My answer to "any questions you want me to ask?" was "Would you like to come home with me and meet my wife?"
So there is hope.
(Not really. But I can fantasize.)
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Jessica - Jan 06, 2004 10:50:50 am PST #1139 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tina f. - Jan 06, 2004 10:59:17 am PST #1140 of 3902
My secret little question I would want to ask the cast/crew that I have never seen asked is if there was a cast member that just hated the books - or even - and this I highly doubt would ever be answered honestly - didn't read them. Everyone always talks about how much the books were revered on set, but *somebody* had to just hate them or at least feel meh about them, right?
But that is me - and my own little curiosities.
Kathy A - Jan 06, 2004 11:01:00 am PST #1141 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Actually, Elijah Wood never did read the books, although he has read The Hobbit.
tina f. - Jan 06, 2004 11:03:42 am PST #1142 of 3902
Elijah Wood never did read the books,
Seriously? I must have missed this. Huh.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 06, 2004 11:06:39 am PST #1143 of 3902
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also I thought Sir Ian had not read them before filming started? Or did he read them after he got offered the part?
Calli - Jan 06, 2004 11:09:42 am PST #1144 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think that Viggo said he hadn't read the books, but his son had and his son thought the idea of his father playing Strider would be way cool. Hence Viggo's last minute acceptance of the role.
tina f. - Jan 06, 2004 11:10:01 am PST #1145 of 3902
Sir Ian read them after he read the script.
I am really surprised that EW didn't read them. Like, really.
tina f. - Jan 06, 2004 11:11:17 am PST #1146 of 3902
I know lots of the actors didn't read them until after they got the parts - but not to have read them at all? That is just weird. I mean - you're in NZ for a while, got a lot of time on your hands, I am thinking there might be a copy or two laying around the set.
Sean K - Jan 06, 2004 11:23:34 am PST #1147 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Viggo had not read the books when he got the part, but I'm pretty certain he read them after he was on set. In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone read them while they were making the movie, even Elijah.
Actually most of the cast had NOT read the books when cast, and only read them after.
Nutty - Jan 06, 2004 11:23:39 am PST #1148 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I am really surprised that EW didn't read them. Like, really.
You know, I am too. Because, how do you know Frodo is the plum part in the movie unless you've read them? There is much laudatory story of him seeking out the part despite all the knocks against him (being American, being still a minor) -- was the first (eleventy-third) draft of the script really that good?
I do remember every Tom, Dick and Mablung interviewed in the press making offhand remarks about this and that bit of canon, so whoever didn't ever read the books seems to have been in the tiny minority.