One of my very favorite cast members, John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) has FINALY spoken about LOTR. Rings ‘tall dwarf’…
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One of my very favorite cast members, John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) has FINALY spoken about LOTR.
Rings ‘tall dwarf’ speaks
The Southland Times was given a rare interview with one of the lead characters from Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Queenstown reporter Meaghan Miller talks to English actor John Rhys-Davies about his role as Gimli. [More]
Thanks to Cinescape for the tip!
Super Ringer Spy Xtem sends in the original report from some extras down in New Zealand who didn’t exactly like their 15 minutes of fame. [More]
Super Ringer Spy Xtem sends in the original report from some extras down in New Zealand who didn’t exactly like their 15 minutes of fame. As someone who has worked on many sets, Hollywood and non-Hollywood, I have a little joke that people who’ve experienced film sets before would understand:
Extra Wrangler: This is the set, don’t make any noise, that’s the director, don’t go near him, that’s the camera, don’t go near that either, don’t move, don’t talk, don’t breathe, don’t yell
Extra: Don’t Breathe?
Extra Wrangler: Are you going to be a problem?!
Extra: No..
Laugh if you want, I think it’s funny, and very true to life. So when these LOTR extras were taken aback by the ‘slave labour’ treatment, all I have to say is, you’re lucky you don’t do this for a living…
I read the “Lord of the Rings workers say they were not exploited” article on your main-page, so I thought I’d transcribe the actual article it talks about….here it is :
Movie extras being Exploited – Consultant
New Zealand extras working on the $550 million Lord of The Rings production are being exploited with substandard wages and conditions, says an international film consultant. Hollywood based actor, producer and film consultant Anna Wilding, who is visiting family in Christchurch, said New Zealander hired to supply and ride horses in the epic were being treated like “slave labour”.
Film company Three Foot Six has been filming the trilogy at locations around New Zealand since last year and is now filming around Queenstown and Twizel. Wilding said the riders, who were recieving daily rates of $200 and meals would be paid at least $500 plus allowances if the film was being made in the United States.
“They certainly wouldn’t be sleeping in tents or in their horse floats in the cold and rain in Twizel as they are now. That’s appalling and someone has to stand up and say so. A lot of them are too scared to do anything about because of the confidentiality agreements they signed and they don’t want to lose the $200 a day,” Wilding said.
Film company publicist Claire Raskind said the riders were only too happy to be on set. She said the production’s horse coordinator, Steve Old, believed people would pay to have the same experiance and conditions. “It’s a holiday on horseback for them.”
It was a New Zealand movie and the company believed its pay rates were comparable and competitive in New Zealand. Riders knew the rate of pay beforehand and auditions had been well attended. – NZPA
Gaming Havens has received some more insight into what can be expected in the world of Lord of the Rings games. [more]
NZ’s TV1 noticed the anniversary date for the LOTR project too, and they had a look behind the scenes. There’s a 2 minute video of their news report here
From: Daniel P
I thought you might want to see some information from the UK computer arts mag ‘3D World’ concerning The Lord of the Rings movie. [More]
