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The Lord of the Rings is, obviously, the godfather of all fantasy properties. Sure, we may have seen things like wizards, brave knights, elves, and dwarves in stories in the past… But J.R.R Tolkien was the guy who took all of these fairy tale ideas, and applied them to a fully homebrewed mythology that sometimes makes more sense than the physical world we actually live in. A big evil eye that can be destroyed when a couple little dudes and their gremlin frenemy drop a ring into a volcano that's actually called ‘Mt. Doom’?
Seriously, it makes about as much sense as anything else these days.
There are so many interesting things about the world of The Lord of the Rings, and the real world that has tried to make the Lord of the Rings a reality… on film at least. Here are some of our favorite facts about Tolkien's mythology and Peter Jackson's adaptations.
Andy Serkis' expanded Hobbit role
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
The Hobbit's Two Movies
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Sean Bean's Monologue Location
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Christopher Lee & Tolkien
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
The New Witch-King
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Bag End's Two Sets
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Bolg the Orc
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Peter Jackson Cameos
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Gimli's Real Name
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Sauron Had a Boss
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
History of The Hobbits
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Ron Perlman as Smaug
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Smaug's number of legs
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Viggo's son was an orc
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Jake Gyllenhaal as Frodo?
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Viggo's Casting
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
The original trilogy plan
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Vampires & Werewolves
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
...Ah, great.
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Middle-Earth's Monsters
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
What is Gandalf?
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Sauron vs Dog
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
What Middle-Earth Becomes...
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Hobbiton's Construction
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
That head bump
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Gollum's inspiration
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
The original Gollum
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Stephen Colbert's cameo
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
Frodo pushes Gollum
Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The 'Lord Of The Rings' And 'Hobbit' Movies
The Ocean Half of Middle-Earth
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Elven Birthdays Are Weird
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
Sauron's greatest curse
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
...Hey Tolkien, what now?
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
How big can dragons get?
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
The Many Balrogs
Source: 15 Details About Middle-Earth That Show How Deep Tolkien's Lore Goes
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