Brooding Lord Of The Rings hero Viggo Mortensen almost got thrown out of a trendy Wellington bar, jokes were played off-set with duct tape, rotting fish and fake excrement, and Liv Tyler liked to show off her push-up bra.
Those were just a few of the antics the young male stars of the movie revealed yesterday.
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You won’t find bigger fans of our place than the four young actors who returned for the New Zealand premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Ask variations on that tired old question, “So what did you think of New Zild?” of American star Elijah Wood and Brit newcomers Dominic Monaghan, [...]

Were you aware that the shoot would be so physically demanding?
We were told the days were going to be long, and that there was going to be a lot of physical exertion. So we had personal trainers and we were sword fighting and eating well. We all got bigger and fitter and took up surfing. [...]

Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) are the Abbott and Costello of The Lord of the Rings cast. They’re writing a comedy for themselves to star in, and if it captures even half the humour of their interview, they’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.
National Post: Billy, you starred in Master and [...]

There’ve been plenty of amazing transformations during the making of Lord of the Rings . Rural landscapes have turned into bustling villages. Mild-mannered extras have been done over as snarling Orcs. Oscar-nominated actors have gone toe-to-toe with dazzling special effects.
But perhaps nothing connected with director Peter Jackson’s trilogy has undergone a more dramatic reworking than [...]