LOTR Castmember Quotes

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Elijah Leaving Having worked with the same cast and crew for three films in a row, was it hard saying goodbye when filming was completed earlier this year? Absolutely. I remember when we first started breaking up into little groups for filming as the storyline separated us, and even that was hard because we became so close. We're the only ones who will know what it was like to be in New Zealand for that length of time bringing these incredible books to the screen. Even now it's difficult to part when we spend time together. It goes so far beyond making a movie.
Elijah Leaving It was very difficult. You know, we'd been working on the film for so long that in some ways, it seemed like it would never end. It was our life. The idea of it ending was very strange to everyone. And it ended very abruptly. We filmed in a very intense way for, like, a month before we were done, and then, you know, there was the last day of filming. We finished the movie. We had our wrap party that night, and then everyone flew home the next day. So in some ways we didn't have enough time to fully react to the fact that we'd finished. So it was hard. It was really hard. I think that we all, in the back of our minds, knew that we'd be back, that we'd be coming back to New Zealand, and we'd see each other again, but there was this horrible sense that the journey had ended. It actually came at a good time. We finished the movie, we left each other, and we all went home for Christmas. So we kind of went from an intensely difficult, sad situation to the comfort of family and friends during Christmastime, but it was hard. It was very difficult, and kind of a shock to everyone.
Sean B Leaving early I left the set three months before the others, which felt strange. I wanted to be with them in the fantasy world, not stuck in traffic in England. It was quite an anticlimax.
Viggo Leaving I was very sad to leave. In fact, I stayed on a little while afterward. I can't imagine that I would ever grow tired of the place or the people. I don't know. I can't describe it. And no matter where we were or how [difficult the shooting schedule was] we had a sense that we were all on an epic journey. That was palpable on a daily basis. You don't get that feeling very often on a movie set—and you certainly don't get it every day for a year and a half.

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