Bilbo Baggins is back in the cinema as we’ve finally reached the end of The Hobbit trilogy. So here at All Time 10s we thought it was the perfect time to discover more about Tolkien’s creation with ’10 Facts You Should Know About Middle Earth’.
Middle-earth is the fictional-universe setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy writings. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. Properly, Middle-earth is the central continent of the imagined world, not a name of the entire world.
10FACT No 10
Warner Bros had to promise Tolkien that Disney would have no role in any production. The author hated Disney´s cheery style. After his death Warner Bros released an animated musical of The Hobbit.
09FACT No 9
In the 1960 Stanley Kubrick planned to direct an adaptation of LOTR starring The Beatles. Paul was scheduled to play Frodo, John – Gollum, George – Gandalf and Ringo – Sam.
08FACT No 8
Every single character whose appears in the novel The Hobbit is male. Only one woman is mentioned by name: Belladonna Took, Bilbo´s mother.
07FACT No 7
During the filming of the Hobbit, 27 animals including sheep and goats were died from exhaustion or drowning. However the credits still promised that no animals had been harmed during production.
06FACT No 6
Scientists determined that the climate of Mordor would be similar to that of Los Angeles. Studying wind and rainfall, they stated that the Shire´s weather would resemble that of Leicester UK.
05FACT No 5
Tolkien was rejected for a Nobel Prize despite being nominated by C.S. Lewis. They claimed LOTR had “not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality”.
04FACT No 4
Tolkien began writing The Hobbit while working as a lecturer marking essays. Bored of working, he wrote the novel´s first lines on an exam paper a student had left blank.
03FACT No 3
Costume makers wore away their fingerprints making chainmail suits for the LOTR cast. Around a quarter of a million rings of chain were created.
02FACT No 2
Tolkien received a goblet carved with the spell inscribed inside the One Ring. He refused to drink from the cup decorated with the evil spell and instead used It as an ashtray.
01FACT No 1
Tolkien invented the word “tween”, using it to describe 20-something hobbits. He use it to describe those between childhood and maturity.
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