![]() ![]() " really wanted to get this role so he had hired a dialect coach to teach him the accent. However, Peter's partner, Fran Walsh, had seen one of Elijah's movies and urged Peter to watch the audition tape. "I had heard Elijah's name but I had never seen a film he'd done," Peter said. Eventually, their casting director presented them with a taped audition from an American actor named Elijah Wood. They ended up seeing 200 people and only two of them were 'okay' for Frodo. Initially, Peter and his team wanted Frodo to be played by an English actor, but nobody they'd auditioned had the quality they were looking for. This is also why finding the right actor to play him was so challenging. And those sort of characters are fiendishly difficult for actors to play," Peter said. I think that showed on the screen," Peter explained. "That spirit is the spirit of putting your heart and soul into something. And this ended up building certain energy and comradery between the cast members and the crew that really made the movie feel special and authentic. It wasn't like taking a job for 3 months, it was more than a year that was required of them. Ultimately, the decision to take on this project was a 'lifestyle decision for the actors. "We were asking all of our actors to leave their homes, their families, or bring their families with them, come down to this strange country that had never been to for 18 months." Most of these actors were coming from Hollywood and England. Eventually, they'd have to spend an extra three months for pick-ups, rehearsals, and shooting bits for the extended editions of the three movies. Related: How 'Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King' Actually Won 11 OscarsÄ«ut the casting was also so important to Peter Jackson as he had to be sure that the actors he was working with could fly down to New Zealand and live with for 15 months straight. We wanted wonderful actors who are like chameleons who could just bring the characters from the book to life, first and foremost." Because the book and the star don't kind of gell. I mean, I think if you're taking characters from a famous book and bringing them to life, you don't want a huge superstar face. "We didn't want to cast big stars, because that is distracting. Peter also explained that he had no desire to cast big Hollywood stars, despite rumors of a giant rock star being cast in the movies as well as the legendary Sir Sean Connery. We had to cast people that felt like they had stepped out of the pages of the book." ![]() "So, we were determined to get the casting right. We're fans of the book," Peter Jackson explained to Charlie Rose. And everybody who reads that book has a mental image of these people in their minds. It was vital, one, because it's one of the most beloved books of all time. "Casting for The Lord of the Rings was vital. Of course, Peter's Lord of the Rings movies were all shot at the same time, something that was basically unheard of in Hollywood. The Unique Importance Of Casting The Lord Of The RingsÄuring an interview with the now-disgraced Charlie Rose, right after the release of The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson spoke about just how vital the casting was for his three movies. ![]()
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