Do Frodos eyes get bigger?

When Peter Jackson directed his film version of The Fellowship of the Rings, he made a lot of changes to the story line of the book. Probably the biggest change is Frodo's giant baby blue eyes. Those huge eyes – so often looking on the edge of tears, especially when Sam is imparting some piece of wisdom to "Mr.
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Does Frodos wound ever heal?

Frodo is never completely free of the wound, and it never truly heals. The same holds true for his other two wounds: the sting or bite of She- lob, and the loss of his finger, bitten off by Gollum in his final, desperate attempt to reclaim The One Ring.
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How did they make the Hobbits look so small in LOTR?

For the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this effect was entirely practical. Jackson used traditional forced perspective to create the illusion of one actor being smaller than the other. This included different sized props (chairs, mugs, etc.)
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How did they make Gandalf look so big?

Instead of shooting the actors at different times, the director recorded them with cameras on two different sets. This allowed him to position the lens much closer to Gandalf, raising his stature. By placing the actor on a green-screen set, the director could digitally remove the background and merge the two images.
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Does Elijah Wood still bite his fingernails?

Elijah Wood, star of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has made a New Year resolution to stop biting his nails, because he hates seeing his chewed-up fingers on screen. The 23-year-old actor, who plays the hobbit hero Frodo Baggins, made his announcement after watching The Return of the King.
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Did Frodo regrow his finger?

No, he never got it back.
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Does Elijah Wood wear contacts in LOTR?

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood had to don such thick glasses for his role in new film Everything Is Illuminated, he was forced to wear reverse strength contact lenses so he could actually see.
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Are the hobbits actually short?

In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo the hobbit appears minuscule beside the absurdly tall wizard, Gandalf. But in reality, the pair of actors have a mere 5-inch height difference.
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Who was the highest paid actor in The Lord of the Rings?

Rather, Andy Serkis is The Lord of the Rings actor with the biggest paycheck, it seems. Although some of his co-stars earned just a few hundred thousand dollars, Serkis reportedly made $1 million for signing on.
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Is Elijah Wood Short?

Elijah Wood is a shorter man, standing at just 5'6″ (168 cm). At 5 foot 6, Elijah Wood is four inches shorter than the average American male.
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Is Gandalf normal height?

19 Gandalf's official height is listed as 5' 6”

Gandalf's stat sheet reveals that he fell well short of the six foot mark and stooped in addition, which it's safe to say didn't hold him back very much in life.
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How much did Elijah Wood make from Lord of the Rings?

Similar to Astin, Woods' starting salary was originally $250,000 for the first installment of LOTR. However, before the film trilogy came to end, that salary increased to $1 million.
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Why does Frodos wound never heal?

Elrond was able to remove the shard and heal the wound, but each year on the anniversary of receiving the wound Frodo became seriously ill. Only his eventual departure to Valinor, also known as the Undying Lands, offered a permanent cure.
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Why does the Morgul blade disappear?

It appears to disappear once the light hits it, so that may also be a component of the spell. A part of the blade has been broken off, so it may be that it disappears once it's been used.
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How did Galadriel destroy the ORC?

When the Orc roars in defiance, Galadriel launches her arm upwards and the Orc is killed by a powerful blast of light that rents the sky for miles. The extended version reveals that the Orc was blasted to pieces.
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Did any actors from Lord of the Rings win an Oscar?

Two nominations, Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) wins Best Supporting Actor. - Oscars. Six nominations, won Best Sound Editing, Visual Effects.
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Did the cast of Lord of the Rings get matching tattoos?

The experience of nearly two years of filming was so deeply felt by the ensemble that, after completing filming, the actors of the Fellowship got matching tattoos to cement the bonds they'd forged together in New Zealand. Only one member of the core cast doesn't bear the elvish “nine” on their person: John Rhys-Davies.
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How much did Orlando Bloom get paid for The Hobbit?

According to Heat World, Orlando Bloom is being paid $1 million dollars, yes, ONE MILLION DOLLARS, for a two-minute part in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
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How tall is an average hobbit?

'Shortish in the leg'

In a prologue to The Lord Of The Rings, he wrote that Hobbits are between two and four feet tall, the average height being three feet six inches.
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How heavy is a hobbit?

A hobbit of oats weighed 105 pounds (48 kg), a hobbit of barley 147 pounds (67 kg), and a hobbit of wheat 168 pounds (76 kg). The figures in hobbits were then converted to standard imperial bushels for official reporting.
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How tall is the average dwarf in Lord of the Rings?

Dwarves are said to average between 4' and 5' (122 and 152 cm), and Hobbits are usually between 3' and 4' tall (90-120 cm). Average heights for Men and Elves is a bit trickier, since Tolkien had a tendency to equate height with nobility and power.
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Is Aragorn hair a wig?

2 Shortest: Aragorn

Where other actors had complex prosthetics to worry about, all that was required of Mortensen was a shoulder-length black wig.
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Why do Galadriel's eyes glow?

In The Lord of the Rings, the filmmakers used a special lighting rig for Galadriel so that her eyes appear to reflect the starlight. This is because Galadriel is the last Elf in Middle-Earth to have seen the light of the Trees of Valinor.
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Did Gandalf wear wig?

A: It is Gandalf's nose and Gandalf's beard and hair. He does not wear a wig or any prosthetics. So he doesn't have to sit through 3 hours of make-up before arriving on set. Q: Did Nicol Williamson's reading of the Hobbit (his interpretation of Gandalf) give you ideas or inspiration as to your role as the Wizard.
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