It had to happen, with such a huge crew of stuntmen working together for such a long time. Rob Young, Augie Davis and Paul Shapcott, who comprise three of the Lord of the Rings crew, are organising an NZ Stunt Guild. It will be affiliated with the national union, Actors Equity. The NZ guild is modelled on the UK guild, and certainly the local stunties had the opportunity to learn a lot from swordmaster Bob Anderson (the guy who did Darth Vader the first time) and Rings’ original stunt coordinator Greg Powell. They’re both British. The US Stuntmen’s Association also had useful input.
The guild wants to create an NZ standard for offshore productions. “This will meet international safety standards, and protect stuntpeople and producers,” said Shapcott when interviewed by Onfilm.
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Psycho STARZ & The Thin Red Line ACMAX Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The thin Red Line ACMAX Elijah Wood (Frodo) The Faculty SHOWX John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Au Pair FAM & The Trial of the Incredible Hulk SCIFI & Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam KUSI Andy Serkis (Gollum) Topsy-Turvy TVND33 Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WABM Sean Astin (Sam) Harrison Bergeron WBKI Christopher Lee (Saruman) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow TMC & Gremlins 2: The New Batch WFXG Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Mill on the Floss WOSU & True Crime MAX Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Mississippi Burning KCIT & Body Parts MAX Liv Tyler (Arwen) Plunkett & MacLeane TMN
Monday, October 2
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Boiling Point TNT Liv Tyler (Arwen) Cookie’s Fortune HBODT Ian Holm (Bilbo) Mary, Queen of Scots IFRC1 Sean Bean (Boromir) Ronin TMC & Jacob ODSY Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Windmills of the Gods RCN Christopher Lee (Saruman) Private’s Progress TMC2 & The Crimson Pirate AMC Bernard Hill (Thedoen) True Crime MAXS & William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream HBOSIG Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Body Parts MAXS
Tuesday, October 3
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Young Americans ENCACT Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Elizabeth TMC2 Sean Astin (Sam) Bulworth MOMAX & The War of the Roses WLMT Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Progeny MAX & Color of Night PETER JACKSON FILM Braindead Terrestrial TV, Channel 4 UK
Wednesday, October 4
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Heavy SUNDAE & Plunkette & Macleane TMN Ian Holm (Bilbo) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Jack Bull ACMAX Elijah Wood (Frodo) North SHOWX Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Pushing Tin MAX Ian McKellen (Gandalf) The Shadow USA Sean Astin (Sam) Safe Passage TNTI Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Three Musketeers AMC Steve Coogan (Unknown) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Death Machine KVVU & Color of Night MAX
Thursday, October 5
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Witness TSO Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Matrix HBOPL Dominic Monaghan (Merry) Hostile Waters TBS Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Last Unicorn STARZ & The Man With the Golden Gun WTBSLOC Bernard Hill (Theoden) Gandhi KCKA Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Urban Legend TMC & Trauma SHOWB & The Bride of Chucky TMN John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Canvas TMN
Friday, October 6
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Shout at the Devil FLIX & Nicholas and Alexandra MOMAX John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) The Living Daylights WTBSLOC Andy Serkis (Gollum) Among Giants HBOPL Christopher Lee (Saruman) Dracula Has Risen From the Grave WAMI Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Body Parts MAX
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) ‘Proof’ IFC Andy Serkis (Voice of Gollum) ‘Among Giants’ HBOSIG Miranda Otto (Eowyn) ‘The Well’ Sundance Orlando Bloom (Legolas) ‘Wilde’ Show2 Elijah Wood (Frodo) ‘Deep Impact’ Showtime2 Ian McKellen (Gandalf) ‘Apt Pupil’ TMC Liv Tyler (Arwen) ‘Plunckett and Macleane’ TMN Sean Bean (Boromir) ‘Airborne’ MAX
Wednesday, September 27
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Miranda Otto (Eowyn) ‘The Thin Red Line’ MOMAX Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) ‘Pushing Tin’ HBOPL Sean Astin (Sam) ‘Kimberly’ TMC & ‘Toy Soldiers’ MAX John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ SCIFI
Thursday, September 28
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) ‘Gods & Monsters’ Sundance Sean Astin (Sam) ‘Bulworth’ Cinemax Brad Dourif (Grima) ‘Childs Play’ TMN
Friday, September 29
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) ‘The Great White’ BET Ian McKellen (Gandalf) ‘Restoration’ Encore Ian Holm (Bilbo) ‘eXistenZ’ Showtime Liv Tyler (Arwen) ‘Cookie’s Fortune’ MOMAX & ‘Plunkett and Macleane’ TMN Sean Astin (Sam) ‘Boy Meets Girl’ TMN
Saturday, September 30
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) ‘Reckless Kelly’ TMC Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) ‘Paradise Road’ Bravo Liv Tyler (Arwen) ‘Armageddon’ Starz Ian McKellen (Gandalf) ‘Gods & Monsters’ TMN Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) ‘A Walk on the Moon’ TMN Sean Astin (Sam) ‘Like Father, Like Sun’ TMN
Celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, the Duchess of York, Sir Michael Caine and Sean Bean have been showing off their artistic flair in aid of the endangered red squirrel in the UK.
More than 200 stars agreed to take part in a “scribble a squirrel” competition to raise awareness of the plight of the mammal, which could become extinct in England in the next decade.
The pictures are being auctioned on the Internet during Red Squirrel Week.
The auction will run for two weeks and will raise money for the North East Wildlife Trust and The Calvert Trust, charities which both work to raise awareness of the dangers facing the red squirrel in England.
The auction ends 29/09/2000 11:00 PM.
The QXL auction website is here, along with a list of all the celebrity contributors:
Have you ever wondered who would win in a battle royal between Sauron and Emperor Palpatine? Or maybe Pikachu and Frodo? Our Arena message board provides a forum for these fantasy battles to take place. Your input determines the winner!
Who was most responsible for the downfall of Sauron? Check out the results of this insta-poll from last november in our old polls section.
If Van Halen and the Beach Boys had to adapt the classic tune “California Girls” to include Tolkien related lyrics, how would they do it? Ringer fan Lanny Andelin takes a crack at it with “Elvish Girls” in our Creative Writing section.
How about checking out the past logs of the wildly popular Hall of Fire discussions? Maybe you want to know more about the magic of Middle-earth or the fate of the orcs. The discussions can get quite lengthy, so we conveniently provide printable versions. Hey, if you are going to slack off at work, why not use some paper too!
Does your company have a large expense account? Maybe a couple hundred thousand lying around? Did you know that you can browse Hildebrandt original paintings through TheOneRing.net? Check it out in our art and collectibles section of Shop.TheOneRing.net.
Did you know that Peter Jackson was going to do a King Kong remake before he took on Lord of the Rings? No? Make sure you keep on top of the latest Peter Jackson news at his Official fan club: The Bastards Have Landed!
Well, hopefully this will keep you occupied for a few hours. When the next slow news day comes, we vow to be there with another installment of “How to be Unproductive at Work!”
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Psycho STARZ & The Thin Red Line ACMAX
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The thin Red Line ACMAX
Elijah Wood (Frodo) The Faculty SHOWX
Andy Serkis (
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WABM
Sean Astin (Sam) Harrison Bergeron WBKI 
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow TMC & Gremlins 2: The New Batch WFXG
Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Mill on the Floss WOSU & True Crime MAX
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Mississippi Burning KCIT & Body Parts MAX 
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Plunkett & MacLeane TMN
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Mary, Queen of Scots IFRC1
Sean Bean (Boromir) Ronin TMC & Jacob ODSY
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Windmills of the Gods RCN 
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Elizabeth TMC2
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Matrix HBOPL
Dominic Monaghan (Merry) Hostile Waters TBS
Orlando Bloom (Legolas) ‘Wilde’ Show2
