Posted: July 24, 2000 at 21:46:17: by Gandalf
: In the credits on this site I read Legolas is played by Orlando bloom and that there is a body double played by Paul Webster/Randell or something like that. And a lot of the characters have the word (Double by them) Do they mean stunt double, or litterally as in Someone else's body with the actor's faces attached. (I've heard of people using that technique before or accusing actors of using that... but I've also heard the words Body Double to mean stunt double for fighting scenes or dangerous stunts like falling or jumping off a cliff or something to that nature.): So does anyone know what context that term is being used in this movie? : Drea I'm not entirely sure of the details, but I believe that for actors to be represented beside the hobbits, they kinda need to be a certain size. Thus, I believe there are two Gandalfs for example. One is Sir Ian McEllen, and the other is a 7 foot Wellingtonian. This is to enable a body double to talk to Elija Wood, I think, and keep the proportions right. I think that might be the reason for the "double". Gandalf
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