Harvey Weinstein made production on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy miserable, so production allegedly created orc masks in his likeness.
The entirety of the Lord of the Rings franchise is recognized for its spectacular costume design and characterful make-up that helped to bring J.R.R. Tolkien’s intricate fantasy world to the big screen. But it seems that one aspect of costuming in particular made a subtle dig at a now criminally convicted Hollywood producer.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Had a Turbulent Production History As talk turned to the Lord of the Rings franchise, Wood began to unpack the complex production history of the trilogy, where it seems that the legendary films almost didn’t make it into production.
Eventually, Jackson had a successful meeting with Bob Shaye, producer and founder of New Line Cinema. On the podcast, Wood refers to the story that Jackson and Walsh were pitching just two movies, but it was Shaye who insisted on cutting a deal for all three. Evidently, this was a gamble that paid off in the long run, leading to the creation of one of the most successful franchises in modern movie history.
Weinstein’s Criminal Legacy Casts a Broad Shadow on ‘Lord of the Rings’ This anecdote is of course received differently than it would have been at the time of the trilogy’s creation, where Weinstein’s criminal presence in Hollywood has now become public knowledge. Initial allegations reported in the New York Times and the New Yorker in October 2017 outlined dozens of accusations of sexual assault, rape and abuse from across a period of at least thirty years.
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