{"id":138522,"date":"2022-01-29T03:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defused.com\/?p=138522"},"modified":"2022-01-29T03:09:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:09:39","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defused.com\/lord-of-the-rings-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"What \u2019Lord of The Rings\u2019 Actors Look Like After 18 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first part was \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\u201d released on 19th<\/sup> December, 2001. It\u2019s been 18 years since the last part came out. The final film \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King\u201d was released on 17th<\/sup> December, 2003. We can still remember what a masterpiece it was. It was the best cinematic fantasy film of the time and people went crazy for it. We can never forget how Frodo, the Ring-bearer destroyed a ring in the fires of Mount Doom. The role of Frodo Baggins was played by American actor, Elijah Wood, who was 20 when \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\u201d was released. He is twice his age now. All the actors who appeared in this iconic film have changed so much in these twenty years. Here, we have a compilation that shows how Lord of the Rings\u2019 actors have changed over eighteen years. Scroll down and see.<\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Stephane Cardinale \/ Corbis Entertainment \/ Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Jean Baptiste Lacroix \/ WireImage \/ Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Mark Metcalfe \/ Getty Images Entertainment \/ Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 PacificCoastNews\/BWP Media\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\/ New Line CInema<\/a>, \u00a9 ISABEL INFANTES\/AFP\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n These actors have aged in twenty years. Well, twenty years is a big time and people go through changes. Some have gotten old, some have grown up and some are as beautiful as they were before. Miranda Otto who played the role of \u00c9owyn, was 30 years old at the time film was released and is now 52 years old. Scroll down and see how other actors from the film have changed.<\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 VALERIE MACON\/AFP\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Invision\/Invision\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Schneider-Press\/John Farr\/SIPA\/Sipa Press Russia\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 DDNY\/Broadimage\/Broad Image\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers \/ New Line Cinema<\/a>, \u00a9 Gilbert Flores\/Broadimage\/Broad Image\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a9 CJ Contino\/Everett Collection<\/a>, \u00a9 Birdie Thompson\/AdMedia\/SIPA\/Sipa Press Russia\/East News<\/a><\/p>\n We love to see our favorite Lord of the Rings actors after 18 years. What about you? Comment down to let us know which Lord of the Rings actor or actress is your favorite and why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been twenty years since the first part of The Lords of the Rings was released. The first part was \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\u201d released on 19th December, 2001. It\u2019s been 18 years since the last part came out. The final film \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Return […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":138699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[615,863,117],"tags":[1154,5121,6924,2192,1651,6921,1770,3714,6925,6923,3712,6922,112],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/then-vs-now-lord-of-the-rings-actors.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138937,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138522\/revisions\/138937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1. Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn).<\/h2>\n
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2. David Wenham (Faramir)<\/h2>\n
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3. Miranda Otto (\u00c9owyn).<\/em><\/h2>\n
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4. Hugo Weaving (Elrond).<\/h2>\n
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5. Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins).<\/h2>\n
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6. Liv Tyler (Arwen).<\/em><\/h2>\n
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7. Ian McKellen (Gandalf).<\/em><\/h2>\n
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8. Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee).<\/em><\/h2>\n
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9. Billy Boyd (Pippin Took).<\/em><\/h2>\n
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10. Dominic Monaghan (Merry Brandybuck).<\/h2>\n
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11. Orlando Bloom as (Legolas).<\/h2>\n
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12. Cate Blanchett (Galadriel).<\/h2>\n
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13. Sean Bean (Boromir).<\/h2>\n
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14. Karl Urban (\u00c9omer).<\/h2>\n
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15. Andy Serkis (Gollum).<\/h2>\n
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