Something made the _LotR_ filmmakers think of him, and I'm guessing it wasn't _The Prophecy_.
*snicker* It's interesting that you say that; I once heard Aaron Allston---author and horror movie aficionado---say he "set the screen on fire" in The Prophecy. Not having seen the movie, I have no idea. I do know which character he played, though, so Aaron might have meant that literally.
(Although, given Jackson's proclivities, maybe it was.)
Combining Aaron's comment with Jackson's background... maybe. Even though, well, how do you make the jump from Prince of the Morning to Strider? "Royal" status doesn't count. *still snickering*
I'd see The Prophecy, except given how impressionable I am, probably a bad idea all around.
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*snicker* It's interesting that you say that; I once heard Aaron Allston---author and horror movie aficionado---say he "set the screen on fire" in The Prophecy. Not having seen the movie, I have no idea. I do know which character he played, though, so Aaron might have meant that literally.
(Although, given Jackson's proclivities, maybe it was.)
Combining Aaron's comment with Jackson's background... maybe. Even though, well, how do you make the jump from Prince of the Morning to Strider? "Royal" status doesn't count. *still snickering*
I'd see The Prophecy, except given how impressionable I am, probably a bad idea all around.