Yahweh70 sends along this report from Collectormania 2 in the UK. Where our very own Sala Baker (Sauron) appeared to sign autographs and schmooze with the crowd. [More]
(To set the record once and for all..Sala played Sauron AND Lurtz in a few scenes, not to take anything away from our good friend Lawrence Makoare, but Sala was also Lurtz..so stop sending me angry emails ‘correcting’ me! -Xo)
Month: September 2002
Yahweh70 writes: Sala Baker (Sauron) was in a line of people signing autographs, sat next to Ray Park (Darth Maul etc) and Temeura (sp?) Morrison (Jango Fett (he showed up around mid-afternoon)). By the time I got to the show, there were queues for Morrison and Park, but nothing really for Sala, unfortunately. I asked him which scenes he was Lurtz in FOTR. He said he didn’t like to be known as Lurtz as it was really only 2 scenes where he played Lurtz, Lawrence was Lurtz 99% of the time. A few people managed to get the odd Lurtz figure signed by him, but he said he didn;’t feel right about it.
He had a few photos available, and a mini-poster of the TTT poster (1-sheet design). Saturday should be a very busy day for everyone. Even Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) had very slow periods. At a show in Birmingham in March, he had huge crowds, and he was charging more then!
FWIW, Sala’s scenes as Lurtz were the run out of Isengard with the Uruk Hai and one hunting scene. He said that pre-LOTR he was a stunt man.
Emma sends along her review of the latest Elijah Wood (Frodo) film ‘Try Seventeen’. Emma was one of the lucky screeners at the recent Toronto International Film Festival. [More]
According to the newly-added Horses section on the Official Site, Aragorn rides a horse called Brego, named after the son of Eorl and second King of Rohan, in The Two Towers. However in the novel itself, Aragorn is presented with a horse called Hasufel. Is this a name-change, or something more? [More]
According to the newly-added Horses section on the Official Site, Aragorn rides a horse called Brego, named after the son of Eorl and second King of Rohan, in The Two Towers. However in the novel itself, Aragorn is presented with a horse called Hasufel.
Does this mean that Peter Jackson has made an unnescessary change to the original story by changing Hasufel’s name to Brego? Maybe, but I believe that this indicates that Aragorn rides not one but two horses in The Two Towers. This theory is supported by (spoilers – highlight to read) extracts from a copy of The Two Towers script leaked on the Internet which describe Aragorn being left for dead on the plains of Rohan and watching the huge army of orcs marching towards Helm’s Deep – the number of which he describes to Théoden in the latest TTT trailer. It is very likely that Aragorn’s horse is killed in a skirmish, thus leaving him stranded. .
It’s being billed as Lord of the Rings meets Doctor Who. On Sunday October 13, Gary Russell, editor of The Art of the Lord of the Rings and long associated with the cult science-fiction television series Doctor Who, will be the special guest of The Doctor Who Society of Australia at a day-long convention in Sydney. So, if you live in Sydney, and want to meet the author of this fascinating book, here’s your opportunity. [More]