Lord of the Rings: Stop The Return of the King in 2 hours and 24 minutes and take a good look at Sam’s arm!

He was already seen munching on a carrot when the four hobbits arrived at the town of Brescia at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. Then, before you could close your eyes, you saw him shooting his javelin against Saruman’s Uruk-Hai in the two towers. Finally, in Return of the King, he briefly played the captain of one of Umbar’s corsairs, on whose ship Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli boarded.

But these three cameos from director Peter Jackson, which most fans probably already know, aren’t the only ones to be found in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Indeed, provided you know exactly where to look for it, in the third and final part of the saga you will be able to identify the fourth appearance of the filmmaker (or rather his arm).

Press the pause button at 2 hours, 24 minutes and 18 seconds into the movie (long version) when Frodo has just been hurt by Arachne and Sam, equipped with Galadriel’s vial of light and the sword Sting, flies to help. of his friend. As we learn in the trilogy’s excellent and rich set-up, in this particular level, the hand we see holding the hilt of the sword is not Sean Astin’s (the character’s official translator) but Peter Jackson’s.

“There’s a shot where Arachne wraps Frodo in his web and Sam’s arm comes into the frame. I wasn’t there the day that shot was taken.”It started with an explanation by Sean Astin, who also had to interpret the entire battle against the giant spider in the void, as the special effects teams only added the creature in post-production.

“It’s like a Western shooting shot, like in a Clint Eastwood movie. It’s a shot from the side.”Peter Jackson explained the famous plan (see above).

“We had a couple of us dressed up in Sam’s clothes, I was watching them shoot on the monitor, I was on my set shooting. . I watched it over and over and didn’t like it. “

“So I jumped on my bike and rode almost a mile up Stone Street, jumped off the bike, ran into the set, took off my shirt and put Sam’s shirt on. I took my sword and said, ‘Motor.’ So Sam’s first entrance, when he comes in To save Frodo in that scene with Arachne, it’s actually me. It’s my arm.”

A pretty standout anecdote to share with family or friends as you re-watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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