LONDON – Tomorrow morning, The Lord of the Rings, the biggest production in Canadian theatrical history, starts full rehearsals at a downtown Toronto warehouse. But if you don’t hear any noise from the 55 cast members, it’s probably because they’ll be holding their collective breaths in anticipation. And it’s also likely that the most anxious one of all will be the relatively unknown 26-year-old actor who’ll be playing the wide-eyed hobbit, Frodo. [More]
Month: October 2005
Alan Lee has updated his travel blog! Take a look at his latest entry here! Breakfasted with Megan Wilson from Houghton Mifflin – the organizer of this two week tour of the US – and John Tedeschi of theonering.net. It was a pleasure seeing them both again, and renewing my aquaintance with a good American breakfast – ham and eggs (over easy) – before heading off to Houghton Mifflin’s New York office to sign copies of the Sketchbook… [More]
Bruce writes: Just a quick note that Richard Taylors talk from Friday Preview Night at Supanova is now out. [More]
Today is a very special day for one of the founding members of TORN (and KongisKing, and TheOneLion and EVERYTHING else you see us do online!). Chris ‘Calisuri’ Pirrotta is getting married today!! Many TORN staffers are attending the event, as we have become more than partners or friends..we are all family. Congrats Cali!!!
Coxhm writes: Sydney’s Supanova Pop Culture Convention was on the 15-17th October. Richard Taylor and John Rhys Davies were there to represent Lord of the Rings and WETA. Richard was his normal chatty, friendly informative self. He indulges the Ringers present but also talked about King Kong and Narnia. [More]
Coxhm writes: Sydney’s Supanova Pop Culture Convention was on the 15-17th October. Richard Taylor and John Rhys Davies were there to represent Lord of the Rings and WETA. Richard was his normal chatty, friendly informative self. He indulges the Ringers present but also talked about King Kong and Narnia. I find it interesting how he often starts his talks with ‘i only life one life’ as he would have to repeat some of his stories–but what a life!! He is such a humble and generous man–never charges for his autographs and photographs!! We were thrilled as he recognized us from our volunteer work at The Exhibition earlier this year!! JRD is much more the movie star–facinating to lilsten to but on a different sort of plane. His time was cut sort on the Friday night and I didn’t get the chance to hear him on sunday. He did the obligatory comment of ‘No I don’t have Orlando Blooms phone number but yes i would give it to you if i did!” It was nice to dabble in the Rings again–and the figurines were only $3.50!! A bargain!!