50 things you never knew about The Lord of the Rings

😴 Check out Manta Sleep's fantastic sleep masks here: https://bit.ly/4dBmsZ5 and use code MELLON for 10% off your order! (Sponsored) 👕 Check out our Middle-Earth inspired merch https://meupdates.shop/ Chapters: 00:00 - 00:33 Intro 00:34 - 00:57 Lurtz's knife throw at Aragorn was real 00:58 - 01:31 The Uruk-Hai army chants were recorded in a staduim with a crowd 01:32 - 02:06 Over 250 horses were used for the Rohirrim charge 02:07 - 02:40 Sauron originally appeared in physical form in Return of the King 02:41 - 03:02 Viggo Mortensen almost drowned in the river 03:03 - 03:40 Arwen was originally at Helm's Deep (but was cut) 03:41 - 04:00 Gandalf hides his pipe inside his staff 04:01 - 04:17 David Bowie almost played Elrond 04:18 - 04:42 Over 40 One Ring(s) were crafted 04:43 - 05:07 Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on lore 05:08 - 05:21 The Return of the King won 11 Oscars 05:22 - 05:39 Orlando Bloom was cast as Legolas only 2 days after exiting drama school 05:39 - 06:01 Viggo Mortensen chipped his tooth during Helm’s Deep fight 06:02 - 06:29 Stuart Townsend fired and replaced by Mortensen as Aragorn 06:30 - 07:03 The One Ring creation was removed 07:04 - 07:33 Hobbiton built a year early to grow naturally 07:34 - 07:53 Elijah Wood dressed as Frodo for his audition 07:54 - 08:12 Nazgûl armor included Eye of Sauron details 08:13 - 08:30 Viggo Mortensen bought his and Arwen's horses 08:31 - 09:03 The Balrog roar was made from a cinder block mixed with a tiger 09:04 - 09:35 Sean Bean hiked in costume to avoid helicopter ride 09:36 - 09:55 Elijah Wood slept on set due to tight schedule 09:56 - 11:03 Sponsored Segment: Manta Sleep 11:04 - 11:35 The Nazgûl shriek was made from Fran Walsh’s manipulated scream 11:36 - 11:59 LOTR boosted New Zealand tourism by 40% 12:00 - 12:23 Jed Brophy played multiple roles in LOTR and the Hobbit 12:24 - 12:50 Andy Serkis based Gollum’s voice on his cat’s cough 12:51 - 13:22 Uruk-Hai armor was different depending on rank 13:23 - 13:50 Ian Holm (Bilbo) voiced Frodo in a 1981 radio show 13:51 - 14:06 Female riders wore beards as the Riders of Rohan 14:07 - 14:39 Wormtongue actor cried on command 14:40 - 14:54 The Fellowship actors got Elvish tattoos 14:55 - 15:31 Sean Bean taped script to his knee for the Council of Elrond scene 15:32 - 15:53 Viggo Mortensen threw apples at Billy Boyd, needing 16 takes 15:54 - 16:44 Sam’s vest vanishes in final Grey Havens scene 16:45 - 17:17 Oversized Uruk-Hai suits were made to make the Hobbits look small 17:18 - 17:40 The Black Gate was filmed at a New Zealand army site 17:41 - 18:03 John Rhys-Davies voiced Treebeard with vocal effects 18:04 - 18:40 "Figwit" background elf became popular, and returned in The Hobbit 18:41 - 19:13 Stuntman submerged underwater for Saruman's death 19:14 - 19:46 Pippin's Denethor scene used actor swap and double 19:47 - 20:26 Théoden's transformation was made without CGI 20:27 - 20:48 Tolkien's grandson appeared as ranger in ROTK 20:49 - 21:05 Sam’s daughter was played by Astin’s real daughter 21:06 - 21:29 Éomer’s sword falls from scabbard in one scene 21:30 - 22:04 Helm’s Deep ram was real, but door broke manually 22:05 - 22:29 Brad Dourif shaved brows and wore prosthetics as Wormtongue 22:30 - 22:48 Barad-dûr’s destruction avoided 9/11 comparisons 22:49 - 23:13 Ian McKellen’s Bag End head bump was intentional 23:14 - 23:48 Weinstein suggested killing a Hobbit 23:49 - 23:57 Viggo Mortensen broke a toe 23:58 - 24:28 Outro Channel ran by BattlefrontUpdates/Elliot: https://linktr.ee/bfupdates Sammb: https://twitter.com/SamueIBackman