[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

As soon as my boyfriend (non-Tolkienite) saw Sean Bean he whispered "that guy's gonna buy it. He's died in everything I've seen him in." I stifled a laugh. <P>Interestingly, when I asked him this question, he said his favorites were Boromir.. and Elrond. I thought those the two most difficult roles to play (unless they included Tom Bombadil).. that impressed me. They pulled it off. <BR>Elrond was the one most different from what I imagined. But he brought to the role a sense of reality, you really felt you met someone, a force to be reckoned with, but a real person. Elrond is so elusive in the LotR. <P>Oh I so loved Ian Holmes' Bilbo. Elijah Wood glowed in every scene, what screen charisma - perfect. Ian McKellen played Gandalf with warmth and a twinkle in his eye, such that if Gandalf knocked on my door with his staff I'd immediately invite him in for tea. Irrisistable.<P>But the best in my opinion, was Sean Astin. <P>He was not an actor playing Sam. He <B>was</B> Sam.<p>[ January 03, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]