I wonder if meat is also on the menu for cricket fans? Image source: New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by director Peter Jackson (Brain Dead, Heavenly Creatures) made film history. And not just because of its epic running length, the interesting characters or the visual effects, some of which were groundbreaking at the time.
No, the making-of videos on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases made it clear at the latest how much inventiveness went into the films in many placesto overcome many challenges.
An example of this inventiveness from Peter Jackson and his crew is currently being made on Reddit the round again. We’re taking this as an opportunity to tell you this trivia fact about Lord of the Rings.
Now where can I get ten thousand Uruk-Hai?
The New Zealand director may not have asked himself the question in the subheading literally. But when he was planning the scene in which Saruman gave his army the order to march to Helm’s Deep, he actually faced a similar problem:
How can I get enough roar to mimic the warcry of ten thousand Uruk-Hai?
The answer to this question is typical Peter Jackson
you could say. After all, as part of the film trilogy, he revived the art of miniatures, which was already considered antiquated at the end of the 90s. The orc tunnels below Isengard, for example, are one Really built miniature model
And he also came up with an unconventional solution to the problem with the Uruk Hai: He marched into a sports stadium full of cricket fans, really heated up the crowd as an entertainer and quickly recorded their voices to keep them in the game forever To immortalize a film epic.
This is what the recordings looked and sounded like in the stadium back then:
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And if you need goosebumps again quickly, this is what the result sounded like (just fast forward 30 seconds, then it starts straight away):
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Hopefully, when you watch The Lord of the Rings in the future, this scene will always make you think of the legions of New Zealand cricket fans who roared their hearts out.
It is questionable whether Peter Jackson will ever tackle another film project in the Tolkien universe. His later The Hobbit trilogy was no longer as well received as The Lord of the Rings. In addition, the Silmarillion is considered unfilmable anyway due to its narrative structure An April Fool’s joke recently claimed the opposite.
Finally, we have three exciting tips for you on how to continue your time on GameStar.de in the best possible way. For example, you could take our quiz to find out which member of the ring community you are.
Or you can read something about the continuation of JRR Tolkien’s life’s work, which didn’t last long. And as is well known, the Amazon series The Rings of Power will continue in 2024 and possibly even very soon. You can find out everything about it in the articles linked above.
