21. Your favorite quote about filming.
Vig used to call me ‘Elf boy’, and I’d call him ‘filthy human’. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he’d say to me, ‘Oh, go manicure your nails.’ - Orlando Bloom.
But I couldnt just stick with one.
The funniest thing that happened? I think in one scene I was shooting with Elijah and Sean Astin it’s when Gollum’s trying to stop them from going through the black gates and I had to dive on top of their backs and pull them backwards and right in the middle of this take I jumped on top of Sean Astin’s back and I pulled him back and his whole wig and practically his head came off because I pulled him backwards. And it was the first time ever a wig had come off in a scene and it was a real shock but everybody was in stitches. - Andy Serkis.
One night Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli had early calls for a dawn shot of them running along the plain, so we all decided to camp out,” he says, as if recalling a dream. “We went fishing, built a fire pit, roasted up some steaks and just had this lovely evening out under the stars. Producer Barrie Osborne sat around telling tales of The Cotton Club. I think for me, looking round that fireplace, that was the most cherished memory of the whole production. - Karl Urban.
I’m surprised that more things didn’t happen to us, or to the stunt people playing our adversaries. Part of the reason was that we got to know each other so well that it was like a dance partner. Even beneath the masks, I’d know who it was just by their size and movement. We developed this physical shorthand with each other that helped us push it more and more. As you will see in the second and third movies, some of the fighting moves faster and is more risky. It’s not “The Matrix” or “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”; we were really doing it. It’s down and dirty, and rough and messy. - Viggo Mortensen.
