Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1999Vol. 69 No. 10

shooting begins

p. 51 · Read in the full issue

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Lord of the Rings shooting begins

SHOOTING of the multi-million dollar trilogy Lord of the Rings, begins in Wellington this month.

Stealing Beauty star Liv Tyler will play Arwen, elf princess of Rivendell, in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilo gy- The project’s backer. New Line Cin ema, confirmed that Tyler, who was

filming One Night Out At McCools with Michael Dou glas last month, would head to New Zealand for filming of the NZ$36O mil lion (A 5291.7 mil lion) saga.

She joins a cast that features Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam

wise Gamgee), Sir lan McKellen (Gandalf), Sir lan Holm (Bilbo), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Stuart Townsend (Aragon) and Billy Boyd (Pippin).

Speculation has it Sean Bean (Patriot Games) has been cast as Boromir, while Simon Tolkien - the author’s grandson - is reportedly inter-

A shot of a rider off The Lord of the Rings promotional website, with Liv Tyler on the right

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