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BeeBombadil · 12-11-2003, 04:59 PM

You don't put a 60-some odd-year-old actor on a stallion, however well trained, with nothing to hang onto and no way to balance. Ian McKellan makes it quite clear on his site that he is NOT a rider and was very happy about everything the film crew did to keep him safe on the horse.<P>As for the horse being a puny little thing...right. He's a 17-hand tall stallion. He's incredibly well-trained but still, it takes an expert horseman (or in this case, horsewoman, as the stunt rider was female) to handle a stallion with no tack on.<P>McKellan does very little riding in the movie. You are almost always seeing either a riding double or the actor's face cg'ed into the frames.

12-11-2003, 04:59 PM	#10
BeeBombadil Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 32	You don't put a 60-some odd-year-old actor on a stallion, however well trained, with nothing to hang onto and no way to balance. Ian McKellan makes it quite clear on his site that he is NOT a rider and was very happy about everything the film crew did to keep him safe on the horse.<P>As for the horse being a puny little thing...right. He's a 17-hand tall stallion. He's incredibly well-trained but still, it takes an expert horseman (or in this case, horsewoman, as the stunt rider was female) to handle a stallion with no tack on.<P>McKellan does very little riding in the movie. You are almost always seeing either a riding double or the actor's face cg'ed into the frames.