😴 Check out Manta Sleep's fantastic sleep masks here: and use code MELLON for 10% off your order! (Sponsored) 👕 Check out our Middle-Earth inspired merch Want more behind-the-scenes moments from The Lord of the Rings? 🎬✨ Check out our full playlist of shorts right here! 👉 Chapters: 00:00 - 00:36 Intro 00:37 - 01:58 Filming at the Black Gate was VERY DANGEROUS 01:59 - 02:52 John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) was CRAZY with his battle axe 02:53 - 04:15 Christopher Lee (Saruman) got really worried when filming 04:16 - 05:08 The meme character who finally got a real role 05:09 - 06:26 The secret second director (and his iconic chair) 06:27 - 07:41 Viggo Mortensen's (Aragorn) wholesome campout 07:42 - 08:38 The shots in Isengard that went too far... 08:39 - 09:43 The unsung LEGEND of the Lord of the Rings (Kiran Shah) 09:44 - 10:56 Sponsored Segment: Manta Sleep 10:57 - 12:04 Being a Hobbit scale double was NO JOKE and borderline dangerous... 12:05 - 12:33 The Lord of the Rings production had the WORST luck with weather 12:34 - 13:32 When practical effects was taken too far... (Saruman on spinning wheel) 13:33 - 14:39 Viggo Mortensen's attachment to his sword that went overboard 14:40 - 15:48 Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and the Hobbit's funny feud 15:49 - 16:27 When Viggo ditched the filming to go fishing 16:28 - 17:27 The WORST job on the Lord of the Rings production (making chain mail) 17:28 - 18:37 When Sean Astin (Sam) got butthurt and STORMED off the set... 18:38 - 19:36 How the filmmakers avoided using unnecessary CGI 19:37 - 20:49 When Viggo Mortensen gor SCARED of the Uruk-hai 20:50 - 21:59 How Théoden’s transformation was done without CGI 22:00 - 22:53 They almost shot this IMPORTANT scene with a stunt-double... 22:54 - 24:02 How this iconic Gollum-scene made movie-history 24:03 - 25:03 When Peter Jackson made Dominic Monaghan (Merry) SUFFER 25:04 - 25:50 The Hobbit actors EMOTIONAL (and hilarious) last day 25:51 - 26:46 John Rhys-Davies' PRANK on Peter Jackson 26:47 - 27:50 The INSANE practical effects that brought Grond to life 27:51 - 28:26 Outro Channel ran by Elliot: Sam: