Microphones in Middle-earth...the BBC Lord of the Rings

[Brian Sibley]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

May I ask whether you knew who was playing the major roles before you finished the script?

No, I think most of the scripts had been written before casting began, although we were talking about possible actors from the moment we started work and I suspect that everyone was in agreement that Woodthorpe would have to be Gollum!