, but after all I've seen, I respect so highly also Philippa Boyens and Peter's wife Fran Drescher - they all worked on the script and its execution permanently. Peter did have the authority as the director to have the final word, when it was needed...
my favourite movie of all times was for over 30 years Kubrick's '2001 - Space Odyssey'...
...until LotR appeared.
The ring of power disaster should not be mentioned when discussing Jackson's masterpiece
With this you have made a fantastic job. I am a huge fan of "Lord of the Rings", but there was a lot I didn't know. Thank you very much.
Thank you for watching!
The movie Simi Tuff was shot in cowboys stadium for the on field shots. I was living there at time and unemployed. The ad said free food. that was all I needed. The weather was not good and only about 600 ppl showed. So what they thought would be a quick morning shot feed them lunch and send them home to all day and into the night. I got feed three times that day . They had us moving all over the place for dif shots. We walked a good 5 miles that day. Easy for me but for some it got hard and they would just sit for a while and then join back in. That was a fun day and my first and last movie ever to be in. I live putting it up on my 76" zooning on he crowds and showing where I am in all the stands scenes
Imagine David Bowie with his eyes, he looks bad ass as Elrond.
Honestly, I can see him as Elrond!
I really like the act by the Wormtongue actor, always felt he is kind of special.
The thing about LOTR boosting tourism in NZ is definitely true. When my wife & I had just gotten engaged, we took a vacation to NZ, for the sole reason of how beautiful it looked in the movies, and wanting to see it for ourselves. We aren't particularly hardcore fans of the Tolkien or the the LOTR movies and story world universe..although we have both read the books (many years ago) and really enjoy the moviè..we just love traveling and visiting beautiful places, and doing things like hiking, camping, hunting, and exploring the wilderness in those beautiful places, like NZ. And i swear, NZ is definitely has some of the most beautiful places in the world that you could ever lay eyes on.
my like makes it from 7.4k to 7.5k 😍
this video was so good your videos give me something to look forward to every day. I really appreciate it
This took so much work. Thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you! ☺️ Gathering all the facts, writing the script and editing such a long video is no easy feat.
3:31 "look carefully the next time you watch it" this guy knows his audience😂 we rewatch these films constantly
This video was so amazing! Great job on the editing. The ending made me lol 😆
The last broke his toe one something went whack and I think we miss the toe and another one
Andy Serkis did tell the story of how he came up with the story how he came up with Gollum's voice in the behind the scene doucmentary The Taming of Sméagol on the Two Towers Appendices DVD.
You’re right 😉
I NEED a playlist with all your videos in one
I just saw it today. I hope one day they will release all the cut scenes. Especially from the battle of the last alliance , and Aragorn fighthing Sauron. I knew 42😊 but I love the behind the scesnes almost as much as the trilogy. And since rings of power even the cringe scenes and the CGI in the Hobbit movies seem forgivable. At least it all feels like middle eart and the character who are Tolkien characters are not ruined. Btw. As much as I love Legolas, I also adore Thranduil, especially when he fights. His comstumes and sword are gorgeous and he looks totally royal
42? Oh, that's not bad for a pointy-eared elvish princeling. I myself am sitting pretty on 43... 😉
This sleep mask thing is something i didn't know i needed
They actually used 500 of the New Zealand army soldiers and fought scenes with real swords and shields. Real enactments, great stuff 💪🏻
I knew 45 of these. Cinderblock Balrog, visible Arwen in Helms Deep, fan favourite elf, Tolkien grandson and Real actor dead Saruman were new. Great stuff, Thanks.
Impressive, glad to hear that you learned a few at least :)
The scenery, the music, the costumes, the photography were all excellent. What Jackson did to the story was an insult to literature.
Great video. I knew 16 of these before the video and it’s always fun to see more behind the scenes information. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I loved the video! Here is just something you can use another time maybe.
InTwo Towers,after Gimlis line "No Sign Of Our Quarry But What Bare Rock Can Tell" when the 3 are running on the hill after the Uruk Hai, you can see a part of Gimli's armor fall off. (Well, I think it's an armor (leg) piece.) 😊
Thanks! I didn’t know that, thank you for pointing it out! ☺️
Another reason Stuart Townsend was fired, was his terrible attitude, and work ethic. When other cast members wanted to rehearse, or practice fight choreography, he would always respond negatively, with, “You’ll get it on the day.” It got so disheartening, that Ian McKellan actually took Townsend aside, and asked him if he even wanted to be there. Peter Jackson was just being diplomatic when he said Townsend was let go for being too young.
Sean Bean DID go in a helicopter once and it was up in Caradras scene where he picks up The Ring after Frodo drops it in the snow. He was so afraid when he rode the hlicopter that he struggled NOT to think about it for the rest of the day, which Viggo noticed and asked about it.
There was just two reshoots, not three. They filmed The Grey Havens once, then they reshot because of the vest mishap and then they had to do it a third time because of blur that happened because of a camera mishap (not because of the mistake of a focus puller as stated in the ddirector and writers commenray).
You missed in the first movie at the end Sam runs to stop frodo but he stepped on a large piece of glass and had to go go hospital because it was too much for the crews medics to handle. Great show and one or two new to my fan boy self !
I saw that big ring scene at walmart. Forgot all about it, when malls were full of stores, stores full of customers
This was great! I knew most of them, except Arwen at Helms Deep, Éomer’s sword falling and we got lucky when we got Vigo instead of Nicholas Cage!🤮
Fran Walsh had a cold the day they recorded her scream so it was a lot gravel in her voice, which made her scream come of as weird according to her. The result was that Fran destroyed her voice after she did her recoding of her scream. Like Peter Jackson says "Pain is temporary, film is forever.".
20:38 except all Deleted scenes are there in extended versions, what are a lot better because then u dont miss actually any important cutscenes. I also do have those shorter versions from both films.
hahaha i was about to write the "did u know aragorn really deflected the knife" fact as a joke and he beat me to it as the first one!
Hey dude glad to see you making Middle Earth content now! It's much less of a dead horse to beat compared to Star Wars Battlefront lmao
Boromir climbing up all that mountain hours before is crazy o.O
14:27 I never really put a lot of thinking into it but it’s such a great shot of chucky
Is is! It really adds to the scene.
24/50 almost half. It's only because of this channels shorts that I knew so many 😄
Haha glad to hear you've learned a lot from our shorts!
gollums voice came from Tolkien himself reading the hobbit. the record is rare but its out there. so Andy is just doing a damn good impersonation
this was good i learned a few new things but you could of including the scene where Sam steps on glass and went through his foot when he is on the ramp trying to swim to Frodo`s canoe
What are the odds of being recommended this channel of all channels 🤣
Hope your having a great week Elliot 😁👍
I very much believe Sean bean probably didn’t ever step foot in a helicopter, man’s happy to take a hike after filming the sharpe series where they had to hike in full 95th rifle gear from the 1800s they did so much work in the Spanish hills along with other mountain areas during freezing winters
Wow! I was surprised to learn Brad Dourif played Grima Wormtongue. He Also played Dan Douherty in Deadwood.!
Didn't Viggo buy Bill The Pony too?
Yes I believe that’s true. There is also a funny photography of the two eating breakfast together. 😂
Such a magnificent vid❣️
If they had gone through with killing one of the hobbits, or they had to bend the knee for the Weinsteins, I can guarantee the LOTR series would not have gone down as well. Members of Tolken’s family already hated it, they would’ve disowned it if they killed the hobbit
They hated it? Why? These films are incredible.
The Troll which Aragon fight at the end is the Troll from Arnor who was loyal and a leader from the Witchking of Angmar.
I am surprised you didn't mention when Sean Austin runs out into the water chasing after Frodo, he stepped on glass and cut his foot open.
Quite some new interesting details to learn. Never saw Eomers sword dropping altough I watched the movies countless times. My score is 29/50.
I didn't know or at least i couldn't remember 5, 8, 20, 28, 33, 34, 47, 48 and 49
I am bad with numbers, so i didn't know the exact numbers for 3 (but knew it where a lot and the number in the books and movie), 9 (but knew there where multiple in all kinds of sizes) and 12 (but knew it was shortly after and very early in his career)
So i only really completely knew 38/50 and my favorite trivia i learned by far was 33 :D (Viggo Mortensen throwing apples at Billy Boyd 😂)
You really got me with number 50 😅
Whole LotR love ♥️
I did learn some of these that I didn't know. Thanks for the video, you got a big ole laugh out of me at the end lol.
Glad you enjoyed!
Gandalf actually would have lost his pipe to Saruman after losing his fight in Orthanc. He has a different staff in Rivendell and on the journey. I know this because I had to choose which staff to spent a crap ton for a replica of and went with the “Moria” staff. Hope Saruman got good use of the pipe with all the pipe weed he had stored up
Gandolf, Saruman, and the Balrog are the same type of entity. Both are Maia or...Wizards.
That was a really interesting video. I was totally captivated by it.
50 things you learn from watching the extras on the extended dvds.
Okay.. being honest: I did not know 15, 28, 38, and 45. 46/50. I feel that’s about standard for a LOTR fan
Well done!
The loss of his pipe explains why Gandalf went berserker mode on the balrog.
Poor thing never had a chance. He's lucky they fell though. Had he not, he would have
faced something so terrifying it wasn't even named in the movie. P.E.T.A. "0_o"
2:18 yeah but the point peter jackson was trying to make in the movie is that sauron cant appear physically without the ring because he poured in so much of himself into it
I was watching most of the video thinking about fact 50. Got the video a like!