A Lot Of The Times, Roles Are

We Didn't Know Until Really Quite Late In The Piece How Joel [wyman] Would Finish It Off.

I Love Having Played Walter Because I Suppose Any Actor Brings A Certain Aspect Of Their Own Personality To Their Work, And I Had A Fairly Broad Canvas To Paint On With The Different Versions.

Lord Of The Rings Fandom Was Massive, Worldwide, Entrenched. Generally It Had Been Part Of The Fans' Life All Their Life, Because They Had It Read To Them As Children; They'd Become Tolkien Students.

I Didn't Drop Into The Mannerisms Of Another Version Of The Character, But I Guess I Was Pretty Alert To That.

It Might Be Different For People That Are A-list Actors, But A Lot Of Us Really Look At What's Offered To Us And Look For Something That Has Some Traction With Other People. But, It's Not Like I Read 100 Scripts A Week, And Then Pick And Choose. Maybe Some Actors Do. I Certainly Don't Do That.