Lotr Fatcs 2 blog - Jack__Sparrow

Peter Jackson cut his own hair throughout the project because he didn't have time to schedule a haircut appointment.

In the movie "Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets" as Harry enters Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the
Grey is included in the collection of paintings. (It is above the
doorframe.)

The images during the closing credits of ROTK are
pre-production sketches, shown in the reverse of the order the actors
first appear in the trilogy.

Rohan was designed to look like a Kingdom from around 900 A.D.

48,000 props were used in the films.

At Rivendell, Sean was hit on the head by an Elven
loom. (Viggo said it was because he was having impure thoughts.) He had
to get a CAT scan. "When he got back all he could say was about how
large his brain was!" says Elijah. "We didn’t hear if he was healthy,
just how large his brain was."

On the quest to Mount Doom, Frodo and Sam always travel left to right on screen.

Ian McKellen based Gandalf off of Tolkien. "All the
Fellowship reflect aspects of Tolkien's personality," he says, "but
none more so than Gandalf. I adopted Tolkien's accent and voice
somewhat."

Gimli's beard was made of yak belly hair.

Stuart Townsend, originally cast as Aragorn, was
fired one day into shooting. (The Weathertop scenes were being shot).
Not only was Stuart too young for the part, he wasn't a very good
physical actor - an important part of Aragorn's character.

Bernard Hill (Theoden) made his own audition tape which he directed himself in a friend's barn.