the lord of the rings
Elijah Wood recived one of the One Ring props and Sting Frodo’s sword
Elijah Wood was cast as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel. His most hotly anticipated project, the 2001 film gave Wood top billing as Baggins, alongside a cast that included Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Orlando […]
While filming X-Men Ian McKellen was cast as the wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings
McKellen had taken film roles throughout his career—beginning in 1969 with his role of George Matthews in A Touch of Love, and his first leading role was in 1980 as D.H.Lawrence in Priest of Love, but it was not until the 1990s that he became more widely recognised in this medium, through several roles in […]
Ian McKellen has a tattoo of the Elvish number nine on his shoulder
Ian mckellen and his first serious partner, Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton, began their relationship in 1964. It lasted for eight years, ending in 1972. They lived in London, where McKellen continued to pursue his career as an actor. For over a decade, he has lived in a five-story Victorian conversion in Narrow Street, […]
Russian novel published in 1999 which re-tells the lord of the rings
Did you know there was Russian novel published in 1999 which re-tells The Lord of The Rings from Sauron’s Perpective The novel is based on the premise that the Tolkien account is a “history written by the victors”. In Eskov’s version of the story, Mordor is described as a peaceful country on the verge of an […]