Outrageous! Female Dwarves in Lord of the Rings
And many more laughs from LEGO and Middle Earth...
Were you aware that there were no female dwarves in Lord of the Rings? We have to admit that we weren't. There are now. This and many more new things will become clear in our interview with LEGO Lord of the Rings producer, Phil Ring.
Expecting to be told "None at all", we asked Phil: How much of a creative license did New Line Cinema and Middle Earth Enterprises allow, so you could put your own LEGO spin and humour on the franchise. Were there any limitations to what you could do?"
"One day, we told the guys about introducing female dwarves in the game. Now, Middle Earth said it was a great idea, but advised that it’s difficult to tell what a female dwarf really looks like - according to Tolkien lore. They pretty much look like male dwarves. So they suggested, as a gag, that we give the females stubble. It was genius.
"So they’ve really been accommodating with what we want to do. And I think also we’re kind of lucky that we’re making this game now. It means that we’ve got the history of the LEGO games that we’ve already done, so people know what we do with the franchises. It meant that Middle Earth Enterprises and New Line Cinema knew exactly where we were going to go with this."
The full interview is here.
Expecting to be told "None at all", we asked Phil: How much of a creative license did New Line Cinema and Middle Earth Enterprises allow, so you could put your own LEGO spin and humour on the franchise. Were there any limitations to what you could do?"
"One day, we told the guys about introducing female dwarves in the game. Now, Middle Earth said it was a great idea, but advised that it’s difficult to tell what a female dwarf really looks like - according to Tolkien lore. They pretty much look like male dwarves. So they suggested, as a gag, that we give the females stubble. It was genius.
"So they’ve really been accommodating with what we want to do. And I think also we’re kind of lucky that we’re making this game now. It means that we’ve got the history of the LEGO games that we’ve already done, so people know what we do with the franchises. It meant that Middle Earth Enterprises and New Line Cinema knew exactly where we were going to go with this."
The full interview is here.
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