#lotr behind the scenes

[octobersisterhood]

Every time I refuse to follow my colleagues taking the elevator at work, because it scares the hell out of me, I feel like Sean Bean climbing mountains in full Boromir gear (and sunglasses) just to avoid taking the helicopter along with the rest of the cast members.

[victusinveritas]

[sotwk]

Only slightly majorly obsessed with Eomer's outfit that he wore to King Elessar's coronation. Especially that cape! So regal! <3 I love Rohanese fabric designs, I gotta say. And with Karl Urban as the model, you just can't lose.

[thewitchkingiscool-ace]

I love the cast of lotr and the hobbit with all my heart

[nereidaa]

viggo really said the third eye

[wormedeye]

sometimes i’m rewatching lotr behind the scenes

and there’s that makeup master kissing lurtz

and everytime i’m just like

*mitski voice* why not meee why hot meeee

[beginnerblueglass]

Remember when it was revealed in the Lord of the Rings behind the scenes that the sound designers were trying to find a good sound for the Ringwraiths’ scream, and they were trying to describe the sound they were looking for to Peter Jackson, like a really high-pitched, blood chilling scream, and he was like, “My wife can do that.”

[violetflowerswrites]

I love lotr behind the scenes

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

🎬 Peter Jackson

+ IMDb trivia

[illustratus]

[hollyyy555]

Lord of the Rings BTS, Pt. 2

[thewitchkingiscool-ace]

Poor Viggo

[maedhrosdefender]

personally, (because I’m a hoe for shit like this) will always be Virgo buying that horse for one of the trainers who couldn’t afford it bc that is the sweetest thing ever and I think every man should be viggo mortenson, actually

favorite bits of the cast interviews in the LOTR special features:

Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood and Viggo Mortensen all taking the piss out of Orlando Bloom for going on about a cracked rib too much, while Orlando Bloom desperately tries to wriggle out of talking about it (special mention to Elijah Wood’s “oh it hurts, babes, and I can’t ride the horse, babes” and Viggo Mortensen’s “they can be very fragile, elves, especially the…Mirkwood strain…”)

Ian McKellen commenting that “they never did find any suitable underwear for Gandalf…”

Dominic Monaghan going on and on about how Viggo Mortensen apparently had a crush on one of the Rohirrim extras (who like a lot of the Rohirrim extras was a woman in a fake beard) while Vigoo Mortensen just mutters “one could perhaps say something about Mr. Monaghan’s…proclivities…”

Dominic Monaghan’s imitation of John Rhys-Davies ordering food at a restaurant for the whole cast. “You have partridge? BRING THE PARTRIDGE!”

John Rhys-Davies talking about an incident with the Lothlorian boats and saying “if an elf and a dwarf are in a boat…and…the boat goes under…let us say that the blame was not placed on the elf” while Orlando Bloom splutters “he’s a big guy, man!” 

Elijah Wood talking about how the hobbit actors shared a trailer with Ian McKellen and sometimes they would hear inarticulate bellows of protest from his side when they played loud music in the mornings

Viggo Mortensen talking about how, while filming with those same boats, Kirin Shaw (Elijah Wood’s scale double) started telling him “if the boat tips over…save yourself…I can’t swim.” 

Elijah Wood describing how Sean Astin would try to direct the helicopters to land while they were on location, while the other three hobbits were screwing around and throwing pinecones at each other

Christopher Lee recounting how he had so much trouble going up some steps in Orthanc with his long robe that he stopped in the middle of the scene and said, “I cannot get up these goddamn steps, Peter.” 

Viggo Mortensen mentioning that he left a weekend rehearsal and went walking down the street still swinging his sword around, and promptly got the cops called on him

[martanis]

THE SET UP // THE SHOT 2.08 The Rings of Power "Shadow and Flame" (x)

[autistook]

The Fellowship of the Ring, Behind the Scenes

[msilverstar]

The Appendices for the LOTR DVDs gave fantastic material for the most amazing fandom, Lotrps aka LOTR RPF. Not much of of the fic is on AO3, because it was mostly active on LiveJournal. Looks like the Dreamwidth version of the Fellowshippers community is still working though, over 800 posts with some of the best fic, from 2001 onwards. Good times!

Dangers of working on a set.

That’s what I said.

[spinnenpfote6]

Magazine BTS picture of the hobbits in Rivendell from The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring