Lord of the Rings: 4 actors from Peter Jackson’s films are hiding in the War of the Rohirrim… have you found them?

Warning – The article below contains minor spoilers for “War of the Rohirrim” as it discusses some of his cameos. So please go ahead if you haven’t seen it yet.

a prerequisite for their union. Not all, but enough to make Lord of the Rings fans happy to hear familiar voices (even for a line) in the original version of The War of the Rohirrim, an animated prequel to Peter Jackson’s films in the same vein.

Two of them were officially announced more or less before the release, while on screen (and especially in the end credits) we find two more cameos. If you didn’t know all these beautiful people, here they are.

Miranda Otto

This should not surprise anyone. Or viewers for whom the mere mention of a Lord of the Rings movie was a strong enough argument to go see it while avoiding all the photos, trailers, and information. Seen in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, Miranda Otto reprises her role as Eowyn, the narrator of the story.

The actor appeared elsewhere. through An image from Peter Jackson’s films at the beginning of the War of the Rohirrim trailer, which hints at his presence and marks the transition between these feature films and Kenji Kamiyama, while emphasizing their place in the same universe. But since the story takes place 183 years before Frodo’s adventures, Éowyn never appears on screen.

Christopher Lee

If you followed the news of the project in the weeks leading up to its release, you would know. As Saruman’s existence was revealed during New York Comic-Con, it was later confirmed by producer Philippa Boyens, who later stated that his voice would indeed be Sir Christopher Lee, who died in June 2015.

However, the production did not use artificial intelligence to reproduce the tone of voice of the magician’s interpreter: “We delved into his records”– Philippa Boyens explained at the microphone TheOneRing. “I had to go back in time to hear his voice again: not only the dialogue he recorded, but also the times when he spoke to us during the sessions.

“And we found a copy of it The Hobbit : ‘If you need help’ We then looked at how many takes he did, whether it was usable, whether there was another version that we could take and change it a bit… Our brilliant team is there to come in, but the play is authentic and based on Sir Christopher Lee this record.”

Just like Gandalf mentioned in the dialogue, Saruman’s existence makes sense to the extent that the latter would be over 2,000 years old at the time of The Lord of the Rings, an age he absolutely does not have.

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan

For those who haven’t seen it function It opened in November, and what spoiled their stay was the chef’s surprise. But you’ll have to wait until the end to find out, because Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan don’t reprise their roles as Pippin and Mary, who weren’t born at the time of the events, and it’s not really easy to say they admit it. , unless you know their respective sounds very well.

The two actors actually play the orcs Shank and Wrot, in a very brief scene that is responsible for integrating the film’s small plot into the larger one, as their characters are seen picking up rings on the ground and wondering why Mordor exists. Obsessed with these things.

The answer is obviously called Sauron, but it won’t be mentioned directly. It’s more like the participation of Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, an easter egg that enhances this epic gift for Lord of the Rings fans.