After Working with PETER JACKSON, JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Knew LOTR Would Be Massive!
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John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, The Lord of the Rings) joins us this week for one of my favorite interviews yet. The guy is prolific! He gets into everything from his pessimism heading into Lord of the Rings, the intimidation of working alongside Sean Connery, the immense difficulty of filming Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, and so much more. John was an open book this week, going on to talk about the pain of losing a child, his outlook on life after death, and the current vacuum of creativity our industry is stuck in. Hope you enjoy.
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After Working with PETER JACKSON, JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Knew LOTR Would Be Massive! #insideofyou #johnrhysdavies #lotr
"I did what any self-respecting actor would do when faced with a dangerous stunt--I sent the stunt double." Bloody legend.
“Stunts, very dangerous. You go first.”
Bless you, Sir John. I am not a tattoo man, either.
@@HoustonSoto " A stunt-double will go where an actor dare not, oghhh... I'd never hear the end of it."
And the stunt double is one of the most interesting persons I've ever met. It's been a while but I will always remember our talk. Having a dinner with him was a part of a LOTR trip I made several years ago and I had the privilege to sit across from him. I was the only person there that didn't have english as my first language.
And then he'd face all of the people playing orcs and hit them, repeatedly, even after they asked him not to.
I could seriously just listen to him talk. His voice is so soothing.
You better be wearing pants.
@@theodosios2615I know I’m not.
@@BamaShanks 😲
You should listen to @indeepgeek. He makes Davies sound shrill and nasal.
Imagine the level of experience you have to have to confidently stand up at a press-conference to make 3 scarily accurate predictions like those, based on nothing but 2 weeks of production.
Top man!
I live in the south island of NZ. I remember my mate was an extra on that set, they donned him in armour and he was one of the BG horse riders, he had some stories and said it was a lifetime experience that he had never experienced again until becoming a dad.
That’s wholesome.
As a huge fan of the books, I was terrified that these movies would suck. The moment that changed my mind was Ian McKellen's Gandalf saying, "You shall not pass!" in the trailer. This will always be a the top of my list of the greatest films of all time.
Exactly, similar sentiment - and then hanging on every production still until release.
Couldn't wait to see Moria on the screen, that and Helm's Deep.
@@richardlincoln886they played a sneak preview on MTV of the scene when the orcs attack the chamber of records in Moria, and Gimli's 'let them come' line was when I knew this movie would be good.
I was born and still living in New Zealand at the time it was announced that Peter Jackson was going to make these films. I was familiar with some of his earlier movies (Heavenly Creatures and Frighteners). At the time It was announced (maybe 1998ish) I knew they would be absolutely fantastic! My one regret is not replying to an ad in the local newspaper for 500 extras around 6ft tall. I didn't reply because it mentioned horses and I had very limited experience with them. But I could have been an Orc or an Elf. I still wish I had applied today.
it's been 23 years since that movie came out and i just realized i never actually saw the trailers... shame on me
This man was a great invite. It greatly upgrades this podcast. Very eloquent and interetsing.
agree
Seems like a handful, but ok.
His LOTR predictions at the press conference turned out to be entirely correct
Didn't even need the 2025. Masterpieces as released. Greatest trilogy ever, will never be topped or equalled.
Did he actually say that?
I got to meet Rhys David at Emerald City ComicCon in Seattle and he was sooooo amazing to talk with about the 80s Shogun with! He is soooo talented and sweet! Everyone loved him so much!
Was he in Shogun? I was 10 when it came out.
A lot of people want Morgan Freeman to narrate their lives, I’d be ecstatic if John Davies did 😂
Maybe John Rhys-Davies can narrate Morgan Freeman's life. And vice-versa.
Great suggestion, but I'd love my life story to be yelled about by Brian Blessed still.
Tom Baker or Brian Blessed for me
Nahh i want Bobcat Goldthwait but he has to use zed voice
He Narrates a video game called Quest for Glory 4, check it out.
Haha, such an oldschool guy and yet so respectful
20 years have passed, still a masterpiece
Totally agree
It's not aged well to be fair
@@skollybob 🙄Troll
On the contrary, seeing the crap that is being released now I would say the greatness of LOTR is getting even bigger
Absolute masterpiece
Boosting the algorithm, because this is genius!! Long live John Ryes Davies. And I thought it sweet that he would cede his place to the stunt and size double who did all the work and spent as much time with the main cast (if not more) than he himself did.
Well it was Brett Beattie who ran with Orlando and Viggo to tracks down the orcs, while Davies sipping his coffee 😂😂
This interview proves (among zillion other things) that LOTR Trilogy was, still is and will remain to be the pinnacle of movie making and the 7th art! 😍
This is his voice! Wow!
My god, he could read any story and make it enthralling
Came here to say I could listen to his LOTR stories all day........ was well beaten to it.
I imagine how difficult and trying the filming conditions must have been for LOTR 😶♥️ ! " The lake under the water ’’ ,amazing 😅 and the tatoos, too 😊 ! Awesome podcast and guest ! 💙💙💜💜
John is such an interesting story teller😊
Dominic Monaghan called him the ultimate raconteur, and he lives up to that title.
I remember in the interviews prior to the 1st film saying "raise your expectations", which was an incredible endorsement by John Rhys-Davies & I'd never heard anything like that. It was quite incredible.
The first original Wilson Fisk… he knows how to work the room… respect
His diction and eloquence is so sophisticated. Hard to believe he played an turse dwarf.
The Lord of the Rings are a masterpiece of incredible lore, filmmaking and world crafting.
I first saw him when I was a kid when Raiders of the Lost Ark came out, and I seriously hoped he would be as big as Harrison Ford one day.
He may not have reached that echelon but he has certainly endured across generations, more than a lot of actors can say. I still remember him as King Richard in Robin of Sherwood.
A host that lets the guest speaks wow 👍
That's what happens when the Host is a peer of the Guests.
Bless this man for the many years of entertainment and for some of the best characters he's created.
Thank God John Rhys-Davis decided to do this film. It would not have been the same without a man of his talent. God bless ye, man!
What a thrill to hear him talk about War and Remembrance.
John is such a great actor. He’s been in so many classic films. In all of them he stands out.
The posters around this room are pretty much all in my list of favourite films.
It's 2024 and I am watching the extended versions on the big screen for the first time. Can say it honestly feels like I am watching the movies for the first time. Absolutely incredible job by everyone who worked on it.
An audiobook collection of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings narrated by John Rhys-Davies would be 🔥
They already have them narrated by Andy Serkis and they are fire 🔥
Aw yiss!
While I’ll always love the Star Wars OT, the LOTR trilogy was a massive undertaking with extensive attention to detail that will never be matched in cinema history.
It makes Star Wars look like an even bigger mess
Do you have any idea how they even made the Original Trilogy? They had to layer film cells. FILM CELLS. No computers. All of the prop makers, animatronics, puppeteers, lighting and visual effects people… having to craft everything out of thin air because hardly anything existed for them to work with as they were breaking new ground. Nobody took the seriously. Far less budget.
The OT was ART, made by master craftsmen, working against the odds. And what they did made LOTR possible… for F’s sakes, many of them were consulted to help on LOTR.
Both trilogies are timeless masterpieces.
@@30AndHatingIt Star Wars is significantly worse than LOTR
@@trequorOh stop, if it wasn’t for the Original Unaltered Theatrical Star Wars Trilogy and the groundbreaking effects they pioneered, there would be no LOTR films.
@@goldenshark3182 That's definitely a claim. In terms of pioneering LOTR did more of it. Original Star Wars was very well done, but still quite a derivative work. LOTR books also predate Star Wars by several decades.
I wonder which special effects pioneered by Star Wars were used in LOTR?
He was wrong about one thing - it certainly did not take 20 years for everyone to realise that those films were masterpieces 😏
When the LotR trilogy came out, I was so excited that we were entering a new era for fantasy movies. Sadly, in over 20 years, not much can compete with LotR.
2024: RiNgS oF pOwEr
what a legend. what diction. what poise and presence. career actor really shines through. i remember SLIDERS back when, and realised i loved this dude. thankyou for ur contribution to entertainment and beyond John. would love to see some Gimli action back with AMAZON, just for the memes!!!
It didn't take 20-25 years for most of us to realize LOTR is the greatest film trilogy ever.
I remember walking out of Fellowship and the first words that came out of my mouth were "Lucas who?"
There were lots of excellent moments in the theater watching these, but the first moment where it just reached absolute epic scales for me was the arrival of the rohirrim at helms deep. The charge to King Theoden is up there as one of the most cinematic moments in history. Particularly as the point of view pans over the charging rohirrim with Gandfalf out front, as they approach the uruk-hai. It's just a brief couple of seconds and it's just glorious. ❤
"The Lake in underwater" - is something I thought I'd never hear.
It's amazing what can happen when the people actually love the IP they working on
And to think he was in Sliders barely more than a year before principal photography began...
He was spot on about how LOTR would be viewed in the future.
What a splendid raconteur.
great interview. love his work
I discovered the great John Rhys-Davies in the original Shogun, and I thought this guy will be around for a long time. I was right!
This was great! thanks!
2:56 - That leading lady who caught pneumonia was Jane Seymour and IIRC she came down with it when on location at Auschwitz.
Hitler takes another one. From beyond the grave!
LOTR will never be surpassed.Watch the Appendices on the three extended version DVDs for a view into the level of work and detail and commitment by thousands of people who worked on these masterpieces.
Legend🔥
The cgi aged well for its time ❤ i still watch the extended versions a lot. I remember seeing all three movies in theaters as a 5-8 year old
Even as the size of a dwarf, this man stands as a mountain to his audience. Very well spoken our Gimli
My favorite role for Mr. Davies is Quillan Gornt in Noble House.
i could listen to this man talk for days.
The narrator of Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
I am not a tattoo person, but...for LOTR....yeah, I would get it.
The lord of the Rings trilogy is the greatest trilogy of all time, trumping Star Wars and The Godfather!
What a gem
My man doesn't like needles. Good on you, bro. Stay pure.
He knows that he's funny, but keeps a straight face...classic!
Working on LOTR wasn't a job, it was a calling! In NZ, at that time, if you weren't involved in the production, you knew someone who was, or at least, had auditioned. I was in the same year and some of the same IT papers as the guy who was a Senior Engineer for GRUNT (Generation of Random Untold Number of Things) that could make thousands of Orcs, Elves, and Men avatars battle each other.
"Send in my stutman...". Savage!
God Damn Right
And this is what rings of powers lacked and why it fell
I'm curious what his LOTR stunt double looked like now. If you have a 6'-1" tall actor playing a 4' high dwarf, then what size of a stunt double do you use for the action scenes?
They were probably using the same camera tricks to make the stuntmen look short as they did with him. Since the stuntman was wearing the same wardrobe as him it wouldn't make sense to use a stuntman that was any smaller than him.
@@joemckim1183 The stuntman, Brett Beattie was 4'1"
@@joemckim1183 Actually it probably would make sense because the fewer camera tricks needed, the better... Battles and action scenes would probably be harder to do with camera tricks too... And they probably would need a shorter double for some shots too, like I think they also did with the Hobbits... If you only need one double for someone, that would make it easier, wouldn't it?
@@KitsyX Almost all the scenes where you can actually see Gimli's face aren't filmed with the rest of the crew, that's Davies alone. Almost everytime you see Gimli on-screen with other characters, that's the double.
You'll notice how almost all of the closeups on Gimli's face have no other characters fully in-frame.
best movies possibly of history i love StarWars but Lord of the Rings is a untouchable master piece
What Fox did to Sliders was purely criminal
what Fox did to [insert non-animated genre show here] was purely criminal
@@critter42 Look up why Jerry O Connell left the show. He talks about the constant interference by studio executives and how much they changed Sliders.
I loved that show, where can find out more info regarding what happened?@@gloriathomas3245
@@gloriathomas3245 I don't need to, I'm well aware. I was referencing the fact that Sliders is FAR from the only genre show not named Futurama that Fox hasn't f*****d with (and even Futurama it did to some degree). Re: Firefly, Wonderfalls, Almost Human, etc, etc, etc.
I remember loving the show, then Professor Arturo was killed off, then (IIRC) most of the main cast departed. I don't think I lasted long after that.
It's crazy how nothing has come close to matching TLOTR.
When JRD makes predicitons, I take it seriously. He also said, when talking about the Shannara series he was on, that Austin Butler was going to be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood soon, and it's looking like he's getting there.
How right he was with those predictions
Just rewatched Lotr
lol, he said it would outperform the “New Star Wars”, not “Star Wars”
And it didn't out perform.
@@stinkyham9050 I think trilogy wise it did
@@stinkyham9050STAR WARS EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) $653.8 million worldwide
That was the "new" Star Wars. All three LOTR films outgrossed it. And the trilogy outgrossed Episodes I-III in total, by about 400 million dollars.
I just want to listen to this man tell stories
huge fan of this guy
Damn now I have to rewatch lotr again
The anticipation for the Sliders reboot has been so overwhelming that I've penned down two episodes myself. It would be a great move if Apple TV could acquire the rights, as NBCUniversal seems to be overlooking this gem. With Tracy Tormé's passing, it's even more disheartening. May he rest in peace."
And was correct the lotr trilogy is and always be a masterpiece.
Yeah that's it. Im watching these movies again for the 20th time
Gimli. Fn legend. I think you are amazing.
John Rhys-Davies personality was literally perfect for Gimili lol
lotr is goated, but my man, those light siber just too iconic and Vader!
Both are the most iconic of their genre. Star Wars probably wouldn't exist without Tolkien
I'd heard that Rhys- Davies was not well-liked among the cast, but when you hear him proudly say he has "no tattoos" you know he would never be a groupthink player. The main cast bonded because they were younger and more impressionable; Rhys-Davies would have seemed like a pretentious luvvy.
Your information can be easily disproved by the numerous interviews, backstage vlogs etc etc. He was very well liked. You can watch their recent zoom reunion and tell they got along very well.
He is awesome!
I just got Gimli tattooed on me and it's the greatest thing ever
Cool mask.
What was the 3rd prediction?
He was great in War and Remembrance as Sammy.
Isn't John Rhys-Davies such Great storyteller!😊👍
Am I going crazy?? Fellowship Of The Ring only grossed like 870 Million, The Phantom Mancence was over a billion. Am I missing something?
7 or 10 houses. It could've been 8 or 9, I guess.
Bro, you can come out from behind your mask. This must be California, amirite?
Sweet Moses, that's Michael Rosenbaum. Man he's aged. I haven't seen him since Smallville.
Also have a hard time to associate him with young Lex Luthor (which I think, he played very well).
Of course LotR out performed the new Star Wars...the prequels were not that good. But the difference from Star Wars is that Tolkiens work had a built in fan base decades old, from the 1930's...Star Wars started from scratch in 1977. That fan base was ready for a really well done Tolkien.
Can’t believe the bashing going on in the comments about the Star Wars Original Trilogy. I love both SW and LOTR but for gods sake have some respect… SW changed movies forever, innovated all of the effects that would follow… they literally made it possible for the LOTR films to even be created and ILM contributed heavily.
Um yes but Lord of the Rings are still far better films
And "Birth of a Nation" paved the way for blockbusters... "Birth" is still a shitty movie; like "Star Wars". The Lord of the Rings movies are masterpieces.
Forget the effects for a moment, LOTR are better made and the acting on another level to Star Wars.
fucken love it!!
The Lord of the Rings is far superior over the original Star Wars in almost every way in my opinion.
Ridiculous. Are you going to say the new Barbie movie is superior to Casablanca because it was filmed in black and white and with inferior equipment and effects? SW Original Trilogy made the LOTR films possible and ILM contributed heavily. Both are timeless.
@@30AndHatingIt Better in terms of acting, story, emotional investment, and overall world-building. Sorry, but apart from the special effects, the Original Star Wars just falls under for me in so many ways when compared against the universe crafted by Tolkien. Especially after going out of my way to obtain the Despecialized Editions to give them a retrospective rewatch. And I say this as someone who at one point used to like both equally. But now, I personally just hold LOTR to a much higher standard.
Who the hell still wears a mask
What? Nah I’ve seen a video of him saying he wasn’t sure to take the role because he didn’t know anything about it and it sounds rubbish and would be a fail and he would rather avoid been in a movie like that but he was proved wrong.. what is he changing his story now?
Please pardon my ignorance, but I can't help but notice that the guy on the right with the headphones and mask looks totally disinterested in the conversation, which I found to be quite revelatory.
Also wearing a mask, probably updating his pronouns on Instagram
@@PWizz91.....you're wearing a mask in your profile picture lmao
@@StinkyBuster now then, jumping to conclusions aren’t you?
I’m wearing that as a joke because that day I had MAD heyfever and put on that mask and glasses
The best movies ever made.
❤
..........He was right..........
Gangster!
Whos the dude with the face diaper?
"The lake is under water" shit. the earth is under soil.
When Lake Wakatipu floods the lake covers all the foreshore, wharves, and most of lakefront Queenstown so yes the lake is underwater as in all access to it is blocked as the lake has breached it banks.