"I did what any self-respecting actor would do when faced with a dangerous stunt--I sent the stunt double." Bloody legend.

@HoustonSoto

2 ай бұрын

“Stunts, very dangerous. You go first.”

@Svensk7119

2 ай бұрын

Bless you, Sir John. I am not a tattoo man, either.

@chefduke3719

2 ай бұрын

@@HoustonSoto " A stunt-double will go where an actor dare not, oghhh... I'd never hear the end of it."

@Zedja

Ай бұрын

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.

@Outside85

18 күн бұрын

And then he'd face all of the people playing orcs and hit them, repeatedly, even after they asked him not to.

His LOTR predictions at the press conference turned out to be entirely correct

A lot of people want Morgan Freeman to narrate their lives, I’d be ecstatic if John Davies did 😂

@jeremysmetana8583

2 ай бұрын

Maybe John Rhys-Davies can narrate Morgan Freeman's life. And vice-versa.

@vojtechjanda9684

2 ай бұрын

Great suggestion, but I'd love my life story to be yelled about by Brian Blessed still.

@mikeedwards8620

21 күн бұрын

Tom Baker or Brian Blessed for me

I could seriously just listen to him talk. His voice is so soothing.

@theodosios2615

2 ай бұрын

You better be wearing pants.

@BamaShanks

2 ай бұрын

@@theodosios2615I know I’m not.

@theodosios2615

2 ай бұрын

@@BamaShanks 😲

@stevindiesel

2 ай бұрын

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!

In my opinion, the LOTR movies are cinematic masterpieces.

@adronator

Ай бұрын

I consider that an objective fact.

@revengance4149

3 күн бұрын

were still 1 year early but yeah

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.

@richardlincoln886

Ай бұрын

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.

@carlos_herrera

8 күн бұрын

​@@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.

20 years have passed, still a masterpiece

@lumpizza1289

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@skollybob

2 ай бұрын

It's not aged well to be fair

@sababaratashvili8629

2 ай бұрын

@@skollybob 🙄Troll

@DaviHorner

2 ай бұрын

On the contrary, seeing the crap that is being released now I would say the greatness of LOTR is getting even bigger

@hanswurst2189

Ай бұрын

Absolute masterpiece

It didn't take 20-25 years for most of us to realize LOTR is the greatest film trilogy ever.

@GregXB3

19 күн бұрын

I remember walking out of Fellowship and the first words that came out of my mouth were "Lucas who?"

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.

This man was a great invite. It greatly upgrades this podcast. Very eloquent and interetsing.

@dameinoferrall2400

2 ай бұрын

agree

@TylerD288

14 күн бұрын

Seems like a handful, but ok.

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.

Haha, such an oldschool guy and yet so respectful

The first original Wilson Fisk… he knows how to work the room… respect

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! 😍

John is such an interesting story teller😊

@seamusburke639

2 ай бұрын

Dominic Monaghan called him the ultimate raconteur, and he lives up to that title.

Came here to say I could listen to his LOTR stories all day........ was well beaten to it.

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.

@trequor

2 ай бұрын

It makes Star Wars look like an even bigger mess

@30AndHatingIt

2 ай бұрын

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.

@trequor

2 ай бұрын

@@30AndHatingIt Star Wars is significantly worse than LOTR

@goldenshark3182

Ай бұрын

@@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.

@trequor

Ай бұрын

@@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?

An audiobook collection of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings narrated by John Rhys-Davies would be 🔥

@goldenshark3182

Ай бұрын

They already have them narrated by Andy Serkis and they are fire 🔥

@THEchiQ

8 күн бұрын

Aw yiss!

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.

@Bat-Twenty-Two

2 ай бұрын

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 👍

@ForeverDegenerate

Ай бұрын

That's what happens when the Host is a peer of the Guests.

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 ! 💙💙💜💜

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.

He was spot on about how LOTR would be viewed in the future.

Bless this man for the many years of entertainment and for some of the best characters he's created.

What a thrill to hear him talk about War and Remembrance.

It's amazing what can happen when the people actually love the IP they working on

The posters around this room are pretty much all in my list of favourite films.

2:56 - That leading lady who caught pneumonia was Jane Seymour and IIRC she came down with it when on location at Auschwitz.

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.

This was great! thanks!

great interview. love his work

What a splendid raconteur.

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!

And to think he was in Sliders barely more than a year before principal photography began...

Even as the size of a dwarf, this man stands as a mountain to his audience. Very well spoken our Gimli

What Fox did to Sliders was purely criminal

@critter42

2 ай бұрын

what Fox did to [insert non-animated genre show here] was purely criminal

@gloriathomas3245

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@OliverHollingdale

2 ай бұрын

I loved that show, where can find out more info regarding what happened?@@gloriathomas3245

@critter42

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Wicked_Sushi

2 ай бұрын

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 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.

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!!!

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.

My man doesn't like needles. Good on you, bro. Stay pure.

It's crazy how nothing has come close to matching TLOTR.

Legend🔥

i could listen to this man talk for days.

My favorite role for Mr. Davies is Quillan Gornt in Noble House.

What a gem

God Damn Right

"Send in my stutman...". Savage!

What was the 3rd prediction?

The narrator of Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness

War and Remembrance - I bet these guys smiled and nodded and had no idea what he was referring to. As with most of the people who watched this clip. Shogun also would've been a lost reference except it was just remade excellently so I hear (haven't watched it yet).

He is awesome!

I just want to listen to this man tell stories

And this is what rings of powers lacked and why it fell

Damn now I have to rewatch lotr again

lol, he said it would outperform the “New Star Wars”, not “Star Wars”

@stinkyham9050

2 ай бұрын

And it didn't out perform.

@NemeanLion-

2 ай бұрын

@@stinkyham9050 I think trilogy wise it did

@MrDoctorMabuse

Ай бұрын

​​@@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 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!

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?

@joemckim1183

2 ай бұрын

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.

@rikk319

2 ай бұрын

@@joemckim1183 The stuntman, Brett Beattie was 4'1"

@KitsyX

2 ай бұрын

@@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?

@ThaBeatConductor

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

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.

I just got Gimli tattooed on me and it's the greatest thing ever

He was great in War and Remembrance as Sammy.

Yeah that's it. Im watching these movies again for the 20th time

I am not a tattoo person, but...for LOTR....yeah, I would get it.

7 or 10 houses. It could've been 8 or 9, I guess.

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.

fucken love it!!

Cool mask.

Gangster!

The lord of the Rings trilogy is the greatest trilogy of all time, trumping Star Wars and The Godfather!

Sweet Moses, that's Michael Rosenbaum. Man he's aged. I haven't seen him since Smallville.

@flippert0

8 күн бұрын

Also have a hard time to associate him with young Lex Luthor (which I think, he played very well).

🦉 3rd 🎡?!

IF YOU WERE IN THE GERMAN ARMY, ROMMEL WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON HIS SIDE.

Bro, you can come out from behind your mask. This must be California, amirite?

Who the hell still wears a mask

"The lake is under water" shit. the earth is under soil.

@nzmoggy3898

2 ай бұрын

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.

I’m gonna do it! I’m gonna ask the question. Did you throw him?

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.

@PWizz91

2 ай бұрын

Also wearing a mask, probably updating his pronouns on Instagram

@StinkyBuster

28 күн бұрын

​@@PWizz91.....you're wearing a mask in your profile picture lmao

@PWizz91

27 күн бұрын

@@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

'More than that...' what?

@Norrie_Rugger

2 ай бұрын

r/gifsthatendtoosoon

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.

..........He was right..........

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.

@daniel15yearsago66

2 ай бұрын

Um yes but Lord of the Rings are still far better films

@GregXB3

19 күн бұрын

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.

@alanfearon1653

17 күн бұрын

Forget the effects for a moment, LOTR are better made and the acting on another level to Star Wars.

I would love seeing John in a Star Wars, but then again, not until star wars is star wars again.

@daniel15yearsago66

2 ай бұрын

Star wars hasn't been star wars for perhaps 44 years. Very average series compared to lord of the rings

@GregXB3

19 күн бұрын

Star Wars was shit in 1977, shit in 1999, and is shit today. I think Star Wars has always been Star Wars. John Rhys-Davies is too good for it, always has been!

Whos the dude with the face diaper?

Those three movies, were the Dune of then

@gavriloking5637

2 ай бұрын

Dune 1 and Dune 2 are great, don't get me wrong, but a level beneath LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring and LOTR: The Two Towers. Maybe 7\10 for D1 and 8\10 for D2 then LOTR1 is 9\10 and LOTR2 is 9\10.

@alanfearon1653

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, Dune not in the same league!

why is dude wearing a. mask?

@natedagreat19

2 ай бұрын

John Davis is 80 years old. The last thing anyone with respect would want is to get him sick. The flu can knock him on his ass.

fucking bait and switch, I wanted a movie with Indy and Saul again but instead I got a POS movie with Phoebe Waller Bridge

The Lord of the Rings is far superior over the original Star Wars in almost every way in my opinion.

@30AndHatingIt

2 ай бұрын

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.

@death-king1834

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

Some fold believe "go without none needed scars" - I have tons of scars (hare-lip kid) but my real scars (at work) I rem,eber with pride and one even had a UK Paper Mill alter a metal stairway with new stuff so idiots like me don't scrape away the skin from half their calf. Painful. Week off work - and other don't have it happene agaun. I WON - week off work :)

Imagine having one of thee most legendary actors talking about the most legendary films & you sit there in a mask ignoring it all!☠️what a fool

still wearing bloody masks come on man

@Nekotaku_TV

2 ай бұрын

Maybe he's sick...

@gavriloking5637

2 ай бұрын

don't visit, let alone move, to East Asia where people still have a relative sense of communal responsibility to avoid getting others sick ~

@StinkyBuster

28 күн бұрын

Getting offended by what other people do is peak snowflake behaviour. Mind your own business.

Yeah Star Wars was like an 11.5 million dollar movie not 150million to 300 million like the LOTR trilogy. It was never supposed to be an epic, just a Flash Gordon B movie serial.

whats that antisocial dude with the mask and the headphones doing there

@superteach232

2 ай бұрын

Be nice to Ryan. He's legendary to the Talkville fandom. We love him!

Rosenbaum does not realize the Tattoo Craze is mostly a generational thing. Most sane people over a certain age do not have Tattoos. And it is not because they are afraid of needles it is because of other reasons. But Mostly if God would have wanted me to have a mark in a certain spot he would have given me a birthmark

@sit-insforsithis1568

2 ай бұрын

I’ve got a tattoo of Jrrt and I’m proud of it

Why is the guy in white wearing a face diaper?🤡

@StinkyBuster

28 күн бұрын

Why are there some people so fragile they can't even see a mask without commenting on it. Loser behaviour.

Yet he let his noble character be played as comic relief ??

Fellowship of the ring made $900 million Phantom Menace (the worst of Star Wars thing ever) made over a billion Star Wars is hotter than ever right now. Movies, shows, merc, video games. LOTR will always be 2nd in line. Sorry if the truth hurts dwarf guy.

@bofa83

2 ай бұрын

Star Wars is awful right now. they are losing money left and right.

@stevem2323

2 ай бұрын

No it's not dopey, LOTR are easily above Star Wars movies, it's not even close. Games? Who gives a fuck.

@jaceacekalgoorlie

25 күн бұрын

Star wars is now a bunch of shitty woke tv shows on a streaming service that looses billions a year. Hotter than ever?

@GregXB3

19 күн бұрын

More money doesn't mean higher quality. "Lord of the Rings" is a masterpiece. "Star Wars" is the Justin Bieber of cinema, it's always been crap!

Yet "The Hobbit" movies are huge piles of crap.

It's such a load of rubbish. A guy earning millions of dollars is gunna have alot more fun than someone working 60 to 80 hours a week for a couple of grand NZ dollars. LOTR production was an absolute shitshow and only reason the movies are good are because of the story that was made by someone else. The hobbit was even more of a joke to work on because by then all the HODs and production management thought they where all the masterminds. Peter Jackson basically just won the lottery. He got lucky that's all there is to it. Everything else he does is absolutely rubbish.