{"id":107659,"date":"2020-04-01T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=107659"},"modified":"2020-04-01T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:21:31","slug":"lotr-dialect-coach-andrew-jack-dies-from-covid-19-and-middle-earth-cast-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2020\/04\/01\/107659-lotr-dialect-coach-andrew-jack-dies-from-covid-19-and-middle-earth-cast-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTR dialect coach Andrew Jack dies from COVID-19 and Middle-earth cast reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As widely reported on March 31, Andrew Jack, the supervising dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has passed from complications related to COVID-19. Reactions across film industry and fandom were immediately filled with shock and sadness, bringing home the importance of safety during this pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Jack was one of the most respected dialect coaches in Hollywood having worked on hundreds of films & shows including Star Wars, James Bond, MARVEL cinematic universe, and Batman. His crowning achievement may well be Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS in his capacity as senior supervising dialect coach, as he aligned all the various actors’ speech patterns into the cohesive dialects of Middle-earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accents and dialects were a top concern of Ringer fans as LOTR began production in the year 2000, with online debates spilling into newspapers on whether the four hobbits – cast with actors from 3 different countries – would even sound the same. As we all know J.R.R. Tolkien himself was a philologist who made a career of language, and many fans have adopted his passion for linguistics. New Line Cinema realized how critically important the dialects would be to these films, they hired Hollywood’s expert dialect coach in Andrew Jack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Mckellen said at the time, in 2000, “Andrew Jack is following carefully Tolkien’s own instructions in his appendices to the novels.<\/em><\/strong>” When asked about pronouncing Saruman’s name, “We call him SAH – ru- mahn. I ran this answer past our pronunciation adviser Andrew Jack who adds: “It depends on who is saying it!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karl Urban (Eomer) was currently working with Andrew Jack for the second time on his Amazon series THE BOYS writing, “Andrew was such a gentle giant and a man who possessed such great generosity of spirit. He was extraordinarily talented, professional and an absolute joy to work with.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I feel shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and colleague Andrew Jack . Andrew was a brilliant actor and one of the best dialect coaches in the world. I first met and worked with Andrew 20 years ago on Lord of the Rings and recently we had been working together on @theboystv season 2 . Andrew was such a gentle giant and a man who possessed such great generosity of spirit . He was extraordinarily talented , professional and an absolute joy to work with . My heart thoughts and prayers go out to his family. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udda4 K Xo<\/a><\/p>

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