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Gandalf's painful encounter with ceiling beam in Bilbo's hobbit-hole wasn't scripted. Ian McKellen banged
his forehead on the beam accidently but Peter Jackson thought McKellen did such a great job acting through it he kept it in
The Orc blacksmiths shown beneath Isengard are actually WETA Workshop staff who made the weapons used in
the film
The different shades of blue for the elves' eyes reveal what race they are. The Lothlorien elves have light
blue eyes and the Rivendell elves have dark blue eyes
Over 12.5 million plastic rings were made for the chain mail armors in the film
The portraits hanging over the fireplace in Bag End are based on the likeness of director Peter Jackson
and producer Fran Walsh
When Frodo falls in the snow and loses the ring a giant ring- 6 inches in diameter- was used
One of the words that Gandolf whispers to the moth when he is trapped by Saruman is 'Gwaihir'. Gwaihir is
the name of the eagle that later rescues him from the tower
Sean Bean was afraid of flying so when they were shooting the scenes in the Fellowship crossing the snowy
mountains he spent two hours every morning climbing to the top of the mountain
Peter Jackson originally wanted to hire British actors to play the hobbits however, Billy Boyd and Bominic
Monaghan were the only ones and they were left with the task to coach Elijah Wood and Sean Astin in the ways of British life
The drwaven runes shown in Bilbo's Book in Rivendell translates as "Stand by the grey stone when the thrush
knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the keyhole". The Runes tell of the secret
entrance into the Lonley mountain
Viggo Mortensen got so into character during a conversation Peter Jackson refered to him as Aragorn for
over half an hour without him realising it
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Viggo Mortensen- who is trilingual in English, Danish and Spanish- requested the script be revised to let
Aragorn speak more of his lines in Elvish
The Elvish lines spoken in the film were derived from Tolkien's own limited dictionary of Elvish. Dialect
coach Andrew Jack used actual recordings of Tolkien reading his books to guide the actors' pronunciation
Bilbo's cake caught fire as he was about to leave the party but Ian Holm gamely finished the scene
Viggo Mortensen was questioned several times by the police because he kept his sword with him at all times
to remain in character and it wsa often spotted by members of the public
The scream of the Ringwraiths is actually Fran Walsh
Whilst filming the scenes on the River Anduin Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom were both swept out of their
boats
Cinema film reels of the FOTR were labeled 'Changing Seasons'
The MTV council of Elrond spoof easter egg doesn't appear on the UK version of the FOTR EE DVD because BBFC
would have had to have made the DVD a "12" rather than a "PG". Also in the documentries some swearing has been cut out
Christopher Lee broke his hand when he slammed it on his hote door
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