john rhys - davies played gimli in the lord of the rings movies.
john rhys - davies played gimli in the lord of the rings movies.
who played gimli in the lord of the rings movies?
john rhys - davies
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"the fellowship of the ring" makes extensive use of digital, practical and make-up special effects throughout. one notable illusion used in almost every scene involved setting a proper scale so that the characters all appear to be the correct height. for example, elijah wood is tall in real life, but his character frodo baggins is barely four feet in height. a variety of techniques were used to depict the hobbits and gimli the dwarf as being of diminutive stature. fortunately, john-rhys davies – who played gimli – happens to be the correct height in proportion to the hobbit actors, so did not need to be filmed separately as a third height variation. large- and small-scale doubles were used in certain scenes, while entire duplicates of certain sets (including bag end in hobbiton) were built at two different scales, so that the characters would appear to be the appropriate size. at one point in the film, frodo runs along a corridor in bag end, followed by gandalf. elijah wood and ian mckellen were filmed in separate versions of the same corridor, built at two different scales, and a fast camera pan conceals the edit between the two. forced perspective was also employed, so that it would look as though the short hobbits were interacting with taller men and elves. even the simple use of kneeling down, to the filmmakers' surprise, turned out to be an effective method in creating the illusion.
the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring