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cover final 11/12/03 11:50 AM Page 1 canada’s #1 movie magazine in canada’s #1 theatres THE STARS’WISH LISTSXMAS 3/C B G R december 2003 | volume 4 | number 12 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Collector’s Edition 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 LordÉy à{xRings YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ALL THINGS MIDDLE-EARTH BEGINS WITH 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 VIGGO MORTENSEN’S REFLECTIONS ON THE RETURN OF THE KING $3.00 PLUS ELIJAH WOOD � SEAN ASTIN � ORLANDO BLOOM � MIRANDA OTTO � PETER JACKSON es... .. rv cu ngth.0º e le g3 Extrem arin so sky high! go Lashes NEW TM extreme length & curl mascara Patented Sky High Curves brush and formula do it all. Build extreme length—beyond the lash line—and set a gravity-defying 30˚ curl.* Go ahead... put ’em out there! Adriana Lima www.maybelline.comwww.maybelline.com MAYBEMAYBE SHE SHE’S ’SBORN BORN WITH WITH IT. IT. MAYBE MAYBE IT ’ITS ’S M AYBELLINEMAYBELLINE. 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BECAUSE YOU’RE WORTH IT. contents 11/11/03 3:56 PM Page 8 Famous | volume 4 | number 12 3/C contents B G R 44 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 3 24 36 DEPARTMENTS FEATURES 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 12 EDITORIAL 29 HOBBIT HEREAFTER mastermind Peter Jackson admits The Return of the King’s heroic he’s still surprised he was hired for 14 SNAPS hobbits Sean Astin and Elijah Wood the job | By Bruce Kirkland are saying goodbye to the Shire, 18 THE BIG PICTURE and wait till you hear what they’re 42 CLASSIC LORD OF THE RINGS Trek to Cold Mountain doing next | By Ingrid Randoja We’ve pulled together the best of our previous LotR coverage, including 30 SPOTLIGHT 34 GIRLFIGHT chats with lovely Elfin babe Liv Catching up with Return of the Australian actor Miranda Otto Tyler, and young bucks Elijah Wood King’s Cate Blanchett reveals how her character Eowyn and Ian McKellen (young in spirit, evolved from lovesick maiden to that is). And we’ve thrown in our 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 52 ON THE SLATE battle-ready warrior in The Return popular LotR index that’s full of Lord of the Rings cast members of the King | By Ingrid Randoja cool facts and figures 5 98 get going on other projects 36 BLOOMING ALL OVER 54 NAME OF THE GAME Playing Legolas, Lord of the Rings’ COVER STORY kinetic, white-haired elf, has turned 56 BIT STREAMING Orlando Bloom into a much-in- 24 LEADER OF THE PACK Ian McKellen, Adam Sandler and demand matinee idol. Here he tells The ladies love him, his cast mates Halle Berry do it themselves us what we can expect from admire him and politicians, well, “Leggy” this time around don’t ask. Viggo Mortensen, who 58 VIDEO AND DVD | By Ingrid Randoja plays regal Aragorn in The Return of the King, is also an artist and 60 HOROSCOPE 38 PETER THE GREAT outspoken political commentator. He pulled off one of the most Find out what he has to say about 62 FAMOUS LAST WORDS mammoth directing jobs ever Return, and American politics What the stars want for Xmas attempted, but Lord of the Rings’ | By Ingrid Randoja famous 8 | december 2003 PAYCHECK FamousPlayers fullpg 10/29/03 3:17 PM Page 1 Page PM 3:17 10/29/03 fullpg FamousPlayers PAYCHECK 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 R G B 3/C ColdMount FamousP. vert. eng 11/13/03 11:28 AM Page 1 Page AM 11:28 11/13/03 eng vert. FamousP. ColdMount FROM ACADEMY AWARD® WINNING DIRECTOR ANTHONY MINGHELLA BASED ON THE AWARD WINNING NOVEL BY CHARLES FRAZIER IN THEATRES DECEMBER 25 *Licensed from Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., an indirect limited partner of Motion Picture Distribution LP, not a general partner. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 R G B 3/C ELF FamousP. fullpg eng 11/11/03 2:42 PM Page 1 3/C ‘‘Giant-Sized Family Fun.’’ B Joel Siegel, GOOD MORNING AMERICA G R ‘‘Two WILL FERRELL Thumbs Up!’’ Ebert & Roeper 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 WITH JAMES CAAN 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 NOW PLAYING IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE! editorial 11/11/03 3:02 PM Page 12 editorial | Decmeber 2003 volume 4 number 12 PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA 3/C ART DIRECTOR JUSTIN STAYSHYN B HONOURING CREATIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL CULLEN THE PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORY G PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA R CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN SCOTT GARDNER LORD SUSAN GRANGER n the waning days of the 1990s the web was crackling with BRUCE KIRKLAND cinephiles excited over a new trilogy of fantasy films. Fan sites DAN LIEBMAN speculated about how the characters would look, chatrooms MARK MAGEE hosted debates over whether the director could pull it off, and I ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS contraband photos, often covertly collected from the film’s overseas set, were posted with glee. IS HANDLED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. Unfortunately that film, Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace, sucked. ADVERTISING AND SALES But soon after slinking back from the hall closets where they’d 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 quietly stowed their besmirched light sabers, those same fans — and HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 a bunch of new ones — realized there was another three-picture SALES MANAGER JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237) ACCOUNT MANAGERS JAMIE CRUVER (ext. 224) fantasy project in the works. And fans of this trilogy got to play with ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) real swords. ANTON KIM (ext. 238) Two years after the Star Wars letdown, the world was delightfully JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) surprised when The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was TAP CHAUHAN (ext. 235) released. Although fan sites for this film had been just as active as SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) those for Phantom Menace, there had been more doubt surrounding COORDINATOR the Rings trilogy. For one thing, devotees of the J.R.R. Tolkien books were nervous about how well they’d make the jump from the printed BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 page to celluloid. For another, director Peter Jackson was untested WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH when it came to large-scale, big-budget pics. To date, he’d only done 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 a handful of smaller films like The Frighteners and Heavenly Creatures. ALBERTA 403.266.4412 They need not have worried. Fellowship earned 13 Oscar nomina- WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS tions and won four. Its follow-up, The Two Towers, pulled in just six nominations, winning two, but many thought the second film even QUEBEC 514.868.0005 better than the first, especially with the introduction of the GENERAL MANAGER DANIELLE BERNARD (ext.