Liv Tyler (Arwen) made an apperance on David Letterman to talk LOTR, Turkey and salt water guest mugs.
Liv, looking ravishing as usual was on Letterman to talk LOTR, but the conversation also drifted to her SpaceHog finacee, their home in upstate New York, and the turkeys there.
Liv also mentioned her time in New Zealand, and spoke about the people. She also mentioned the floods of late December ’99 (she didn’t remember the date…but we do, we were there 🙂 ).
An odd thing happened when they returned from a commercial break, Liv took a sip of her mug and was disgusted to find it was salt water…Dave requested a fresh one for her only to find that the 2nd mug was also salt water (look for that on tomorrow’s ‘Access Hollywood’ Moment)….very odd indeed…but hey, New York water you know…
I’m starting to scare a few folks with all these Elijah pics…but if I had some other LOTR folks on American TV I’d have picks of them too! (Be sure to check out the Liv Tyler pics later tonight).
Elijah was on Conan O’Brien last night, he did a great interview with Conan, they talked about the films and the books, Conan seemed very interested. The clip of the film was the scene with Gandalf and Frodo and the firely letters.
Conan whipped out one of the (pretty decent) Toy Biz LOTR toy. Elijah seemed excited about it. Conan when pulled out his famous action figure, which Elijah wanted to keep…no show 🙂
For Film 2001, Jonathan Ross had interviews with almost the complete main cast as well as PJ himself. In between, there were several shots from the party scenery ( like Barliman’s; looking great!), as well as a parade of celebrities unanimous in their praise. And of course, the complete trailer, as well as some other footage of film and filming.
Great shot to begin with: the entrance of Elijah Wood actually jumping Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan at the red carpet… Fun to watch those three hobbits like that.
Ross (who was very enthousiastic about the movie) held his interviews in a private little corner of the party. Allthough they were quite short, there were some interesting things.
Elijah Wood was the first to come by & told Ross something about Frodo, the part and the story, and mentioned the anxiety of waiting for the film to come out, as well as the next two. Not much new here (except for the moustache?)
Liv Tyler was of course asked about the Elvish, she said she ended up actually feeling naked without it. Then Sean Bean talked about them having spent a great deal of time in character development and rehearsal. Ross talked with Ian McKellen about the magic between him and Christopher Lee, and McKellen called filming the ‘best year of his professional life’.
The three remaining hobbits seemed to enjoy themselves quite a bit together when it was their turn. It had been a boy scout thing, said Dominic Monaghan (and it looked that way).
And of course, there was a lot of talk about the tattoos (which none of them were willing to show); idea of the ‘terribly naughty hobbits’ (McKellen) apparently.
Last but not least: PJ came up. He actually laughed when Ross called the story a Star Wars rip off (what can you do?). He talked about how he always wanted to direct a fantasy movie, and LotR was perfect. Though it wasn’t a thing he’d ever repeat ;-).
Among the quotes from the crowd, there was Ian Holm saying the whole event reminded him of ‘old Hollywood’, with the thousands of people and all; and one from Cristopher Lee calling it ‘unique in the history of cinema’.
The extra (non-trailer) bits were great. They included a wonderful scene between Gandalf and Frodo in Moria, the entire flight to the Ferry, Strider and Frodo at Barliman’s. Enya finished the programme.
ORCS, HOBBITS AND WIZARDS “RING” IN THE HOLIDAYS FOR HSN SHOPPERS ON EVE OF NEW LINE CINEMA’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE DEBUT
HSN, The Exclusive Television Retailer of LOTR, Offers Merchandise Developed By Film’s Special Effects Artisans Prior To Film’s Nationwide Release
St. Petersburg, FL (December 12, 2001) – For more than half a century millions of readers have been captivated by author J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and the mythical world he created known as Middle Earth. On December 18 at 11:30 p.m. ET, fans will be able to own a piece of Middle Earth when HSN and hsn.com introduce movie-related merchandise on the eve of New Line Cinema’s nationwide release of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
One of the most anticipated films this holiday season, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring features spellbinding wizards, evil and sinister orcs and courageous young hobbits who are drawn together in a classic struggle between good and evil. Incredibly detailed, hand cast polystone collectibles of the film’s central characters developed by Sideshow Toy and special effects company Weta Workshop will now be available on HSN and hsn.com. The Sideshow / Weta partnership marks the first time that a toy company has partnered with a film’s special effects team to develop film-related merchandise.
HSN shoppers will have access to high-quality collectible characters including the courageous young hobbit Frodo Baggins, wise old wizard Gandalf The Grey, valiant warrior Aragorn and busts and helms of the evil and gruesome orcs. Prices for these signature pieces range from $59.95 to $99.95. Fabric scrolls featuring Frodo, the Fellowship, the minions of Saruman and a map of Middle Earth will also be available to fans for $17.95. HSN will give viewers a second chance to purchase movie merchandise on December 22 at 3 p.m.
Directed by Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , features a strong international cast including Elijah Wood as hobbit Frodo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn and Cate Blanchett as elf queen Galadriel.
About HSN: HSN, a division of USA Networks Inc’s (NASDAQ: USAI) Interactive Group, pioneered the industry in 1977 and has since grown into a global multichannel retailer with worldwide consolidated sales of $1.8 billion in 2000 and a growing customer base of over five million. Its 24-hour programming reaches more than 160 million households worldwide. The Company broadcasts into 13 countries including the United States, China, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Last year, HSN received more than 75 million sales and customer service calls and shipped more than 41 million packages around the world.
This morning the crew at KLBJ-FM in Austin had a live phone interview with none other than Orlando Bloom (Legolas). It was sandwiched in between a bit by the late comedian Bill Hicks and some insipid listener phone calls, and if I hadn’t been driving to work I’d have taped it to get you a full transcript.
First of all, it was obvious Orlando is spreading the Gospel of the Ring. I don’t think I’ve ever heard such enthusiasm come from an actor before. He seemed in awe of the entire project. And he was in extremely good spirits too, gamely taking even the most ignorant, uninformed questions from the jocks. The interviews on KLBJ are usually pretty good, because the jocks either know the interview subject top to bottom, or they admit their ignorance outright and say “explain to us.” Well, this time they admitted ignorance early on, but then tried to ask “informed” questions which I guess they came up with by driving past Adventures In Crime and Space bookstore.
The jocks made the bold pronouncement that Orlando was reprising his role of Legolas from the TV version of LOTR. Orlando was utterly baffled by this until he figured out they were talking about “A Passage to Middle-earth” which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. They asked if the sequal, Return of the King, was scheduled to go into production yet, and if he’d signed (of course, Orlando corrected them that The Two Towers was the sequal, and that all three films were done simultaneously). They asked him if he got a cut from the Burger King tie-ins (“I wish I did”) and called him “Orly” throughout. Funny stuff. Only it wasn’t.
Fortunately, Orlando took it all in stride. He explained the movie was “Packed full of all the right kinds of stuff — wizards, elves, goblins, Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett. You can’t go wrong with that.” People don’t need to read the books first, he said, that the movies are done in such a way to make them accessable to everyone while remaining true to the source material. He also expressed his awe for Peter Jackson’s final product: “Although it’s a fantasy, it’s based in reality. It’s a real world. That was Peter Jackson’s goal, to make people in the theater believe they’d actually been transported to a different land.” And he expressed awe of Tolkien, who made it “his life’s work to create this amazing fantasy land of Middle-earth.”
Orlando talked about how this was his first role straight out of drama school, and that he was extremely lucky to be part of the project. After a bit part in that Jude Law movie a few years ago, he got the opportunity to enroll in this prestigious British drama school — which meant he wouldn’t be working, aside from the odd television bit. His agent kept him on, however, and it was his agent that aggressively pursued LOTR while Orlando was still in school. Now, with Fellowship about to hit it big, and a role as an American Ranger in the upcoming Blackhawk Down, Orlando said he’s got one of the biggest career launches in history. I’d have to agree.
This Morning we were treated to another interview by Ed Wood on the Big breakfast, once again featuring the ‘Board of the Rings’ game.
I must say first that Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan looked as if they were real friends, very easy with each other, talking together (and sometimes simultaneously) about things and generally good-humoured.
A short film clip was shown, of Frodo, explaining that he and Sam have to leave the Shire. Merry then says, excitedly.’The Bucklebury ferry’ and they dart out from hiding only to have a HUGE black rider appear in front of them…
They were intrigued by the ‘Board of the Rings’ game, declaring it very clever, which was generous of them.
They pulled on a ring and opened a door, revealing the question, ‘What’s up the wizard’s sleeve’ a question with prizes.
tThe question was,’Which comedy duo were married, although one still wears a schoolboy’s cap, and appear in panto in Bournemouth ( if you don’t know what ‘panto’ is, believe me it will take more space than I have here to explain about fairytale princes in fishnet tights slapping their thighs and men dressed up as old women.)
The answer is, of course, ‘The Krankies’. I think Dominic got the answer first. Billy complained his chair didn’t have a working buzzer…
Prizes, Dominic rummaged about in the long sack and brought out …a Toy Biz Gandalf. He was REALLY pleased, huge grin on his face. and danced a mini-mcKellen on his knee. Billy also reached for a prize, got a plastic gnome..on a bike, I think and was gracious enough to look pleased with it, too.
Next question was’Public Elf Warning’ (why doesTolkien bring out the worst in punners?)
The two were asked if it was true about the evacuation from one of the sets.
Yes, they both began to tell the same story, very animatedly, of how they were up on a mountain, filming in the snow (shot of the 9 walking across the snow) and ‘weather’ was coming in and they had half an hour to get out, were being frantically waved onto transport, or they would have to stay for 4 days. They did point out that there were supplies and bedding for five days, in case of emergencies but only one shack to stay in.
‘Was Liv with you?’
‘Oh no, ‘they said, ‘just us guys’
‘If she had been with us,’ they pointed out,’ we might just have waved the helicopters away.’
Then Ed brought up the subject of football (Soccer) and about how Sean Bean is telling everyone that he beat the hobbits at football. And pool, added the outraged pair. ‘He’s lying, ‘they said, saying that Sean Bean had claimed to have beaten them at both games and this simply not being true.
