Sean Bean was so afraid of flying that he hiked two hours up Caradhras every morning in full Boromir costume. The rest of the cast took helicopters.
The shoot ran 438 consecutive days in New Zealand. Peter Jackson filmed all three movies back to back, with no guarantee any of them would work. Eight of the nine Fellowship actors got matching tattoos before it wrapped. John Rhys-Davies sent his stunt double.
Someone on Backlot just gave it a perfect five.
It holds up. The Fellowship of the Ring is one of those movies where knowing how hard it was to make changes how you watch it.
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