{"id":36485,"date":"2010-05-01T08:16:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=36485"},"modified":"2010-05-01T08:16:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T13:16:33","slug":"an-interview-with-john-leigh-hama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/05\/01\/36485-an-interview-with-john-leigh-hama\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with John Leigh (Hama)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We last saw him being chewed up by a Warg, but John Leigh is about to take on the role of NZ author Ronald Hugh Morrieson in the stage show\u00a0Horseplay<\/em>. The interview includes this snippet about a chat he had with Christopher Lee on the set of\u00a0The Two Towers<\/em>:<\/p>\n

“I said, ‘I used to watch all your films’. And he said, ‘Oh yes. And who are you playing?’ I said, ‘I’m playing Hama, he’s a Rohan …’ And he said, ‘I’m sorry to have to tell you that your character dies.’ And I said, ‘A lot of my characters seem to die.’ He said, ‘That happens to me, too – but what can you do?’ and swept away.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story from the NZ Herald. [Full Story<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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