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Dagorlad
 Post subject: I just met Gimli
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:49 am 
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I went to Armageddon 2011 today, a comic-con here in my home town, and who should be there as a keynote speaker but John Rhys-Davies, the actor who played Gimli in the LOTR. How cool is that!!! He was sitting alone at the autograph table when I got there. There were not other LOTR actors there, but Karen Allen was there (she was my fav actress for decades after Raiders of the Lost Ark).

I was totally geeked out, I felt like Sheldon or Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:50 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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Hey that's great Alan! Isn't it so cool that he's really 6'2" and well over 200lbs in real life.

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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He was sitting down, so I didn't get any idea about how tall he was. He certainly didn't look 6'2" to me, but then I suppose I have this mental image of him as a dwarf and it would have been a bit too much for me if he'd been towering over me (I'm 5'8")

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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His height is officially listed on IMDB as 6'1". Him playing a dwarf was a huge joke on the set of Lord of the Rings. He was taller than Orlando Bloom (5'11"0 and Sean Bean (5'10").

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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wow that must have been an incredible experience!!

I am jeaslous :sad:

I really like John as an actor.
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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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Gimli AND Marion! Jealous!

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:36 am 
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Haha sweet! Did you have a chat with him?
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:shock: Sigh. Wish I cuold have been there. Did you get an autograph?
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Where was this???? I live in adelaide too..... :(

I really need to get out more on weekends :-D

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You didn't invite him for a drinking contest? Remarkable. A dwarf and an Aussie and not a drop of alcohol in sight... :P No regurgitation...

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 Post subject: Re: I just met Gimli
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Dorthonion wrote:
You didn't invite him for a drinking contest? Remarkable. A dwarf and an Aussie and not a drop of alcohol in sight... :P No regurgitation...


And Marion could take part too! :rofl:

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