It started with PJ talking about that they would make the movies 100 million $ cheaper if they did it on New Zealand instead of Hollywood.

The producer said it was a bargain. Then PJ told us how it all started. Apperantly he called the USA in 1995 and asked who had the rights to LOTR. Then it just kept rolling. John-Rhys Davies said that they filmed 10 hours of film uncut.

Then PJ said that a lot of people had tried to make LotR in one film and it didnīt work. That was the special thing about this production that they could make it into 3 movies.

PJ also said that because they filmed in 15 months people started behave as their character. Especially Viggo, one day in a resturant PJ had talked to Viggo as if he was Aragorn and Viggo had just responded and they had a conversation without even knowing it.

Another day when they trained on a fighting scene, the stunt coordinator broke a bit of Viggo's tooth. Viggo picked it up and asked if they could superglue it and keep going.