Robert Aramayo (Elrond): Any kind of elven direction is very unique because they’re such unique creatures.
Charles Edwards (Celebrimbor): I was sometimes a bit lazy with my movements. I got told off a few times by our movement director, but I think I got a hang of it after a while.
Markella Kavenagh (Nori Brandyfoot): I think there was something like, ‘Wiggle your toes.’ JA, at one point, was like, ‘Can you just wiggle your toes?’
I imagine that working on a show like this demands a lot of actors — fight choreography, learning new languages. What’s something you learnt on this show that you didn’t know before?
Ema Horvath (Earien): I learnt calligraphy, from Daniel Reeves, who created Bilbo Baggins’ handwriting.
Robert Aramayo: Calligraphy. Daniel Reeves, who taught me, was so talented and so immersed in the world of Tolkien that eventually the lessons became less about calligraphy and more about Tolkien. And I found that a lot on the set, that everyone was so passionate about what they were working on, that you could just go in and chat about anything.
Megan Richards (Poppy Proudfellow): We all did stunt training, which was pretty incredible. So we learnt so many things — backfolds, rolls, sword-fighting, punching, scale work.