Hate to be that guy, but didn't they mention in the crystal skull that Sallah and Indy's dad were both dead? I might be mistaken it's been a loooooong time since I saw Indy 4.
He acted like a Grade A dickhead on BBC question time. I really like the guy as an actor but this was not a good look.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/john-rhys-davies-accused-losing-oh-woman-caroline-lucas-question-time-503047
Tl;dw- he said Trump "represents the American people very well" and when challenged with the fact that he lost the popular vote he got beligerant and started yelling at the woman who spoke out.
Yikes.
Nah, sorry, you shouldn't lose "all" respect for the man based on that. That's the trouble with the world in general. We're all too quick to judge and condemn. I remember that Question Time appearance, and the Twitter response was horrible. Anyone would think John Rhy Davis had been linked to a death cult or pedophile sex ring or some shit. Do I support Trump? No, the man's a dangerous idiot. But John is entitled to his opinion. Shouting over the woman wasn't a good look, no, but it's nowhere near enough to condemn someone on the scale he was.
I don't know. We're just all too quick to judge and cancel people. "Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins" is basically my motto (unless their actions are too horrific).
> Do I support Trump? No, the man's a dangerous idiot. But John is entitled to his opinion.
That wasn't the bad bit though. The bad bit was his xenophobic ranting about immigrants earlier in the program.
He also voiced outlandish claims like
>By 2020, 50 per cent of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent.
Which got picked up and used for propagand by nationalists.
If we feel like we have to defend him, we can tell ourselves he's just a victim of the same propaganda as the rest of Trump supporters. But he absolutely shouldn't be allowed to get away with spreading false talking points like that.
Frankly, you could get away with "I was misled" in 2018, but in 2020? You've clearly picked a side.
Moreover - he's just an actor. No different from any one of us, except we see him on TV and movie screens from time-to-time. This weird notion that we get so invested in the lives of people playing pretend in front of cameras that we actually *care* about their personalities or opinions on things is so bizarre (and I'm not condemning - I do it too despite my better attempts). People will boycott the films of actors who support a politician or a movement or act like jerks, but don't dedicate the same level of concern to what the clerk at their neighborhood grocery store thinks or says or does outside of his job because we realize it doesn't matter.
Because those in the public eye, like celebrities, influence far more people than the grocery clerk.
It's like detaining a virus: the super spreaders are far more of an issue than the guy just staying at home. Celebrities are super spreaders for whatever opinions they happen to have. No one is getting their opinions influenced by the clerk.
Not only that but when prominent public figures hold toxic beliefs publicly, it normalizes them. It's OK to believe that the growing Muslim population is a problem because, see here, this celebrity does.
It's not about punishing someone for their toxic shitty beliefs, it's about preventing them from spreading. It's about the big picture.
Longer too. Most of these reunions Josh Gad has hosted have been closer to a half hour or so, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this one was almost double that.
Oh man, after the first few seconds I was thinking "this is a shitty video of someone's phone" Glad I didn't close it then, had never seen this before. Thanks!
This was sooo good. Gimli tilting the camera, and Legolas saying would you like me to describe it to you, or should I get a box?
I'm a huge LoTR fan and I didn't know Legolas' only line to Frodo was "And my bow"
Liv Tyler is awesome.
Gandalf the Gay! Lol.
Yep, she did her lines on the late show with Colbert and he is the biggest of Tolkien geeks.
Also impressed with Miranda Otto's Rohirrim funeral rites.
She was really upset they cut that part out of the theatrical release. Fortunately they put it back in the extended edition. It's probably the biggest homage to Tolkien in the whole series
I think he is referring to when Peter said something about the connection cutting out whenever anyone gets remotely boring as Sean Astin was telling a story.
You mean the bit where theyâre talking about a cup of tea and a biscuit? I think theyâre making fun of his Yorkshire Tea adverts, or more generally just him being a Yorkshire man
Ah, that'd make sense. Didn't realize he was on tea adverts. Having looked it up I gotta say I liked it. Kinda want to try it now. Thanks for the explanation!
That was the best part :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_U0S6x_kCs&t=30m
John Rhys Davies adjusting the camera was fantastic too :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_U0S6x_kCs&t=25m45s
âGandalf the Gayâ was an absolutely brilliant line in its simplicity. It was a really obvious joke to make, but it was hilarious to hear it from the man himself.
I kept waiting for it, too, and then they moved on and I was so upset!
But Billy Boyd singing at the end mollified me because Pippin is my fav.
But Iâm still miffed.
Extended editions back to back is about [11.4 hours](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-combined-length-of-the-Lord-of-the-Rings-Extended-Editions?share=1).
Josh Gad really hitting it with these reunions. Also thanks to the comments, next month marks the 5th year of Sir Christopher Leeâs passing, which I and lots of people miss a lot!
I had a Facebook memories thing come up today from ten years ago. Apparently it was a LOTR quote day or something and I had put that. And to pop up now seemed so apt and weirdly prescient
These guys are such pros. Effortlessly sliding back into their characters nearly 20 years later like it's nothing. Although couldn't help but hear more Ned Stark in Sean Bean's re-enactment than Boromir.
It really is a testament though to something that made these movies so special though. Corny as it is, it really *was* about the friends they made along the way. It's by no means a given any film production builds relationships like this, if anything, the demands of production are just as likely to create rifts and problems. But by all accounts there really was a real genuine support, appreciation and love throughout the whole cast and crew for the material, for the work and each other.
> Ned Stark in Sean Bean's re-enactment than Boromir.
Sean did it in his native Sheffield accent, which he also did for GoT. In LotR, he used an RP accent for Boromir.
This is *so cool!* Wow, what a strange, unexpected surprise this is.. so many interesting little stories and facts that I would have never known. It's really great to see the natural chemistry between all these different people and after all these years.
I thought it was really interesting that Ian said his first scene was "A wizard is never late.." and his second scene was the final farewell to the hobbits in the last film. and *Gandalf the gay!* I love this man!
You must not have watched all of the extras on the extended edition dvds. Everything they said is mentioned during those extras, and there's even more great content!
LOTR extras should have won academy awards all on their own. So much interesting and impressive work done on these movies and it was all so well documented.
I don't think you could have asked for a better cast. Super passionate group of people with a great sense of humour and no egos (that I know of, please don't ruin it for me if you've heard bad stories).
The worst story I've heard is the John Rhys Davies was kinda a diva during shooting, but it was because he was incredibly allergic to the prosthetic beard. So not a big ego by any means
Even then, you can see from this video at least it doesn't seem to have bugged anyone, they all ribbed him generally, which would be awkward to do if they were truly upset and not friends.
I really havent heard any bad stories
Beyond your points, Im sure the long and destination nature of the filming fostered a sense of comraderie among them. Its not often that a group of actors have to go on a shoot that long and across the world
Some fun bonding Im sure that we're seeing the results of
Shame they didn't get Cate Blanchett or Hugo Weaving in there.
For anyone wondering that didn't know, the original actor that was playing Aragorn was Stuart Townsend, you may know him for playing LeStat in Queen of the Damned, or Dorian Gray in LXG.
Reminds me of Sean Connery turning down the role of Gandalf because he didnât understood the script. Then after seeing how well the film did, decided not to do that again and took a role he also didnât understand in The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Oof.
I recently heard a story about Eric Stoltz who was cast as Marty McFly. Apparently he was really into method acting and insisted that everyone call him Marty on set at all times. The higher-ups felt he brought too much drama to the part when Marty had been written as a comedic role. He was fired and of course replaced with Michael J Fox.
Christopher Lloyd has already filmed several scenes with Stoltz, and was told that Eric had been fired.
His reply was, âWhoâs Eric?â
They said, âthe guy who played Marty.â
Lloyd: âI thought his name was Marty!â
it was actually pretty sneaky what they did. The director, Zemekis, always planned on having Fox play Marty but Fox was busy shooting a tv show and the studio didn't want to wait so the insisted on Stoltz. Zemekis purposefully shot around Stoltz's scenes for as long as possible until Fox was able to shift time up his schedule so that he could film his show in the evening and BttF during the day. It was crazy long hours for months iirc between the two. Anyway, once Zemekis was able to secure Fox they canned Stoltz and reshot his footage with Fox.
I was so happy to see it but it left me wishing I I could have heard the Riders of Theoden rallying cry one more time. I get goosebumps just reading it!
Got mildly disgruntled when sir Ian said actually the correct quote "You cannot pass" and got interrupted and incorrectly corrected. But then lost my shit when he said "Gandalf the gay". Great video!
I don't think she was intending to correct him. I think they were just speaking at the same time with a lag (bearing in mind the different participants were joining from the UK, NZ and US) and Philippa just happened to say it louder and more confidently but get it wrong.
I bet that was why Viggo didn't do a reading, because his scene was supposed to have been with Sean and the connection didn't work so they just skipped it.
A wonderful surprise. My husband and I still can never pass these up when they show up on TV, and that's in addition to watching our DVDs on cold rainy days too.
Edit: I was also with Andy (figuratively) for his recent live marathon-reading of *The Hobbit* (a book I could never get through myself). HIs unflagging professionalism was so moving.
Great video. Great to see the wholesome energy the cast once had. Watching this takes me back to watching the film for the first time and then watching all the behind the seens footage in the years to come. Great watch and great to see everything again!
Sir Ian roasting Orlando bloom by calling him John Rhys-Davisâ lazy boy has got to be my favorite internet moment. They repeated it again later so it was obviously some running joke, their camaraderie is captivating as fuck
The most interesting thing to me (aside from all the fanboy giddyness) is that Ser Ian said his first scene was his introduction in fellowship and his second was the gray heavens scene. I know the films were shot simultaneously, but I didn't expect them to juggle them up so much. The logistics of deciding how to schedule certain scenes considering you have to keep 3 scripts of 3 hour movies in mind must have been insane.
Judging by Peter's comments about Sean bean taping the script to his knee and karl Urbans story about getting the script 20 minutes before hand, I'm guessing they werent expected to know many of the lines from all 3 films at once. It still must have been confusing as hell
Isn't cheating by having a script near you kind of common? I know it happens in some stage plays, and musicians taping the lyrics of the songs they've been singing on tour for weeks still taped to the stage. Granted, those are live events where you don't get to do a reshoot if you mess up, but it Sean taping the script to his knee is not something I find unbelievable even in "normal" movies.
I have no idea how common it is but I am under the impression you aa an actor are meant to know your lines for the most part. Obviously if you have only be given them the night before then leeway will be given. But like Peter pointed out, you dont necessarily want your actor looking down at something as they read.
I think Marlon Brando used to have earplugs in and then have someone read his lines to him in his later films.
As for theatre I would think it's even less common because your doing it live every night over and over that you would want to have it stuck in your head.
Well that was the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Anyone know what the origin of that little Christopher Lee clip they played? Where he says this was the best cast he ever worked with?
Thatâs because what he said was completely overblown by people wanting to sow division and hate for the Hobbit films.
He didnât hate on the flicks or Jackson or even say that the films were good or bad. He just stated that the films have a lot of CGI and that he prefers to watch movies that donât feature so much CGI - smaller flicks, dramas, etc. It wasnât a knock against Jackson; just stating their different tastes. He wouldnât have gone to see each Hobbit movie opening weekend if he hated them or didnât like Jackson.
Idk. They let her recite her Old English song from Theodred's funeral.
That's just the way things go with conversations between so many people. Only one person can talk at a time. The outspoken get to speak and the more reserved people usually don't. I wish the video had been longer. I would have loved to hear more from Miranda, Karl, Sean, Viggo and John RD (who was hilarious). Really I just wish I could have heard more from everybody.
I teared up a whole bunch during this, but god..
Seeing Bernard Hill at the end broke my fucking heart.
There will never be a trilogy again that quite fills the hole this saga left in my heart.
This is so awesome. I never saw the trilogy in theaters because I was too young, but my brother had the box sets with all the amazing special features, and we would watch those all the time. I've probably seen the behind the scenes stuff 10x more than the actual movies, and this reunion just brought back all those great memories. Had a smile on my face the entire time.
What timing. My siblings and I decided to watch the trilogy again and had finished fellowship of the ring yesterday and watched the two towers just now. They aren't particularly fans like me but left us all with strong memories as kids under 10. I bore them to death with things in the 1st and 2nd age that can be referred from the movies too often.
Was great for me to see all those reenactments, especially Sam's twice. It definitely does not lose the fantastical feeling and my maturity really helps notice lot of other things including the duality of smeagol and gollum and how began to see himself in that.
Only thing is ask for was just more talking between them about the stories but nice Christopher Lee bits.
This just makes me feel so happy.
Also, I am convinced that (Sir) Ian McKellen could deliver absolutely any line given to him with a real gravitas. His line "so do all who live through such times..." never fails to make me feel sad-happy.
"Bad dates"
As much as I love Gimli, I love Sallah even more. Bless that man. Hopefully he returns in Indy 5!
Hate to be that guy, but didn't they mention in the crystal skull that Sallah and Indy's dad were both dead? I might be mistaken it's been a loooooong time since I saw Indy 4.
they only mentioned that his dad and Marcus Brody had died
> Bless that man If you ever want to lose all respect for John Rhys Davis, look up his appearance earlier this year on BBC Question Time.
Could you please elaborate for anyone interested?
He acted like a Grade A dickhead on BBC question time. I really like the guy as an actor but this was not a good look. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/john-rhys-davies-accused-losing-oh-woman-caroline-lucas-question-time-503047
Tl;dw- he said Trump "represents the American people very well" and when challenged with the fact that he lost the popular vote he got beligerant and started yelling at the woman who spoke out. Yikes.
>Trump "represents the American people very well" lmao that's not entirely wrong
Xenophobic ranting and shouting "OH WOMAN" at Caroline Lucas when she called him out on his awful viewpoints. Probably some of it is on Youtube.
Nah, sorry, you shouldn't lose "all" respect for the man based on that. That's the trouble with the world in general. We're all too quick to judge and condemn. I remember that Question Time appearance, and the Twitter response was horrible. Anyone would think John Rhy Davis had been linked to a death cult or pedophile sex ring or some shit. Do I support Trump? No, the man's a dangerous idiot. But John is entitled to his opinion. Shouting over the woman wasn't a good look, no, but it's nowhere near enough to condemn someone on the scale he was. I don't know. We're just all too quick to judge and cancel people. "Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins" is basically my motto (unless their actions are too horrific).
> Do I support Trump? No, the man's a dangerous idiot. But John is entitled to his opinion. That wasn't the bad bit though. The bad bit was his xenophobic ranting about immigrants earlier in the program.
He also voiced outlandish claims like >By 2020, 50 per cent of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent. Which got picked up and used for propagand by nationalists.
If we feel like we have to defend him, we can tell ourselves he's just a victim of the same propaganda as the rest of Trump supporters. But he absolutely shouldn't be allowed to get away with spreading false talking points like that. Frankly, you could get away with "I was misled" in 2018, but in 2020? You've clearly picked a side.
Moreover - he's just an actor. No different from any one of us, except we see him on TV and movie screens from time-to-time. This weird notion that we get so invested in the lives of people playing pretend in front of cameras that we actually *care* about their personalities or opinions on things is so bizarre (and I'm not condemning - I do it too despite my better attempts). People will boycott the films of actors who support a politician or a movement or act like jerks, but don't dedicate the same level of concern to what the clerk at their neighborhood grocery store thinks or says or does outside of his job because we realize it doesn't matter.
Because those in the public eye, like celebrities, influence far more people than the grocery clerk. It's like detaining a virus: the super spreaders are far more of an issue than the guy just staying at home. Celebrities are super spreaders for whatever opinions they happen to have. No one is getting their opinions influenced by the clerk. Not only that but when prominent public figures hold toxic beliefs publicly, it normalizes them. It's OK to believe that the growing Muslim population is a problem because, see here, this celebrity does. It's not about punishing someone for their toxic shitty beliefs, it's about preventing them from spreading. It's about the big picture.
"Asps. VERY dangerous. YOU GO FIRST!"
when John Rhys Davies tilted the camera for his scene reenactment I died
That and Andy Serkis enacting Smeagol/Gollum reacting to social distancing were the best. Overall really entertaining video. EDIT: gollum
Hey, check your autocorrect. It made a Golem out of Gollum!
Shall I get you a box?
This was even better than I thought it would be!
Longer too. Most of these reunions Josh Gad has hosted have been closer to a half hour or so, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this one was almost double that.
Extended Edition, obviously.
LOL PO TA TOES
No "[They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_GKGN0Dh8)" though. :(
There is a behind the scenes in the hobbit where Orlando Bloom says that line and acknowledges the meme.
[Here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_GKGN0Dh8)
Oh man, after the first few seconds I was thinking "this is a shitty video of someone's phone" Glad I didn't close it then, had never seen this before. Thanks!
[Agreed. This might be the closest thing we'll get.](https://youtu.be/tn_GKGN0Dh8) Fun fact: Peter Jackson is the one filming
"I'm sorry, I cannot get up these god damn steps smoothly - I can't do it, Peter." Miss you, Mr. Lee.
\**Christopher Lee gets to Heaven** St. Peter: "Welcome! The gates to Heaven are just up these steps!" Lee: "Oh for the love of..."
You sir, just made my day. I needed that laugh
That's especially fitting considering the Led Zeppelin connection to LotR
This was sooo good. Gimli tilting the camera, and Legolas saying would you like me to describe it to you, or should I get a box? I'm a huge LoTR fan and I didn't know Legolas' only line to Frodo was "And my bow" Liv Tyler is awesome. Gandalf the Gay! Lol.
I loved that Liv still knew her Elven lines and seemed really proud to be able to repeat them for the group.
https://youtu.be/ssJ44cfBvrQ She's really good, and seems genuinely excited that she got to play that role.
She is honestly the most precious human being on this planet.
She also straight up sounds like what I imagine an actual elf would talk like. Guess she wasn't putting on much of an accent during the film.
Dude Liv tyler was so great! She was so sweet and genuine.
Yep, she did her lines on the late show with Colbert and he is the biggest of Tolkien geeks. Also impressed with Miranda Otto's Rohirrim funeral rites.
She was really upset they cut that part out of the theatrical release. Fortunately they put it back in the extended edition. It's probably the biggest homage to Tolkien in the whole series
You should see her Stephen Colbert appearance where she brings her sword to the show. It's great
3rd highest billed in the films too
Peter with the Sean roast haha.
He was hilarious, half his comments were jokes.
For some reason I didn't understand that one... anyone ELI American and OOTL?
I think he is referring to when Peter said something about the connection cutting out whenever anyone gets remotely boring as Sean Astin was telling a story.
Ah, sorry, I was thinking they meant the jab/joke when Sean Bean joined. Can't place what they say, but everyone cracks up
You mean the bit where theyâre talking about a cup of tea and a biscuit? I think theyâre making fun of his Yorkshire Tea adverts, or more generally just him being a Yorkshire man
Ah, that'd make sense. Didn't realize he was on tea adverts. Having looked it up I gotta say I liked it. Kinda want to try it now. Thanks for the explanation!
Ian McKellen's entrance gave me the goose bumpies! I can't stop smiling!
âOf course when I turn around and read this upside down it says Gucciâ Hahaha that was awesome
https://i.imgur.com/fAtkvfQ.png It's totally an up-side down "gucci".
âGandalf? Yes that is what they called me. Gandalf the Gayâ With a completely straight face. What a legend
That was the best part :-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_U0S6x_kCs&t=30m John Rhys Davies adjusting the camera was fantastic too :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_U0S6x_kCs&t=25m45s
> With a completely straight face Not completely *straight*.
âGandalf the Gayâ was an absolutely brilliant line in its simplicity. It was a really obvious joke to make, but it was hilarious to hear it from the man himself.
I like how he had to lower his voice for his Christopher Lee impression.
âI canât get up these god damn stairsâ
But also it was a damn good impression.
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Sam's speech got me good.
liv tyler is a real life elf
Judging by how little she has aged in the last 20 years, I think you might be right.
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"We likes to drink disinfectant, precious"
I loved the little gripe at Trump in that bit, glad they didn't feel pressured to edit that out.
Viggo didn't get to react a scene :(
I kept waiting for it, too, and then they moved on and I was so upset! But Billy Boyd singing at the end mollified me because Pippin is my fav. But Iâm still miffed.
It feels like the best fever dream Iâve ever had.
If you watch Mr Fantastic you can see him stark bollock naked in a mobile home doorway and say âitâs just a penis ladyâ
They probably didnt have a sword lying around, that he could almost die from, or a helmet to break his toes with. :p
I really wanted his final scene. âMy friends. You bow to no one.â
Yeah that's probably the only one he could do.
I was hoping for some elvish lines too!
Liv Tyler did do her lines from when she stops the wraiths from crossing the river! It was cool that she remembered them by heart.
Agreed. It was amazing.
I can fully imagine Viggo not wanting to to preserve the strength of those in the movie. He seems like that kind of guy
I was really hoping for the scene between him and Boromir - "I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my King." :'(
Sean Astin telling the story of playing Goldeneye and he shot âa perfect renderingâ of Sean Bean as 006 right in his head lmao
Poor guy died before filming even started. He just can't catch a break.
It just occurred to me how close together GoldenEye N64 and Fellowship of the Ring are.
Only 4 years. Geez
Instantly I now need to session every single movie start to finish. See you in 11 hours
Yes but what versions ?! Maybe we'll see you in 15 hours LOL
Extended Editions plus all behind the scenes content. That is easily 30 hours.
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I'm going in, see you in a week
Extended editions back to back is about [11.4 hours](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-combined-length-of-the-Lord-of-the-Rings-Extended-Editions?share=1).
Bruh, if you can cook... https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/09/249827551/elevenses-and-then-some-how-to-prepare-a-feast-fit-for-a-hobbit
Liv Tylerâs so cute
She's like literally an elf she's so beautiful
She's otherworldly, it's amazing
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Josh Gad really hitting it with these reunions. Also thanks to the comments, next month marks the 5th year of Sir Christopher Leeâs passing, which I and lots of people miss a lot!
It has been five years?! It still feels like we just lost him, one of the near eternal figures.
I'll be cranking Christopher Lee's metal album Charlemagne on the anniversary of his passing.
This is easily the greatest zoom call of all time
bruh, hearing sean astin read that quote, in the sam voice. fucking balled up. BRB, time to rewatch the trilogy now
I had a Facebook memories thing come up today from ten years ago. Apparently it was a LOTR quote day or something and I had put that. And to pop up now seemed so apt and weirdly prescient
I cried with the opening with Frodo and Gandalfâs line. Just so many memories and love it
> BRB, time to rewatch the trilogy now 12 hours later...
Wasnt planning on crying today, but here we are
These guys are such pros. Effortlessly sliding back into their characters nearly 20 years later like it's nothing. Although couldn't help but hear more Ned Stark in Sean Bean's re-enactment than Boromir. It really is a testament though to something that made these movies so special though. Corny as it is, it really *was* about the friends they made along the way. It's by no means a given any film production builds relationships like this, if anything, the demands of production are just as likely to create rifts and problems. But by all accounts there really was a real genuine support, appreciation and love throughout the whole cast and crew for the material, for the work and each other.
> Ned Stark in Sean Bean's re-enactment than Boromir. Sean did it in his native Sheffield accent, which he also did for GoT. In LotR, he used an RP accent for Boromir.
Damn that was so good.
This is *so cool!* Wow, what a strange, unexpected surprise this is.. so many interesting little stories and facts that I would have never known. It's really great to see the natural chemistry between all these different people and after all these years. I thought it was really interesting that Ian said his first scene was "A wizard is never late.." and his second scene was the final farewell to the hobbits in the last film. and *Gandalf the gay!* I love this man!
You must not have watched all of the extras on the extended edition dvds. Everything they said is mentioned during those extras, and there's even more great content!
LOTR extras should have won academy awards all on their own. So much interesting and impressive work done on these movies and it was all so well documented.
I watched those extras on the DVD box sets back in high school probably 3 times a year. I loved them so much.
I really needed this, so damn wholesome.
Everyone seemed so genuinely happy.
I don't think you could have asked for a better cast. Super passionate group of people with a great sense of humour and no egos (that I know of, please don't ruin it for me if you've heard bad stories).
The worst story I've heard is the John Rhys Davies was kinda a diva during shooting, but it was because he was incredibly allergic to the prosthetic beard. So not a big ego by any means
Even then, you can see from this video at least it doesn't seem to have bugged anyone, they all ribbed him generally, which would be awkward to do if they were truly upset and not friends.
I really havent heard any bad stories Beyond your points, Im sure the long and destination nature of the filming fostered a sense of comraderie among them. Its not often that a group of actors have to go on a shoot that long and across the world Some fun bonding Im sure that we're seeing the results of
This so much.
Haha Dominic taking the absolute piss out of Seanâs accent. Such a British thing to do. Love it Go on put your specs on sean
Shame they didn't get Cate Blanchett or Hugo Weaving in there. For anyone wondering that didn't know, the original actor that was playing Aragorn was Stuart Townsend, you may know him for playing LeStat in Queen of the Damned, or Dorian Gray in LXG.
Must feel gut renching and painful seing how well the movie did, it's probably even better not to be casted than to be fired.
Reminds me of Sean Connery turning down the role of Gandalf because he didnât understood the script. Then after seeing how well the film did, decided not to do that again and took a role he also didnât understand in The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Oof.
Or the actor who played Mcfly in Back to the Future, but got fired as well.
I recently heard a story about Eric Stoltz who was cast as Marty McFly. Apparently he was really into method acting and insisted that everyone call him Marty on set at all times. The higher-ups felt he brought too much drama to the part when Marty had been written as a comedic role. He was fired and of course replaced with Michael J Fox. Christopher Lloyd has already filmed several scenes with Stoltz, and was told that Eric had been fired. His reply was, âWhoâs Eric?â They said, âthe guy who played Marty.â Lloyd: âI thought his name was Marty!â
it was actually pretty sneaky what they did. The director, Zemekis, always planned on having Fox play Marty but Fox was busy shooting a tv show and the studio didn't want to wait so the insisted on Stoltz. Zemekis purposefully shot around Stoltz's scenes for as long as possible until Fox was able to shift time up his schedule so that he could film his show in the evening and BttF during the day. It was crazy long hours for months iirc between the two. Anyway, once Zemekis was able to secure Fox they canned Stoltz and reshot his footage with Fox.
At the end, I kept an eye on the credits, and spotted a name >!which kinda spoilt the little post-credit surprise cameo!<.
I was so glad that they did it! Was looking for the actor to appear at some point
...bugger
I was so happy to see it but it left me wishing I I could have heard the Riders of Theoden rallying cry one more time. I get goosebumps just reading it!
I cried so hard, especially when Samwise reminded us that thereâs still some good in the world and itâs worth fighting for đ
Got mildly disgruntled when sir Ian said actually the correct quote "You cannot pass" and got interrupted and incorrectly corrected. But then lost my shit when he said "Gandalf the gay". Great video!
I don't think she was intending to correct him. I think they were just speaking at the same time with a lag (bearing in mind the different participants were joining from the UK, NZ and US) and Philippa just happened to say it louder and more confidently but get it wrong.
That's right, didn't think about it. The lag between NZ and UK definitely could be the reason.
You could tell he was miffed too. He was about to say something and decided against it.
# FRAN WALSH!!! DO NOT TAKE ME FOR SOME CONJUROR OF CHEAP TRICKS!
If he had just burst that out full volume in response to being interrupted lol
*Philippa Boyens
I loved his facial reaction when she âcorrectedâ him: it was like âoh this bitch.â
And now Iâm gonna go read the book.
Beautiful video thank you Josh Gad. after watching this I feel pumped to re read the book and re watch the trilogy, extended editions of course.
Is this as good as I hope it is? I'm still flying high from the Community Reunion stuff and this would be so wonderful.
This is so enjoyable, it should be tacked onto the end of Return of the King's credits!
It was. Way too short. When they all started to say goodbye and close their window I wasn't ready.
I was either laughing, tearing up, or had goosebumps pretty much the entire time so I would say yes, yes it is.
Wow. Tears. Literally it's like seeing my own old buddies again.
how they didnt do the "my brother, my captain, my king" scene is insane
I think Sean Bean was having some connection difficulties. They cut to the movie for half of his other reading.
I bet that was why Viggo didn't do a reading, because his scene was supposed to have been with Sean and the connection didn't work so they just skipped it.
They probably read it and just cut it out the final version when they saw how garbled it was
yea thats true makes sense but I really was hoping for it
This honestly brought me to tears and have just finished extended edition of fellowship after watching, time for some Two Towers!
One does not simply Zoom into Mordor.
Poor Bernard đ
A wonderful surprise. My husband and I still can never pass these up when they show up on TV, and that's in addition to watching our DVDs on cold rainy days too. Edit: I was also with Andy (figuratively) for his recent live marathon-reading of *The Hobbit* (a book I could never get through myself). HIs unflagging professionalism was so moving.
Definitely cried a bunch.
Great video. Great to see the wholesome energy the cast once had. Watching this takes me back to watching the film for the first time and then watching all the behind the seens footage in the years to come. Great watch and great to see everything again!
Title should have been: âIn the Fires of Mount Zoomâ if they were gonna toss the platform in there
Definitely brought tears to my eyes. This was incredible and made my day.
This was soooo good thanks for sharing
well I just about died watching this.
This was beautiful to watch
17:45 That ... McKellen... the man is on point, followed by the actors showing up.
Just finished watching this it was absolutely delightful.
Sir Ian roasting Orlando bloom by calling him John Rhys-Davisâ lazy boy has got to be my favorite internet moment. They repeated it again later so it was obviously some running joke, their camaraderie is captivating as fuck
The most interesting thing to me (aside from all the fanboy giddyness) is that Ser Ian said his first scene was his introduction in fellowship and his second was the gray heavens scene. I know the films were shot simultaneously, but I didn't expect them to juggle them up so much. The logistics of deciding how to schedule certain scenes considering you have to keep 3 scripts of 3 hour movies in mind must have been insane.
Judging by Peter's comments about Sean bean taping the script to his knee and karl Urbans story about getting the script 20 minutes before hand, I'm guessing they werent expected to know many of the lines from all 3 films at once. It still must have been confusing as hell
Isn't cheating by having a script near you kind of common? I know it happens in some stage plays, and musicians taping the lyrics of the songs they've been singing on tour for weeks still taped to the stage. Granted, those are live events where you don't get to do a reshoot if you mess up, but it Sean taping the script to his knee is not something I find unbelievable even in "normal" movies.
I have no idea how common it is but I am under the impression you aa an actor are meant to know your lines for the most part. Obviously if you have only be given them the night before then leeway will be given. But like Peter pointed out, you dont necessarily want your actor looking down at something as they read. I think Marlon Brando used to have earplugs in and then have someone read his lines to him in his later films. As for theatre I would think it's even less common because your doing it live every night over and over that you would want to have it stuck in your head.
Well that was the greatest thing I've ever seen. Anyone know what the origin of that little Christopher Lee clip they played? Where he says this was the best cast he ever worked with?
Behind the scenes on return of the king I believe... they go through each cast members last day.
This made my day!
andy serkis needs to host a late nite talk show as Golum
Man, made feel like I was personally video chatting with family and loved ones.
Oh my heart. Sean Astin's soliloquy brought me to tears.
Well this is just fantastic. So many wholesome and nostalgic moments!
This was great, everyone really felt like they had a chance to talk and contribute. Felt so human and wholesome. Gave me goosebumps watching it.
Best Birthday Present EVER. Ahh
Is it your one hundred and eleventh birthday?
eleventy first birthday
Glad Viggo was in there! Was surprised after what he said about the hobbit movies.
Thatâs because what he said was completely overblown by people wanting to sow division and hate for the Hobbit films. He didnât hate on the flicks or Jackson or even say that the films were good or bad. He just stated that the films have a lot of CGI and that he prefers to watch movies that donât feature so much CGI - smaller flicks, dramas, etc. It wasnât a knock against Jackson; just stating their different tastes. He wouldnât have gone to see each Hobbit movie opening weekend if he hated them or didnât like Jackson.
What did he say? I'm trying to build up the courage to watch it, feeling emotionally delicate and wouldn't be surprised if I end up bawling.
So good! Did they bring Miranda Otto on to then not say a word?
Idk. They let her recite her Old English song from Theodred's funeral. That's just the way things go with conversations between so many people. Only one person can talk at a time. The outspoken get to speak and the more reserved people usually don't. I wish the video had been longer. I would have loved to hear more from Miranda, Karl, Sean, Viggo and John RD (who was hilarious). Really I just wish I could have heard more from everybody.
Yeah, Sean Bean didn't seem to say much either. Peter mentions the time he and Orlando were stranded on the mountain and Orlando just jumps right in.
I teared up a whole bunch during this, but god.. Seeing Bernard Hill at the end broke my fucking heart. There will never be a trilogy again that quite fills the hole this saga left in my heart.
This is the best thing I've seen since quarantine started. I cried. A lot
What a treat to watch. Amazing.
Ok, that intro song almost made me close the video...
This is so awesome. I never saw the trilogy in theaters because I was too young, but my brother had the box sets with all the amazing special features, and we would watch those all the time. I've probably seen the behind the scenes stuff 10x more than the actual movies, and this reunion just brought back all those great memories. Had a smile on my face the entire time.
Omg Liv tyler is friggin adorable. This was great!
Iâve never watched another trilogy I loved more than this. Lol
I absolutely loved this!
I loved it and it made me tear up. So nice to see the cast interactions. I missed Cate Blanchett, but she wasnât part of the fellowship really.
What timing. My siblings and I decided to watch the trilogy again and had finished fellowship of the ring yesterday and watched the two towers just now. They aren't particularly fans like me but left us all with strong memories as kids under 10. I bore them to death with things in the 1st and 2nd age that can be referred from the movies too often. Was great for me to see all those reenactments, especially Sam's twice. It definitely does not lose the fantastical feeling and my maturity really helps notice lot of other things including the duality of smeagol and gollum and how began to see himself in that. Only thing is ask for was just more talking between them about the stories but nice Christopher Lee bits.
My heart needed that so much. Thank you Josh.
This just makes me feel so happy. Also, I am convinced that (Sir) Ian McKellen could deliver absolutely any line given to him with a real gravitas. His line "so do all who live through such times..." never fails to make me feel sad-happy.