Directed in the early 2000s by New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson and adapted from the works of JRR Tolkien, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is full of charismatic characters, beautifully written and superbly acted.
One of the most memorable – primarily thanks to the original text of its author, but also thanks to the talent of its translator – is the wizard Gandalf, father figure and protector of the Fellowship of the Ring, who offers the saga its greatest. scenes.
This legendary character from literature (now film) thus gave actor Ian McKellen one of his richest and most iconic roles.
However, while she claims to treasure every moment on the set of The Lord of the Rings, the actor also admitted that reuniting with the character ten years later on the set of The Hobbit was very disappointing.
“I was unhappy”He trusted the microphone Expiration of time 2018 saw the evolution of filming techniques for this new trilogy, which was shot in a much more artificial way.
“That’s why I didn’t become an actor“
“Maybe it’s just my impression, but I don’t remember seeing a single green background From Lord of the Rings. If Gandalf was at the top of the mountain, I was at the top of that mountain. Technology was invented even while we were making the film.
I was not involved in these matters, I was elsewhere, playing my part on the mountain. I tend not to remember bad times, but I don’t think there were any. I think I enjoyed every second of shooting these films.”
Contrary to what he may have experienced while filming the first Peter Jackson trilogy, Ian McKellen experienced real frustration on the set of The Hobbit, as he also stated in 2012. Connect with the music :
“To photograph the dwarves and (…) Gandalf, we couldn’t be on the same set. My only company was 13 photos of gnomes on desks with little lights that glowed when one of them spoke.
Pretending you’re with 13 people when you’re alone pushes your technical abilities to the absolute limit. I cried, to tell you the truth. And then I said out loud: “That’s why I became an actor.” Unfortunately, the microphone was on and the whole set heard me.”
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