From UGO: Karl Urban is no stranger to physical characters, havingtaken on roles in The Chronicles of Riddick, The Bourne Supremacy, The Lord of the Rings and DOOM. However, the Kiwi thespian admits to us that his latest film Pathfinder was his most physically demanding role to date. As Pathfinder gears up for an April 27, 2007 release, Karl was more than happy to talk to us about spending time with Viking lore and Indian culture plus the physicality required to play the character Ghost, a man caught between two distinct cultures during the Viking era. [More]
Category: LotR Cast News
LOS ANGELES Feb 22, 2007 (AP)— Orlando Bloom says he’s building his house in London with the environment in mind. “It’s as green as I can make it,” the 30-year-old British actor said Wednesday during a pre-Oscar party benefiting the environmental organization Global Green USA and its efforts to combat global climate change. “It’s got solar panels on the roof, energy efficient light bulbs newer technology basically that is environmentally friendly,” he said after arriving in a plug-in hybrid vehicle. Plug-in hybrids combine hybrid technology which uses both gasoline and electric power with large batteries that can be plugged into a standard wall socket. [More]
Sean Astin will be a guest at the “Mega Con Convention”, held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Florida, this weekend. [More]
Orlando Bloom is slated to be a guest on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ tonight (January 23rd) on NBC. Watch this space for the clip! ‘Late Night’ airs on NBC at 12:35AM.
Dominic Monaghan while promoting the next portion of this season of ABC’s hit series LOST, stopped to comment to iF on the state of affairs with THE HOBBIT movie (prequel to the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) which is locked in a battle between New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson. When asked point blank what he thought of the bitter war over the rights to the Tolkien story, the actor very wisely stated, “ This is a very iffy subject that you have to be careful with professionally as an actor because I’ve worked with New Line Cinema and I’ve worked with Pete Jackson and I have good relationships with both of them. My personal feeling as a fan is I think it’s a real shame that New Line and Pete Jackson don’t seem to be able to work out what’s going to happen with THE HOBBIT. I think fans of that franchise would like to see New Line Studios attached with Pete Jackson directing.” [More]