Tolkien Movie Cast and Director Interview: Dome Karukoski, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, & Tom Glynn-Carney
One of the many films that stopped by WonderCon this year was Tolkien. Written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford and directed by Dome Karukoski, the film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love, and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at University. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels. If you’ve seen the trailer, you know Karukoski weaves in imagery from Lord of the Rings on the WWI battlefield, and it’s quite a sight. Tolkien also stars Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Robets, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O’Reilly, Pam Ferris, and Derek Jacobi. Tolkien opens in theaters on May 10th.
Shortly before Karukoski, Gibson, Boyle, and Glynn-Carney took the WonderCon stage, they stopped by the Collider studio at WonderCon. They talked about making the film, what they learned about Tolkien’s real-life story that surprised them, who the actors play, how the movie changed in the editing room, a day they will always remember from set, the challenges of filming a rugby scene on the first day of production, and so much more.
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