In 1998, Liv Tyler met Peter Jackson. She noticed him in the movie where she played Grace Stamper. Armageddon. The director talks passionately about his crazy project to adapt The Lord of the Rings. He ends the interview by fixing her with a fiery look: “In the book, the elf princess Arwen is a beautiful brunette with gray eyes. Like you ! Do you want this role?“The 22-year-old American knows you can’t refuse a challenge that could boost your career.
The next day he immerses himself in the trilogy and discovers the romantic dimension of his role: if Arwen renounces immortality, it’s out of love for Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen). Arriving on set, Liv marvels at the pharaonic scale of the site: 20,600 extras and 2,400 technicians have been deployed on 350 sets in 100 locations across New Zealand! A map is required to travel. “I felt like I was on another planet”, the actress admits. He doesn’t quite believe it. Jackson to herBecome a true elf and forget your status as a human“.
And he’s not kidding:With the help of an expert, I had to learn to speak Elvish, the language created by Tolkien (English teacher and linguist, editor’s note) and walk like an elf at the same time!“Take a step through the air, as if floating a few centimeters from the ground. It’s not easy to put on a ten-pound suit… He also took intensive riding lessons for two months. Worse: even his nights were filled with nightmares. He saw orcs and dwarves torturing him… consolation: kissing scenes with Viggo Mortensen: “The only moment of grace in this movie that really tries”She remembers Liv Tyler.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers airs on Thursday, September 8 at 9:15 PM on TMC.
Jean-Baptiste Drouet
Source: Programme Television
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