- Before the filming started, the elders of a Maori tribe in New Zealand held a religious ceremony for the film crew and wished the filming work to be completed successfully.
- When the filming involved war scenes, the director wanted to recruit 15,000 extras from the New Zealand army. Unexpectedly, the soldiers were sent to East Timor to quell the local civil war. The director had to post advertisements everywhere, recruiting young people who would ride horses to act as extras.
- Legolas was not eye-catching in the original work. Unexpectedly, the only shot in the trailer made him stand out and became the subject of heated discussions among netizens. Many people asked about the cool archer in the trailer. Who. So in the trilogy, he has more shots of being handsome in one episode than one episode.
- Orlando Bloom, who plays the fairy prince Legolas, spent 2 months learning to archery.
- Liv Tyler once dropped her fake ears in her car, and they melted when she returned.
- To play Sam, Sean Austin gained 30 pounds.
- Director Peter Jackson’s two children appear in the film, and the subtitles are "cute hobbit kids".
- Vigo Mortensen can speak many languages, including Spanish and Danish, and he voluntarily asked for more Aragonese lines to be changed to Elvish.
- Nine members of the Lord of the Rings Guardians tattooed the Elvish word "nine" on their bodies after the shooting.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring behind the scenes gags
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring quotes
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[Frodo awakens to hear Aragorn singing in the dark]
Frodo: Who is she? This woman you sing of?
Aragorn: 'Tis the Lay of Lúthien. The Elf-maiden who gave her love to Beren, a mortal.
Frodo: What happened to her?
Aragorn: She died.
[He sighs, turns back to Frodo]
Aragorn: Get some sleep, Frodo.
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Gimli: Dwarf doors are invisible when closed.
Gandalf: Yes, Gimli, their own masters cannot find them, if their secrets are forgotten.
Legolas: Why doesn't that surprise me?