Sean Bean was reading from a script taped to his knee for famous Lord of the Rings line

The widespread coronavirus lockdowns have meant that all of us have been stuck inside our homes for weeks, only able to leave for essential journeys. However, actor Josh Gad is making things a little easier by bringing together the cast and crew of Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings movies on a Zoom call — named “One Zoom to Rule Them All,” obviously — and it’s everything fans could have wanted!

Gad’s YouTube series, Reunited Apart, was a great idea in these times of social distancing. So far, Gad has featured Zoom calls with some of the most iconic casts in cinema, including Back to the Future and The Goonies. But for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, it’ll be hard to top this latest episode!

The reunion saw all nine members of the original Fellowship of the Ring, as well as Liv Tyler (Arwen), Miranda Otto (Éowyn), Karl Urban (Éomer), Hugo Weaving (Elrond) and Andy Serkis (Gollum). Director Peter Jackson and composer Howard Shore were there, too. And Hollywood golden boy Taika Waititi also dropped in to discuss his love for the franchise.

Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins) was unable to join the call but left a sweet message. “Dearest friends … I am sorry I cannot see you in person. I miss you all and hope you’re adventures are taking you to many places. I am in lockdown in my hobbit home or ‘Holm.’ With all my love, Ian Holm.”

The team remembered dialect coach Andrew Jack, who passed away from the coronavirus in March, and Christopher Lee (Saruman), who died in 2015.

During the call, we were treated to some interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits. Firstly, Gandalf actor Ian McKellen revealed that the first scene he filmed for the trilogy was him greeting Frodo in the Shire, while the second scene was his farewell in The Return of the King. “I had to meet the hobbits to say goodbye to them,” he said. “I’d never met them before!”

Next up, director Peter Jackson finally gave us some on-set context into the famous line that became one of the best-known memes on the internet. You know the one: the fellowship assembles in Rivendell, Boromir (Sean Bean) says, “One does not simply walk into Mordor.”

It turns out that Bean was actually reading from the script that he had taped to his knee on the day of shooting:

"That entire speech that Sean had to deliver at the Council of Elrond was written the night before. It’s long and we gave it to Sean the morning he arrived. What Sean did, which I thought was really clever, is he got a print-out of the speech taped to his knee. It was on his knee and when he did that scene, you’ll see…If you watch the scene now, you’ll see every time that Sean has to check his script.”"

And the meme artisans of the world have a whole new angle to work with!

The Lord of the Rings movie franchise might be gone, but the story will live on. Most notably, Amazon is working on a live-action series right now. Let’s hope it becomes as beloved as the groundbreaking original trilogy!

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