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Did you know? Many people believe that Gandalf and the other wizards are humans with magical powers, but in the lore, they are actually angelic beings sent to Middle-earth in the form of old men.

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5 facts about The Lord of the Rings

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    Eight of the nine actors who played the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings got matching '9' tattoos in elvish script, except for John Rhys-Davies, whose stunt double got it instead!
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    During the filming of the trilogy, the actor John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli, was so allergic to his heavy prosthetics that his face would often swell up and break out in a painful rash, yet he continued to film through the discomfort.
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    Christopher Lee, the actor who played Saruman, was the only person in the entire cast who had actually met J.R.R. Tolkien in person, and he made it a yearly tradition to re-read The Lord of the Rings every single year.
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    During the filming of The Lord of the Rings, Sean Bean was so afraid of flying that he chose to ride a ski lift to the top of a mountain and then hiked the rest of the way in his full Boromir costume to reach the set.
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