The E! Entertainment Station has launched a website regarding LOTR, while filled with the usual information regarding staff and stats, the behind-the-scenes section is the most interesting. Below is a small snippet from the reporter regarding filming.
11:07 a.m.: Hearts flutter when Sean Bean (Boromir) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) arrive. Most of Aragorn’s outfit is concealed beneath an enormous, mud-splattered coat. The jeweled Sword of Elendil hangs from Mortensen’s belt. With his rugged, unshaven features and long, greasy hair, he looks every inch the nomadic hero. Bean wears a red tunic with gold stenciling on the sleeves, chain mail, leather gloves and knee-high leather boots (obviously the new look in Middle Earth this summer) under a full-length leather coat. [ More]
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The good folks at Mithril Miniatures sent me an update [More]
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From: The Evening Post
By: Simon Beattie
Movie Gandalf Flies In
Gandalf the Wizard flew into Middle earth this week without and fanfare or fireworks.
British actor Sir Ian McKellen, 61, arrived in Wellington over the weekend to take up one of the plum roles in Peter Jackson’s $360 million moive trilogy The Lord of the Rings.
Filming on the project, whick wrapped up in Queenstown and Wanaka just before Christmas, is set to resume next week in Wellington and Waikato.
Producer Barrie Osborne said Sir Ian was getting settled in and preparing for his role by working with makeup artists and wardrobe fitters.
The remainder of the article goes on to describe Sir Ian’s career on stage and screen.
Thanks to Kevin R for the tip!
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