LOTR cast Zoom reunion on YouTube (1 Viewer)

[Philip Verdieck]

One Zoom to rule them all: Lord of the Rings cast reunites to share memories

One does not simply watch this reunion—one also donates for COVID-19 relief.

arstechnica.com

For the first time in a long while, every actor who played a member of The Lord of the Rings’ fellowship reunited (along with other former cast members) to discuss their memories of shooting the hugely popular 2000s films, do line readings, and crack jokes. The 50-minute reunion was published on YouTube yesterday.

It’s part of a series hosted by actor Josh Gad, each episode of which is a reunion via Zoom meeting to raise money for a charity that is working on some aspect of COVID-19 relief. At the time of this writing, this particular video has raised just over $83,000 for No Kid Hungry.

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• 6:20: Ian McKellan enters with a rousing performance
• 9:10: What it was like to adapt Tolkien as a writer
• 10:40: How Viggo Mortensen was cast amid a crisis with the studio
• 14:40: Andy Serkis shares stories about playing Gollum/Smeagol
• 19:50: Sean Astin talks about playing GoldenEye with Sean Bean, who is in the movie GoldenEye
• 24:20: Karl Urban discusses his first day on the Helm’s Deep set
• 25:00: The cast begins reciting scenes from the movie; Sir Ian McKellan discusses his first and last scenes shot on set
• 25:47: Various cast members don props they kept from the shoot over the years
• 31:10: The cast talks about how hard it was to learn Elvish
• 32:48: Everything related to Boromir’s Mordor meme
• 37:40: Howard Shore and Peter Jackson discuss Shore’s work scoring the films
• 39:50: Taika Waititi asks questions
• 42:55: The cast shares what The Lord of the Rings means to each of them
• 46:20: Billy Boyd sings Pippin’s song from The Return of the King