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AHA (American Humane Association) has an interesting review of The Two Towers, based mostly on the training and care of the animals used in the film. It also gives insight into how some of those cool horse stunts and shots were done.

“…I went down to New Zealand originally to play a totally different character. And it was really hard, because I wasn’t allowed to talk about that for so long, and everybody was asking me. Saying, you know, ‘Is Arwen going to be a fighter?’ And all of these things. The original character of Arwen that was written and scripted was completely different.”

Read the rest of IGN’s interview with Liv Tyler here.

“I was out of my element, like Frodo was out of his. Carrying out this responsibility on this journey, and everybody felt like that. Everybody felt like their journeys mirrored that of their characters. I knew it was going to be like that, that’s part of why I was so excited to go down to New Zealand to work on them, because I knew that we’d have an experience that would mirror that of the book.”

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A gallery in Santa Monica, California will run a showing of Tolkien artwork by the Brothers Hildebrandt from January 18th to February 18th. For details, visit the gallery’s website.

When asked about shaving his eyebrows for the role, Dourif replied, “”I had tons of qualms about it, and my girlfriend really didn’t like it. It took a good six weeks before they looked normal. But it’s part of Wormtongue’s look. You see the veins under his skin, and there are scabs in the wig.”

You can read the rest of this article here.

In an interview with IGN, Sean Astin talks about acting with Andy Serkis (Gollum), filming special scenes for the Two Towers DVD, and life after Lord of the Rings.

Moviefone has come up with 10 reasons you HAVE to see it. So pick a reason and go!

A small blurb in The Toronto Star is evidence of just how big the movie will get in the following weeks.

Want to know how Viggo kisses? Ask Liv! She answers this question (and many more) in a recent interview with Alloy, which you can read here.

“You will find the shadow of Saruman hangs over the entire film. He is constantly mentioned in dialogue. He is the only human manifestation of antagonism. Peter’s instructions were simple: never forget that this man is immortal. He is also the very embodiment of evil. He is the antagonist.”

Read the rest of the interview with Christopher Lee at Times Online.