Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd | LOTR Panel | CC Liverpool 

They’ve been running this gig for over 20 years and are still so courteous to fans and answering questions that they’ve probably been asked a million times before - a true testament to how impactful these films and this experience was for them.

They gave us not only greatest movies. They gave us 20+ years of interviews, their friendship, their experience and bits of life. Extended version of LoTR movies are much more than 100 hours.

Fantastic stuff. RIP Bernard Hill

Actors like Orlando knowing their book counterparts and being able to vouch in place of the character to the director and writers is wild. Wish that was more common.

Elijah Wood has the best giggle. ♥

There is no cast in the world that I love more than the 4 Hobbits of Lord of the Rings. I truly hope they continue these interviews for at least 20 more years. 😁

Smiling all the way through this with a few tears. I love those guys so much. They’re so funny and endearing. RIP Christopher Lee and Bernard Hill as well. ❤️

Met all of them over that weekend, really nice and friendly guys!! Made a childhood dream of mine come true having photos taken with all of them

So glad to see Orlando in a LOTR panel.

Orlando Bloom sure does have that dashing distinguished British air about him. He could totally play some iteration of James Bond.

To Sean's credit, I always thought that Sam was scared of giving the ring back to Frodo, not that he wanted it for himself. Even when my dad told me otherwise.

I love how all actors from every iconic movie like LOTRs, Star Wars and Harry Potter still love to talk about their experiences making these amazing movies.

“I’m feeling very iconic at the moment.” LOL I love Sean.

We are so blessed to have this guyz

You can tell just how much Elijah cherishes these moments together with the crew! He doesn't want it to end!

Always great to see these wonderful people.

Love seeing them all together, I was 11 or 12 when I saw the Fellowship of the Ring for the first time, I fell in love with everything about it. I had all the posters on my walls, cardboard cutouts of the hobbits, and dressed up as Sam at the midnight showing of ROTK. Lord of the Rings is woven into my life and I'm so grateful I got to experience it when it premiered, what a time to be alive! LOTR is like coming back home again, thanks for being a part of our hearts, much love to you all!

Sam Gamgee, and Neville Longbottom, are my favorite characters of all time. Their friendship and bravery will never get old to me.

Love that Legolas is here too. Such a great cast. Man I love LOTR.

14:22 That's so awesome, because it really does feel like Sam didn't want to give it to Frodo because he didn't want it to hurt him

Elijah is such a cardigan dude

All I know is, for as long as “merry” and “pippin” can giggle at a #2 joke, the world will be fine.

the end where they're about to talk about the passing of Bernard Hill and you can hear Elijah say he's not good at these kinds of things is sad. they truly loved that man. bless them for speaking on his passing

So incredible! All these years later and its like the first film was released last month or its going to be released this summer! That's a direct effect of Tolkien himself. It never gets old or boring. Grateful to be around to experience it all!

I would like to see Treebeard at one of these conferences, talking about his film experiences. Maybe one day they will invite him.

I miss the Friendship Onion, my favorite podcast of all time. #Pippin #Merry

Fantastic, wish I had been there. I would love so dearly to meet the Hobbits.

I can't help but tear up seeing how close they've all stayed over the years.

Thank you!

Yay 😃 I hope they come back for future events 😁🤞🤞

Absolutely lovely men

Such a great panel guys! Thank you!

Why are there not more views and comments on this?!

These guys are awesome 😎 and I truly enjoy watching and listening to them ❤

Hello all and thank you! Specifically to Dom and Billy, can you please find time to bring back the podcast??

GREATEST ❤

'Time' is so damned!... To see people 'Age', is heart rending, but knowing they've lived such long lives, and through their hard work, given the rest of the world such amazing experiences? wow :-D

Best movies ever made.

It worked so well because they are so complimentary to each other. God bless them all

love you guys!

I hope they never stop doing these fan events, answering questions that they've answered 100 times before yet telling it like it's the first time we're hearing it. The dedication they show to their fans make them so endering and how they are all still close today as they ever were. True friendships have been forged. RIP Bernard, "I go to my fathers. And in who's mighty company I shall not now be ashamed". ❤👑

I clicked on this thinking, ok yet another LOTR panel I've heard it all before. And I pretty much have, but these guys are just so GD charming I love hearing them tell their stories!!!

This was beautiful

Best films ever ! I really hope these films are shown again the cinema , incredible actors !

This was such a fun watch!

I love you guys! ❤

Love these guys

These movies were so special and beautiful in everyway! I was obsessed like im sure everyone was!!! I saw all 3 in theaters when they cam out! I had the movie posters on my wall, I had the soundtracks. I have shared these films with my kids!! They will always be the best trilogy!! This answer and question session is amazing and its great to see all of them together after all these years. These guys are legends!!

The absolute last shot in the film is a shot of some skulls rolling on the ground. It was actually shot after ROTK won the Oscar and was just inserted into the DVD extended edition.

Great they got together and in Liverpool of all places. I visited in 2022 for the first time and it's an amazing town if you're a Beatles fan which I am

To this day I thought that Sam didn't want to give Frodo the ring because he knew the effect it had on him. Oh my god this is destroying illusions, Peter and Fran really messed with their characters in the third movie especially 😅

Goosebumps...

this warmed my heart

Christopher Lee throwing a pen into a tree. Iconic

i cant carry the ring but i can carry you was the best line from sam

Legolas looks toasted 😂

Wow I would have loved to go to this !!

I'm not sure they really get worn out about this reunions, because as actors, they have all gone on to do different projects in TV, cinema, and theater ever since. They have had to get their heads into different roles, characters, and settings, while also having families at home. They all split up from each other for a while, but the 20th anniversary of Fellowship in 2021 brought many of them back together and it has been like watching them relive memories for the first time. We as fans can be focused on the genre, watching all of the extras over and over again, and feeling (constantly) immersed in that universe, but again, as actors, they have had to get their headspace into very different worlds. For them, this probably feels like...there and back again.

Looks like Frodo and Sam are finally expecting.

All grey now🥹🥹 awwwww…i remember baby face Elijah. He was ab 19 years old in FOTR. On the ROTK dvd extra u can watch the emotional moment of Elijahs last scene. Peter Jackson kept telling him to redo the scene so he wouldnt leave. Awww🥹 Does anyone remember “The Long and Short of It” small film? 😊 I miss our fan crazy days when we got all our tv and dvd specials🥹

you know a work of art touched deep into the human soul when 20 years after a trilogy- theres still so much buzz and love around it. not to mention the books themselves who where published 70 years ago. these guys do these fan talks every several months . btw- sean austin became a full time UNCLE vibe

You have the cast of Lord of the Rings, can ask them about anything, and the last question you ask them is a washed up "will you wear wigs". You can see Elijah being tired of hearing that.

Why do they still look Hobbit sized lol

I was there and I met them!!!!

14:51 listening to this with no context is something else, but I'm sure that was made already anyway. It's great to see these guys again. The love for this trilogy is still strong!

That's a nice shiny apple!

This is Great, and I loved playing N64 Goldeneye

Gotta be the coolest group of actors ever.

The guy in the audience that knew the last scene to be filmed sounded just like the voice actor of Fritz in Kingdom Come Deliverance. 😂

They will always have a special place in my heart. I was so sad after all the LOTR and Hobbit movies were done because I knew, that was the last time I'd see Middle Earth on the big screen. No-one will be able to replace these actors.

Rest in Power Theoden King!

Legends.

I love how Sean is just the best version of the funny dad you meet at every barbecue.

I think one of the things that always comes through with the OG LOTR cast is that though it was tough, filming the films was a huge pleasure and the cast really share a deep bond that can really be seen whereever they are together. And really, they rproduced a masterpiece of a trilogy. It's a huge contrast to whatever is on Amazon masquerading as the Lord of the Rings.

These movies were so great even the cast stays humble and doesn't shove their world views down our throats, best movie cast ever.

❤❤❤❤

Why is Orlando Bloom turning into Antonio Banderas?

cant help feeling they were cast correctly. Elijah is very cerebral, Dom and Billy piss about together a lot, Sean seems very earnest!

Long live the king!

Worried about seans health

❤ it that they’ve read the book. As great as the movies are, the books are 😘

Sean Astin is a legend first as Mikey - Goonies- Sam - Lord of the Rings and Bob in stranger things!! ❤

14:40 that is EXACTLY how I read that moment with Sam and the Ring. He didn’t want it. He didn’t want to be the reason Frodo got hurt.

❤

I agree with Billy, the 'Speak friend and enter' Moria door scene should have been with Merry, Frodo and Gandalf already had an insane connection.. honestly, keep it how it's written in the books.

Man, it's sad to see Sean has really let himself go. Hope everythings going okay for him. 🙏

Damn, Sam really ate a lot of Lambus bread. 😂😂😂

First time I've ever seen Legolas hug Frodo lol

I worked with these guys on the rings. Elijah was very cool, Sean was very uptight, Dom and Billy were hilarious larrikins, and Orlando was a complete soppy bellend. Happy to elaborate x

Elijah’s laugh is great

Im so curious who of these, if any are gonna make appearances in the new film regarding Gollum. They all look young enough and still the same.

Sean Astin looks like that pro wrestling fan that said “it’s still real to me dammit!” 😂

Orlando is the Billy Preston of The Hobbits.

My Sam-wise. ❤️

As a kid I wasn't able to reconcile Sams temptation to keep the ring for himself with his character, so much so, that (due to the blurred audio and video in that scene) I thought that we were only shown Frodo's fear but not Sam's actual behavior.

Pipin's had a lot of 2nd breakfasts and Merry's smoked all the cigarettes

Sean Astin, ultimate dad bod. Love you Samwise!

now Sean Astin look like Sam !

The horn of Helmhammerhand.. shall sound in the deep.... one last time

Bernald hill ❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 the eternal king