Total Request Live Transcript 12/14/01

Interview with LOTR Cast
Carlson Daly: OK put your hands together for the rest of the cast of LOTR, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom and Sean Astin! [lots of cheering] They all hug Elijah and Liv and sits down

Carlson Daly: Have a seat fellas! Have you guys done this for like a movie special already ?
Dom: Yeah! We've done this for like the past 2 weeks...

Carlson Daly: It's great to have you guys here. Tell me about New Zealand, and being in the mountains in New Zealand, what was that all about ?
Billy: It was just beautiful ...

Carlson Daly: Were you shooting there ? Why were you there ?
Billy: Yeah! Well, you know ... Sean: Cos they were there! Orlando: Cos we were snowboarding ... [laughter]

Carlson Daly: What did you eat ?
Liv: The food was outrageous.

Carlson Daly: Outrageous ? Good or bad ?
Liv: Just so delicious, it's like you get so chubby and happy there. Dom: Really good, yeah. Sean: It's all about sheep ...

Carlson Daly: They don't serve sheep!
Sean: 33 million sheep and 3 million people in New Zealand, it's all about sheep. [laughter]

Carlson Daly: What does it taste like... chicken ?
Sean: Erm ... like chicken! [laughter] Elijah: Like frogs legs ...

Carlson Daly: It's like sheep jerky.
Sean: [laughing] You don't say that in New Zealand, means something different out there! [laughter]

Carlson Daly: Oh it does ? Thank god I don't have a vacation, I'm certainly not going there ... Did you all go to Australia on vacation ?
Dom: No, the 4... the 3 hobbits and Orli, went to the Star Wars set, busted some moves ...

Carlson Daly: And how was that ? Cos obviously there's a lot of talk about the Star Wars trilogy and LOTR ...
Elijah: It was strange, I think they thought we were weird, cos we refer to each other as hobbits, and the elf, so they were like 'you guys are way to close to your own worlds', it's a bit strange. Orlando: There's no room for hobbits and elves here ...

Carlson Daly: They probably didn't build the sort of camaraderie that you guys did, literally, on the set while making the trilogy that you guys did, they were probably more actors, but Elijah explain the kind of bond, when you're shooting 3 movies, that you have with your fellow cast mates.
Elijah: Um, incredible – we all became brothers, family, you know ... We had about 6 weeks before we started filming, just to kind of train and get ready for the journey, and that was like every day together, then we spent all of our free time together so, I mean ... best mates in the world.

Carlson Daly: So now that it's over, what do you do ?Do you call each other, stay in touch ?
Elijah: Oh yeah, absolutely ... I mean we're constantly having to do press as well, so that brings us together, and these guys are moving out to Los Angeles ... Orlando: We touch each other. Dom: We do touch each other. [laughter]

Carlson Daly: Yeah I just noticed that, I just saw that.
Elijah: Well it's a hobbit kind of thing. Dom: Can I just apologize on TV for poking that girl over there in the eye when I came in – the lovely girl with the 'I love New York' T-shirt is it? Oh 'I love The Calling'. [laughing] I poked her in the eye when I came out! BANG 'oh I'm sorry!' Elijah: Oh mate! Dom: I'm sorry!

Carlson Daly: OK well people might not know LOTR, so lets start with you Sean, and go down the line, and sort of describe your character in the film.
Sean: I play Sam, Sam is a hobbit, and basically I'm Frodo's gardener, and if he needs anything on the trip I'm sort of there for him. Elijah: He's got his back. Dom: I play Merry, who's also a hobbit ... Orlando: The gayest of all hobbits. Dom: [smiling] ... the gayest of all hobbits, as Tolkien said.

Carlson Daly: Is that a happy hobbit or a gay hobbit ? [laughter]
Dom: Yeah, a happy hobbit! And he's another one of Frodo's companions, you know, a protector and a cheeky kind of chappy, very good mates with Billy! Billy: And I play Pippin, and yeah Pippin's best friends with Merry, and we cause a lot of trouble. Orlando: And I play an elf, Legolas, and I'm one of the nine of the fellowship, representing the elves, and I offer my bow to Frodo, to protect him with that, kind of my weapon of choice, my signature ... Sean: He's wicked with the bow. Liv: I'm Arwen, the elven princess ... Orlando: ... and I have a crush on Arwen, the elven princess. Dom: We all have a crush on Arwen! Liv: Aww! Orlando: She's the elven princess, what are you gonna do!

Carlson Daly: Before we get to Elijah, were there any other female principals on the set ?
Liv: Yeah, there were 2 – Cate Blanchett and Miranda Otto ...

Carlson Daly: Your time wasn't solely with the boys here... some female love in a year.
Liv: Well there were loads of women on the crew and stuff, but as far as the cast goes I was there the most. Dom: But she's ... you're a boy-girl, you love being a boy. Liv: I am a boy-girl ... except for they pinch my butt and lift my skirt up and do sort of rude things all the time! [laughter] Orlando: It's all lies!

Carlson Daly: OK Elijah, lets finish off with you.
Elijah: I'm Elijah, I play Frodo Baggins, the ring bearer and I basically ... aww ... Liv purrs at him I take the ring to Mordor to have it destroyed.

Carlson Daly: Do we need to set up the clip or just play it ?
Elijah: Erm the clip, the clip, the clip ... what is the clip ? Dom: Brandywine Bridge. Elijah: Is it Brandywine Bridge ? Being chased by ringwraiths.

Carlson Daly: LOTR, the entire cast is here on TRL, it's out on Dec 19th.
[cheering] Plays LOTR clip

Carlson Daly: Here's some questions to prove how well you really know each other, the first one's for Sean - who's favourite movie's Rushmore, Sean ?
Orlando: Elijah Billy: Sean!! Dom: He said Sean! Orlando: Did he ?

Carlson Daly: Is that correct ? Yeah that's correct... Great movie. Next one's for Billy. Who's favourite thing to eat on set was a subway meat ball sandwich ?
Billy: [in American accent] Subway meatball, would that be ... Sean Astin ? [cheers] Liv: Oh that was hard (!)

Carlson Daly: No sheep meatball, just the subway meatball right ?
Dom: And like 25 of them Sean: Yeah at a time

Carlson Daly: Elijah, this one's for you. Who's said their favourite band was The Beatles ?
Elijah: That would be Dominic Monaghan, that's right

Carlson Daly: Impressive
Billy: Nice

Carlson Daly: You do know each other pretty well. Orlando, for you, who said their favourite band is the Smashing Pumpkins ?
Orlando: Oh that's Elijah Elijah: That's right

Carlson Daly: Elijah how much does it suck that like they just don't play anymore
Elijah: It's very sad. I actually went and saw Zwan, in LA, Billy [Corgan]'s new band

Carlson Daly: How was it ?
Elijah: Unbelievable, really, really good

Carlson Daly: It's like Rage Against The Machine and the Pumpkins, two of the greatest bands ...
Elijah: Sad, so sad. Their greatest hits is great, lots of new added material ...

Carlson Daly: Alright. This last one is for Dominic. Who spent most of their time golfing when they were not shooting ?
Dom: Sean Astin

Carlson Daly: Yes, exactly right! Alright, how about a round for the cast, we'll talk more in a second ...
Sean: They're [the games of golf] to work off the meatball sandwiches

Carlson Daly: You and I need to go play a little golf ... [introduces music video] [plays music video] [cheering]

Carlson Daly: Before we let the cast go, everybody who comes here, who's in movies, has to do our 15 second human trailer ... it's not so much the hard sell and what's it about, it's just you and the camera, all the MTV kids at home, and why they need to see this movie, or the trilogy for that matter ... Put it in your own words please, lets have 15 seconds on the clock ... I'll get out of the way, and Sean can begin
Sean: The Lord Of The Rings is an important literally classic that everyone throughout the last 50 years, who's been steeped in English history knows is a valued ... [while poor Sean is talking, all the guys are messing around behind him; they all start dancing like fools, Dom and Orlando start humping everyone, and Billy tries to seduce the camera!]

Carlson Daly: There we are, the fellowship, thank you very much, nice to meet you guys! Thanks to Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler and the entire cast of Lord Of The Rings!