Elijah Wood reveals which Lord of the Rings creature was designed after sex offender Harvey Weinstein
Los Angeles, California - Elijah Wood revealed that one of the orcs from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was designed after Harvey Weinstein.
While speak on Dax Shepard's Armchair Podcast, Elijah Wood explained what happens when somebody gets on Peter Jackson's bad side.
The star who played Frodo in the LOTR trilogy shared that one of the orcs in the film was designed to resemble the now-disgraced producer.
The bad blood goes back before the Weinstein's scandalous fall from grace.
The two butted heads over the LOTR director's desire to film more than one movie back-to-back. Weinstein's company, Miramax, owned the rights to J.R.R. Tolkein's series at the time. Everything worked out as LOTR was picked up by New Line Cinema, who worked with Jackson's vision.
The director would get the ultimate last laugh with his subtle dig towards Harvey.
Elijah Wood recalled that the revelation came up on his former costars Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd's podcast, The Friendship Onion.
"They were talking to Sean Astin about his first memory of getting to New Zealand for the first time. He had seen these orc masks. And one of the orc masks – and I remember this vividly – was designed to look like Harvey Weinstein as a sort of a f**k you," he disclosed.
He added, "I think it's okay to talk about this now. He's f***ing incarcerated."
In May 2018, the now-convicted sex offender was arrested and charged with rape after over 80 women had made allegations against him.
The outrage marked the beginning of the #MeToo movement
Weinstein is serving time at Wende Correctional Facility and faces more charges in a Los Angeles court.
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