Actors "Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses": description of the best roles

Actors "The Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses" gained worldwide fame after the release of the picture. A multimillion film was released in 2003 and broke all records of the rental. In the same year he received two Oscar awards and was nominated for four more. In every country in the world, armies of fans of the "Lord of the Rings" appeared. Actors, who played the main characters, began to be depicted on posters, badges and other fan attributes. After more than ten years, the participants of the painting are recognized by the audience and are associated with the characters of the epic film.

Main characters: Hobbits

One of the most memorable are the actors "The Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses", which played hobbits. In the story this is a small, short people. The difficulty was that the characters on the screen should look like half the normal human growth. Therefore, critics have been highly appreciated both as a cameraman and as an actor.

Dominic Monahan played the character Mary. To a little "rejuvenate" the actor, he was put on a wig with a shock of curly hair. At the beginning of the film, there is a scene where Mary is carried on the shoulders of the orcs. It took a huge number of takes, because the picture should have seen a small growth of the hobbit. To do this, they also used substitutions. Thanks to his game in "The Lord of the Rings" Dominic got a role in the cult series "Missing", released a year later.

Sean Astin

One more hobbit was played by Sean Astin. Other actors, "Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses", nicknamed him "fat" on the set, as Gamum called his character Sam. Sean was not easy to get used to the role. Before that, he played mostly comedic characters. Sam was also rather gloomy and harsh. Before each scene, the actor re-read the chapter of the book, corresponding to the one shot. In the story, the hobbits walked barefoot. Once during the shooting, Sean stepped on a sharp object and heavily injured his foot. The shooting of scenes with his participation had to be postponed.

Main character

The protagonist Frodo Baggins became the most recognizable character in the movie "The Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses". Elijah Wood played the young hobbit in all three parts. Before that, he received only episodic roles in several films. But participation in the "Lord of the Rings" brought the young actor a real world fame.

The image was extremely difficult. Among other things, the viewer had to see how Elijah's character changes with the development of the plot. Naughty guy at the beginning and a harsh husband, on whose share the mission to save the whole world fell, in the end. The actor coped with his task perfectly, which was noted by many critics. But the popularity was the downside of the coin. After the release of all parts of the "Lord of the Rings" Elijah was associated with the viewer with the hobbit Frodo, because of what the actor was not invited to serious films. But everything changed when he played a journalist in "The Hooligans of Green Street". In his interviews, he warmly responds to the entire team that participated in the creation of the trilogy.

Hollywood Star

In addition to little-known actors, the movie was played and real Hollywood stars, such as Orlando Bloom. "Lord of the Rings" allowed the actor to climb to the very top of show business. He was invited to various talk shows and programs. In The Two Fortresses, Orlando plays the ever-young Elf Legolas. To more closely match the book character, he acted in a wig of long white hair and with pointed pointed ears. So many viewers did not immediately recognize their favorite actor.

During the battle for Helmov, Pad Legolas participates in many battle scenes. Together with Viggo Mortensen and John Ries-David, the actor had to sweat. Then Orlando recalled that quite often the shooting day he ended up bruised and exhausted. But nevertheless, all the actors "Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses" are happy to recall the experience gained.