The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King comprises an iconic scene at the Grey Havens which brings followers to tears as a consequence of the approach it emotionally concludes the story.
It additionally brings the cast to tears, however for various causes.
“Frodo, and Gandalf, and Galadriel, and Bilbo going to the Gray Havens had us all crying for the whole day… for the three days. For a few totally different causes,” Dominic Monaghan mentioned throughout The Lord of the Rings reunion panel at C2E2 2025. Monaghan slyly pointed at Sean Astin as he mentioned this, forcing the actor to return clear.
“Sean uncared for to place his waistcoat or his vest on after lunch, and we needed to do it once more,” Monaghan shared.
“We went to lunch, and we got here again, and I hadn’t put the vest on, so we filmed all the crying scenes and the hugging, and we had to return and shoot once more,” Sean Astin admitted. Elijah Wooden jumped in, saying that the blame wasn’t solely on Sean: “I must say, I don’t know if that’s completely your fault, as a result of there are checks alongside the approach. Our script supervisor ought to’ve observed it as effectively.”
Nonetheless, Astin wasn’t having it.
“I settle for duty,” Astin mentioned.
The cast reshot the scene, however one other manufacturing mishap occurred.
“The film bought ruined, it bought destroyed, and we needed to do it once more,” Monaghan recalled with frustration. “Pete Jackson, who’s sort of massive on sensible jokes, all of us thought he was joking.”
With all the chaos that went into filming it, it’s superb that the scene turned out so effectively.
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