From: Symbelmine The most recent issue of Interview (January 2000) has Cate Blanchett on the cover, inside they…
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The most recent issue of Interview (January 2000) has Cate Blanchett on the cover, inside they mention her role in LOTR, although she seems to avoid talking about it.
I’ll be going by to pick that up tomorrow, thanks to Symbelmine for the tip!
The December/January issue of French Primere mag has a nice tid bit on LOTR. The following is translated by yours truly 🙂 so bear with me:
The Fellowship of The Ring: The Complete Cast
Wellington, NZ. One week after the begginging of production the first film that will realise Peter Jackson’s dream of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, New Line (erm, more like me – Xo) announced that Stuart Townsend (Shooting Fish) would be leaving the production. Townsend was signed on to play Aragorn, a warrior. New Line gave no reason for the departure, but rumors on ‘Daily Variety’ say it was due to creative differences between the actor and Peter Jackson. At the time of press, it seems that Viggo Mortensen will fill the role. The complete cast list was then sent out in a Press Release on October 7th.
As part 2 of this ‘French Primere’ feature, We have a page news bit on Ian Mckellen, it features Ian’s words written in his ‘Grey Books’ in french, a small paragraph of introduction is below, here again yours truly will translate 🙂
Ian McKellen Raconte le Debut du Tournage
By: Alexandre Brillant
Photo: Jeff Riedel
McKellen.com (mckellen.com) features and exclusive interview with the actor who will play Gandalf in ‘The Lord of the Rings’
Read the last entry in Mckellen’s Grey Books here.
The latest Ethan Hawke film ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ is out today, I’ve seen a few clips on TV and it seems to be a rather interesting film.
Updated
From Strider
For UK ringers Ethan Hawke can be seen tonight @ 12:35 on ITV/UTV starring in White Fang. Just to let those who want to see our boy Faramir in action. Merry Xmas
Thanks Strider!
Hail Tolkien fans! Balin and I have put tinder and flint together to come up with this weekend’s Hall of Fire topic. It’s sure to send up a few sparks! Come in from the cold and enjoy the fireside glow of The Hall as we kick around our thoughts and citations. Special thanks to Barliman chatters Pippin Took, Gil-Estel, Eldarion, and Pippin Skywalker for their feedback.
Topic: The Power of the One Ring
What was the nature of the power of the One Ring? With as much ‘factual’ information you can dig up in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other texts, what can we deduce about the Ruling Ring? To what extent was the Ring influenced by its wearer, or vice versa? How is it that some individuals were able to overcome the Ring, but others succumbed easily? Did the Ring posses powers of its own? These and other questions will be asked….do you have an answer?
Time: Postponed to Saturday, 1/8/00
Place: #thehalloffire; come to Barliman’s and type /join #thehalloffire in your message window
References: strongly encouraged
Dress: casual
Mathoms: optional
If you have suggestions for a future Hall of Fire topic, please email them to Gamgee, Gandalf, or me. Also, your feedback on Hall of Fire events is important to us, so please let us know what you think! Email your comments to Tookish@theonering.net. Namarie!
