While The Lord of the Rings was being filmed, Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) would hike for days to the filming locations, in costume with his sword, in order to appear authentically travel-worn. His neighbors called the police on him because he would practice his sword moves in front of his house. He kept the horse that he rode during the film, too, and the crew said he'd spend hours in the barn bonding with the horses before filming. Amazing actor.
May 5, 2024

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I think Amazon Studios really fumbled the bag when they made the new Lord of the rings spin off. If I had that type of money, I wouldn't blow it all in special effects! Instead, I would hire every single Hollywood star in Hollywood. I'm talking Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Whoopi Goldberg, Zendaya, Oprah, Tom Holland, Hank Schrader, Walter White, Frodo. I would also hire Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, (they would be like in Sherlock)!, I also think that they should've hired Robert Downey Jr., maybe the entire MCU! Basically, they should've hired Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger, and also they should've hired Johnny Depp. And Lily Rose Depp. And Timothée Chalamet. Awkward! I think that there are a lot of Hollywood stars that they could've hired. I'm saying they hire every single star in Hollywood, Uma Thurman. Sir Anthony Hopkins, as GANDOLF! And they should've had more characters in the movie. Like could you imagine if they had GOLLUM's brother but he also turned into a GOLLUM? Like not SMEAGOL, but DEOGOL. And there's another GOLLUM torture scene, but this time both the GOLLUMS get tortured at the same time. Hahaha I'm talking RICHARD GERE. I'm talking GENE HACKMAN reprising his role as the BALLRUG. Rip Torn as TOM BOMBADIL. Steven Seagal as ARAGORN. Jeff Goldblum as Legolas. What I'm saying is you hire every single Hollywood star in one movie. This is what I would do if I had a cool crisp 1 billion dollar bill! Name a Hollywood star, I can easily think of a role for them to fail in the movie. It would be a 500 hour long movie, I guess that's just what you call a TV show these days lol. You could even make up new characters to fit into the Lord of the Rings. I thought of a character called the Stinkfucker! He's disgusting, and I think it would be a sort of director's cameo (I would co-direct the film with Peter Jackson [I would play the Stinkfucker])
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Because Mark Rylance is always moving like a boss and talkin that shit to the King of England
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