BSW interview
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layne67Excerpt taken from this interview:
BSW: When you auditioned for Lord of the Rings, you made an infamous video of yourself in costume. Any chance that will show up on a DVD?
Wood: It might. God, I haven't seen that in so long. And it will be a stark contrast to what I did in the film. Peter and I have talked about it for the full-on box set of the trilogy, which is imminent. That was one of the things he thought about adding, along with extensive bloopers and a documentary he made from his perspective. I'm quite happy to have it included, even without seeing it. I think it's definitely an interesting story, and I've told it so often I think it'd be cool for people who are fans of the film and want to know more about the behind-the-scenes aspect of it. I love watching DVDs that include that material. It gives you such great insight into the process of how these actors got the roles. It was three scenes, audition scenes they gave out for the character. I went and got a costume, got a book on Hobbits to get a sense on how they dressed, went into the woods. Again, it will be a stark contrast to what I did; the accent will be all f***ed up. I literally have not seen that in five years.
The scenes were reuniting with Gandalf at Bag End, the scene on the side of the mountain when I collapse and can't remember the taste of fruit, and the scene where he drops the Orc armor and is passing out-these really intense scenes, actually. My friend George Hwang filmed it, and we shot it from different angles so we could cut it together like proper scenes. It was fun. It was a really excellent way to audition because it was free of any of that pretense you have at an audition, of the nervousness of being in front of a casting director, you don't feel like you're acting in front of the grand inquisition. You're free to do whatever you want to do. It was also a great opportunity for me to display my passion for the role and just go the extra mile with the costume and everything. It was really fun.
I really hope that that DVD will come out soon. It’ll be good to watch the then 18-yr-old-Elijah’s very own version of Frodo, and whether his accent would be like the one he did for Art Dodger :)
And maybe PJ will include the scene I was so looking forward to in the EEDVD, that of young Estel courting Arwen in Rivendell.
BSW: When you auditioned for Lord of the Rings, you made an infamous video of yourself in costume. Any chance that will show up on a DVD?
Wood: It might. God, I haven't seen that in so long. And it will be a stark contrast to what I did in the film. Peter and I have talked about it for the full-on box set of the trilogy, which is imminent. That was one of the things he thought about adding, along with extensive bloopers and a documentary he made from his perspective. I'm quite happy to have it included, even without seeing it. I think it's definitely an interesting story, and I've told it so often I think it'd be cool for people who are fans of the film and want to know more about the behind-the-scenes aspect of it. I love watching DVDs that include that material. It gives you such great insight into the process of how these actors got the roles. It was three scenes, audition scenes they gave out for the character. I went and got a costume, got a book on Hobbits to get a sense on how they dressed, went into the woods. Again, it will be a stark contrast to what I did; the accent will be all f***ed up. I literally have not seen that in five years.
The scenes were reuniting with Gandalf at Bag End, the scene on the side of the mountain when I collapse and can't remember the taste of fruit, and the scene where he drops the Orc armor and is passing out-these really intense scenes, actually. My friend George Hwang filmed it, and we shot it from different angles so we could cut it together like proper scenes. It was fun. It was a really excellent way to audition because it was free of any of that pretense you have at an audition, of the nervousness of being in front of a casting director, you don't feel like you're acting in front of the grand inquisition. You're free to do whatever you want to do. It was also a great opportunity for me to display my passion for the role and just go the extra mile with the costume and everything. It was really fun.
I really hope that that DVD will come out soon. It’ll be good to watch the then 18-yr-old-Elijah’s very own version of Frodo, and whether his accent would be like the one he did for Art Dodger :)
And maybe PJ will include the scene I was so looking forward to in the EEDVD, that of young Estel courting Arwen in Rivendell.
