Return of the King world premiere Oslo, guess who I sat next to?

Coffeehouse · 05-11-2008, 03:42 AM

Okay on the world premiere of the Return of the King in Oslo
I was lucky enough to be there and guess who sat next to me
during the entire movie? And I have his autograph

Kinda cool actually...

Anyone wanna guess?

orithil · 05-11-2008, 04:37 AM

I don't keep it a secret tell me

please

Coffeehouse · 05-11-2008, 04:50 AM

Ok then since you ask so nice

Royd Tolkien, great grand-son of JRRT

***Varnafindë*** · 05-11-2008, 07:30 AM

That's great! I wasn't there, but I know that they made it into a very big do, with Viggo Mortensen being present and perhaps someone else from the cast as well. So a Tolkien descendant was there, too? I didn't know that. Good for you!

Do you know whether he liked the movie? That might be more of something he would want to keep a secret, perhaps ...

Coffeehouse · 05-11-2008, 07:39 AM

Hehe yeah it was a great show. I was seated pretty up high in the Spectrum too so we got a really good view of it all

Ok here's how it went.
I'm sitting there with my friend and his family and we're just waiting for the show to start. So right before it begins Royd Tolkien and his warden for the evening (a woman who probably worked in the Spektrum, I don't know, she was like his bodyguardish thing without the bodyguard lol did that make sense?) come and sit down.

So between me and Royd sits the woman bodyguard, and I see that she has a security badge and realize ooo who is that guy then?

So I ask her and she tells me and I'm like wow.

I then lean over and ask him for his autograph.

While I got it I asked him what he thought, and he told me he had a small part in the last movie. He's a soldier of Gondor (cool!)
(He's only in his mid-30s I think). I don't know what part of it, but it's supposed to be during the Minas Tirith fighting.

So I would presume he likes the movies

***Varnafindë*** · 05-11-2008, 07:46 AM

Cool indeed!
If he joined the cast, he can't be against the movies on principle. Let's hope he liked the result as well

**Mari** · 05-11-2008, 08:07 AM

Nice! When I read your first post I was thinking: "Okay, why does he know what the great-grandson of Tolkien looks like?" but you cleared that up for me later

I think I wouldn't even recognize Viggo Mortensen or whomever... >_<

Do you still have that autograph?

Coffeehouse · 05-11-2008, 08:17 AM

Yep! He signed my ticket

***Varnafindë*** · 05-11-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

I think I wouldn't even recognize Viggo Mortensen or whomever... >_<

He looks very different without his Aragorn whig

**Mari** · 05-11-2008, 09:32 AM

Oh, I really wouldn't know. I think I might not even recognize my own Queen if she were standing next to me.
Okay, so that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I'm not very perceptive

I'm always surprised when others are.

Andreas, that really is cool ^_^

orithil · 06-04-2008, 01:33 AM

Sorry its been ages since I last asked

Thats awesome your really lucky to have met him!

Acalewia · 06-04-2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

He looks very different without his Aragorn whig

Very.

It's awesome you got to meet JRRT's grandson. You lucky...

05-11-2008, 03:42 AM	#1
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	Return of the King world premiere Oslo, guess who I sat next to? Okay on the world premiere of the Return of the King in Oslo I was lucky enough to be there and guess who sat next to me during the entire movie? And I have his autograph Kinda cool actually... Anyone wanna guess? __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare."

05-11-2008, 04:37 AM	#2
orithil Captain Jack Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: High Charity Posts: 598	I don't keep it a secret tell meplease __________________ Captain Jack Sparrow: When you marooned me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate: I’m Captain Jack Sparrow. Cortana: So have you got a plan to get out? Master Chief: I was gonna shoot my way out. Mix things up a little.

05-11-2008, 04:50 AM	#3
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	Ok then since you ask so nice Royd Tolkien, great grand-son of JRRT __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare."

05-11-2008, 07:30 AM	#4
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	That's great! I wasn't there, but I know that they made it into a very big do, with Viggo Mortensen being present and perhaps someone else from the cast as well. So a Tolkien descendant was there, too? I didn't know that. Good for you! Do you know whether he liked the movie? That might be more of something he would want to keep a secret, perhaps ... __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

05-11-2008, 07:39 AM	#5
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	Hehe yeah it was a great show. I was seated pretty up high in the Spectrum too so we got a really good view of it all Ok here's how it went. I'm sitting there with my friend and his family and we're just waiting for the show to start. So right before it begins Royd Tolkien and his warden for the evening (a woman who probably worked in the Spektrum, I don't know, she was like his bodyguardish thing without the bodyguard lol did that make sense?) come and sit down. So between me and Royd sits the woman bodyguard, and I see that she has a security badge and realize ooo who is that guy then? So I ask her and she tells me and I'm like wow. I then lean over and ask him for his autograph. While I got it I asked him what he thought, and he told me he had a small part in the last movie. He's a soldier of Gondor (cool!) (He's only in his mid-30s I think). I don't know what part of it, but it's supposed to be during the Minas Tirith fighting. So I would presume he likes the movies __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare."

05-11-2008, 07:46 AM	#6
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Cool indeed! If he joined the cast, he can't be against the movies on principle. Let's hope he liked the result as well __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen Last edited by Varnafindë : 05-11-2008 at 07:48 AM.

05-11-2008, 08:07 AM	#7
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Nice! When I read your first post I was thinking: "Okay, why does he know what the great-grandson of Tolkien looks like?" but you cleared that up for me later I think I wouldn't even recognize Viggo Mortensen or whomever... >_< Do you still have that autograph? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

05-11-2008, 08:17 AM	#8
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	Yep! He signed my ticket __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare."

05-11-2008, 09:32 AM	#10
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Oh, I really wouldn't know. I think I might not even recognize my own Queen if she were standing next to me. Okay, so that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I'm not very perceptive I'm always surprised when others are. Andreas, that really is cool ^_^ __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-04-2008, 01:33 AM	#11
orithil Captain Jack Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: High Charity Posts: 598	Sorry its been ages since I last asked Thats awesome your really lucky to have met him! __________________ Captain Jack Sparrow: When you marooned me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate: I’m Captain Jack Sparrow. Cortana: So have you got a plan to get out? Master Chief: I was gonna shoot my way out. Mix things up a little. Last edited by orithil : 06-04-2008 at 01:35 AM.

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