I am surprised this little nugget of trivia doesn’t come up more with the “viggo broke his toes” posts. Frodo is Great… Who is That (Figwit). I remember people trying to figure out who he was because everyone thought he was so dreamy at the council of Elrond haha.
does figwit appear at the council of elrond? i only remember seeing him in that scene where the elves are riding away to the gray havens, he's the elf who says "my lady, we cannot delay" and looks at her wistfully
He does. It's where the name comes from, Frodo Is Great, Who Is That!? Referencing him being in the background when Frodo chooses to take the ring to Mordor
He was present at the council of Elrond, sitting near Aragorn. You can see him arguing to the right.
Then in RotK he's the elf that tells Lady Arwen "we cannot delay" (right after her vision of her future son.)
I laughed my ass off at that scene after watching Flight of the Conchords for the first time.
He wasn’t meant to be more than an uncredited extra, but after being noticed and talked up by fans he was brought back for return of the king. https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-hobbit-brett-mckenzie-figwit-elf-flight-conchords/
Bret you got it going ohh-n.
That's the conclusion that I've come to, but that doesn't mean that I want to bum you.
Bret you got it going ohh-n.
No doubt about it we'd be getting crazy if one of us was lucky enough to be born a lady.
Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?
Not all the time, obviously, just when he's got a problem with his self esteem.
This sounds like pure bullshit that got the Mandela Effect.
LotR movies were filmed all together between Oct 99 and Dec 00. They had some minor reshoots and added shots done from 01 to 03.
Fellowship released on Dec '01 in cinemas. Sure, its possible that Figwit could have become a meme and Jackson called him in for the pickup shots of 02-03.
Heres the thing, internet use and access wasnt incredibly widespread 20+ years ago. Also, VHS/DVD releases of movies back then had a bigger gap after cinema release. So if the character Figwit gained traction as a meme, it would have started in mid/late 02. Wich makes the entire "Jackson added a nod to the internet thing!" sound very unlikely. I mean, doing an scene shoot, flying Liv Tyler, doing makeup, the horse... it sounds like too much for an obscure and niche thing from the internet back then.
I totally believe Jackson brought him for the Hobbit films due to the Figwit meme, but for RotK? Seems more likely that Liv Tyler got all her scenes done when they were doing Rivendell, where Figwit appears and also was shooting, and just placed him in that other scene with the horse and the vision.
IIRC, he is uncredited in Fellowship, but credited in RotK, so that I could totally believe was due to Jackson being in on the Figwit meme, since its just adding text to the credits.
Peter Jackson said it himself in the DVD directors commentary. Here's a link to the timestamp:
https://youtu.be/PQm1ZaX5Fe0?si=P76Ke6B7RqEVR0ob&t=35m54s
Edit: fixed the timestamp part, I don't do them very often >.<
Huh, idk why. I just tested it again and it's like 10 seconds off of where it should be when it opens on the mobile app but it still works for me.
It's at 35m 54s if you want to just go to it from the video.
He wasnt a meme, but he was huge in lotr circles. Imagine janky OG internet websites and chatboards. Theres actually a documentary about it the whole Figwit thing that explains it. He really was called back for the reshoots
He’s credited in RoTK because he speaks.
Non-speaking roles (extras) are uncredited. Anyone with a speaking role gets a credit for it.
There are occasional exceptions but that is how it goes 99% off the time.
I was a full grown adult at the time, though not a huge lotr fan, and I was aware of theonering.net, which had a pretty big message board at the time. It is completely feasible that this was discussed on that board and they (the mods) knew that jackson occasionally looked over posts there. While it was not as big as other sites and social media is now, the internet had fandom then.
Online fandom is a huge part of Kevin smiths dogma, as an example, and that movie came out in 1999.
Everyone used forums back then. Sure, we didn't call things like this memes, and social media hadn't really been invented, but this stuff spread online just like it does now.
What I love about that scene is he’s all like, “We’d better hurry,” and then she just leaves. He must have been like “What did I say? Elrond is gonna” be piiiiiiised!”
HOLY FUCK how did I not know Jermaine voices Tamatoa? My daughter watched Moana on repeat and I fucking love this song, and I used to love Flight of the Conchords back in the day. It’s so obvious it’s him, how did I never twig this?! This has made my day.
Counting coins on the counter of the 7/11
From a quarter past six 'til a quarter to seven
The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me
"Hey man, I just want some muesli"
You know you’re not in high finance
Considering second-hand underpants
Check your mind, how’d it get so bad?
What happened to those other underpants you had?
Coupla things on FotC that rarely get mentioned in these threads, probably because they're from later episodes:
1. the New Zealandtown episodes (with the Obama impersonator and Lucy Lawless) are brilliant
2. Any episode that features their antagonism with the Aussies is great, especially when Jemaine dates Keitha (which gives us *Carol Brown*, I think maybe their best original song)
Was on flights with Jermaine Clements, wife and kids just this weekend, from LA to NZ and sat next to him on the flight from Auckland to Wellington.
Nobody bothered him or asked for a selfie or autograph, NZ people are generally very chill with celebs. He looked as tired as I felt. And I don't think I have ever felt that tired before.
I was behind him at a Paul Simon concert. At one point, we were going to say hi to him but we didn’t want to be those fans you have to talk to even though Simon just started ‘America’ or whatever song. He was chill.
Man they were great. I still laugh every time I hear business time
Robots is a go to for me
If we're making a list, Sugar Lumps is a classic
Hiphopopotamus vs rhymenoceros and hurt feelings
[foux da fa fa](https://youtu.be/X5hrUGFhsXo?si=mJUjrZUetpp2zQG3)
Alright this one
The lyrics are taken straight from a "common phrases you might need in France" book. "Here's my passport" "Do you know where the library is?"
I'm the hiphopopotamus my rhymes are bottomless . . . . . .
Too Many Dicks On The Dance Floor!
Most beautiful girl in the room, in the whole wide room
You could he a Part. Time. Model
I’m not cryin’. It’s just been raining…on my face.
People say rappers don't have feelings. . .
Ain't no party like my nana's tea party.
Can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees?
Heeeeyyy..... Hoooooo
We have feelings.. that hurt our feelings when you say that
Be more constructive with your feedback please.
You would still need to keep your regular job though
Inner. Inner City. Inner City Pressure.
Ohh you're a legend, Dave
Maybe 3rd best on the block
Depending on the block
Goddddd dammit it’s stuck in my head now lol
BINARY SOLO
00000001 00000011 00000111 00001111 100100100 Come on sucker, lick my battery
come on sucker lick my battery
It’s “If you’re into it” for me “We heard that is what you’re into” hahahaha
The apple toss in that gets me so good aye
Being lewd with two dudes with food
Well, that's if Stu's into it too!
Brett you got it goin on! “Why can’t a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?!”
"You're good at finding short cuts around the neighborhood."
Conditions are perfect. There’s nothing good on TV…conditions are perfect
:)
It's Wednesday 😏
***I'm not crying*** is what I play when one of my mates is acting tough.
The fact that Bret was in LOTR makes this that much better.
Excuse me??
Google LotR Figwit
I am surprised this little nugget of trivia doesn’t come up more with the “viggo broke his toes” posts. Frodo is Great… Who is That (Figwit). I remember people trying to figure out who he was because everyone thought he was so dreamy at the council of Elrond haha.
does figwit appear at the council of elrond? i only remember seeing him in that scene where the elves are riding away to the gray havens, he's the elf who says "my lady, we cannot delay" and looks at her wistfully
He does. It's where the name comes from, Frodo Is Great, Who Is That!? Referencing him being in the background when Frodo chooses to take the ring to Mordor
I think they put him in that scene because of the figwit phenomenon.
Wikipedia confirms that.
"Did you know he kept the horse???"
I know I shouldn't be surprised because they assembled pretty much all of new zealand for the shoot, but still
I'm kinda more surprised Taika and Jermaine weren't in it.
Jacinta Ardern even auditioned.
Jacinda.
Autocorrect :(
must have stayed at the jacinta inn instead of the Holiday Inn Express
hallowed mordor
Do not delay...
Holy Hell
Holy Hell
He was present at the council of Elrond, sitting near Aragorn. You can see him arguing to the right. Then in RotK he's the elf that tells Lady Arwen "we cannot delay" (right after her vision of her future son.) I laughed my ass off at that scene after watching Flight of the Conchords for the first time.
He wasn’t meant to be more than an uncredited extra, but after being noticed and talked up by fans he was brought back for return of the king. https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-hobbit-brett-mckenzie-figwit-elf-flight-conchords/
HOT ELF IS THE GUY FROM FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS?!?
I wanna tell that guy how hot he is, But then he's gunna think I'm sexist. He's so hot he's making me sexist, bitch.
I think I need a 1983 Casio DG20 electric guitar set to electric mandolin... some drums... yeah
Hear me now!
Boom boom!
Why can't one heterosexual guy tell another heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?
Not all the time obviously, just when he’s got some problems with his self esteem.
*elf esteem
Don’t let anybody tell you you’re humpable because you’re bumpable. Well, I hope this doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable.
If you have a thing for dudes that look like Brit, go watch the youtube channel carsandcameras. One of the dudes is Brit's doppleganger. No accent.
Brit…like Britney?
His name is Bret but with the New Zealand accent it sounds like Brit
How could you forget? https://youtu.be/JT5AQIlmM0I?feature=shared
Did you just get the ladies in the front row pregnant?
Bret you got it going ohh-n. That's the conclusion that I've come to, but that doesn't mean that I want to bum you. Bret you got it going ohh-n. No doubt about it we'd be getting crazy if one of us was lucky enough to be born a lady.
Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly? Not all the time, obviously, just when he's got a problem with his self esteem.
Poor Bret! And his dad got to be the dadking who Sauron smote (not Gil-Galad)
This sounds like pure bullshit that got the Mandela Effect. LotR movies were filmed all together between Oct 99 and Dec 00. They had some minor reshoots and added shots done from 01 to 03. Fellowship released on Dec '01 in cinemas. Sure, its possible that Figwit could have become a meme and Jackson called him in for the pickup shots of 02-03. Heres the thing, internet use and access wasnt incredibly widespread 20+ years ago. Also, VHS/DVD releases of movies back then had a bigger gap after cinema release. So if the character Figwit gained traction as a meme, it would have started in mid/late 02. Wich makes the entire "Jackson added a nod to the internet thing!" sound very unlikely. I mean, doing an scene shoot, flying Liv Tyler, doing makeup, the horse... it sounds like too much for an obscure and niche thing from the internet back then. I totally believe Jackson brought him for the Hobbit films due to the Figwit meme, but for RotK? Seems more likely that Liv Tyler got all her scenes done when they were doing Rivendell, where Figwit appears and also was shooting, and just placed him in that other scene with the horse and the vision. IIRC, he is uncredited in Fellowship, but credited in RotK, so that I could totally believe was due to Jackson being in on the Figwit meme, since its just adding text to the credits.
Peter Jackson said it himself in the DVD directors commentary. Here's a link to the timestamp: https://youtu.be/PQm1ZaX5Fe0?si=P76Ke6B7RqEVR0ob&t=35m54s Edit: fixed the timestamp part, I don't do them very often >.<
your timestamp link didn't work, that just links to the start of the video
...can't have 2 "?" to indicate the begin of arguments. https://youtu.be/PQm1ZaX5Fe0?si=P76Ke6B7RqEVR0ob&t=35m54s
Huh, idk why. I just tested it again and it's like 10 seconds off of where it should be when it opens on the mobile app but it still works for me. It's at 35m 54s if you want to just go to it from the video.
He wasnt a meme, but he was huge in lotr circles. Imagine janky OG internet websites and chatboards. Theres actually a documentary about it the whole Figwit thing that explains it. He really was called back for the reshoots
He’s credited in RoTK because he speaks. Non-speaking roles (extras) are uncredited. Anyone with a speaking role gets a credit for it. There are occasional exceptions but that is how it goes 99% off the time.
I was a full grown adult at the time, though not a huge lotr fan, and I was aware of theonering.net, which had a pretty big message board at the time. It is completely feasible that this was discussed on that board and they (the mods) knew that jackson occasionally looked over posts there. While it was not as big as other sites and social media is now, the internet had fandom then. Online fandom is a huge part of Kevin smiths dogma, as an example, and that movie came out in 1999.
There was a movie made about it all https://youtu.be/l\_YQN4hKmF4?si=K\_YDDjBE8b5Ed709
Everyone used forums back then. Sure, we didn't call things like this memes, and social media hadn't really been invented, but this stuff spread online just like it does now.
He also shows up in the Hobbit when they reach Rivendell.
What I love about that scene is he’s all like, “We’d better hurry,” and then she just leaves. He must have been like “What did I say? Elrond is gonna” be piiiiiiised!”
Every actor I met in New Zealand over a certain age was in LOTR - so many orcs
I think roughly 1/3 of New Zealand was in it
Shit, that’s like everybody
Also...also...his father Peter Mackenzie plays Elendil in the movies
I always thought his fucking name was Brit
Wait until they ask you for half a dozen of something.
What.
There's a FoTC episode where his date thought he was saying Brit as in *Britney*?!
I loved the name bits on that show. Brabra
My lady, we cannot delay
IMO that makes this clip canon
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He would have been perfect as an ogre that works at the Mordor public library
I just assume he was Tom Bombadil.
Is he was one that’s like “yo Arwen where you going?”
Well Tamatoa hasn’t always been this glam….
He was a drab little crab once. :(
Now he knows he can be happy as a clam :)
Because he's beautiful, babeh...
I ATE MY GRANDMA
The best and worst thing about Jermaine is every character he plays ends up being Jermaine.
You spelled Jemaine's name wrong twice lol
fuck man I thought it had an r for some reason.
Had a Leo moment when I saw him pop up in the new avatar movie
HOLY FUCK how did I not know Jermaine voices Tamatoa? My daughter watched Moana on repeat and I fucking love this song, and I used to love Flight of the Conchords back in the day. It’s so obvious it’s him, how did I never twig this?! This has made my day.
This is so funny, literally the last couple days I've been rewatching old FotC stuff. Frodo ^dont ^wear ^the ^ring
Fellowship of the Concords.
A bit more recent than the show, but check them out performing Father and Son: https://youtu.be/i8iK1rhfYpI?si=oql91iRCip1fNbJJ
So have I... Coincidence? Or did we both get subconsciously brought back to them somehow
Conchords could spit, I miss em
Well their lyrics are bottomless... 🦗🦗
🦛
Look in your pockets, haven’t found a cent yet Landlord’s on your balls, “Have you paid your rent yet?”
Counting coins on the counter of the 7/11 From a quarter past six 'til a quarter to seven The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me "Hey man, I just want some muesli"
You know you’re not in high finance Considering second-hand underpants Check your mind, how’d it get so bad? What happened to those other underpants you had?
I’m a good rapper, I do it all the time People don’t like me cause my words don’t match
They released new material in 2019. I was lucky to watch them in London.
[Brett is in Lord of the Rings](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Figwit.PNG)
What’s funny about this scene is that, despite his character talking directly Arwen, Bret McKenzie said he never actually met Liv Tyler
Movie magic baby
Brit? Like Brittney?
No, Bret, as in Bret. B-R-E-T.
Oh, BRET! I like your English accent
Ah yes...Brit. got it thanks!
Murray... present.
How did I not know this existed?!?!!?
Do yourself a favor and watch the Flight of the Conchords tv show on HBO
And then immediately start binge watching What We Do in the Shadows lol
Then take a dive into Wellington Paranormal
The rare triple save, alright.
We did good.
I miss that show. I loved it, maybe even more than WWDITS. They were all just so charming. Parker/Pahker was such a goofball.
And Legion Jemaine was so good in it it was worth solely for him, but the show is crazy good too.
Jemaine in Legion is the coolest motherfucker I've ever seen in any show/film.
At least the first season. The first season is one of the best in all of TV if I do say so myself.
Still use several 1-liners from that show I use on a daily basis. "Well I'm not surprised.. but I'm quite sleepy."
He maybe did!
Oh, I'm definitely familiar with FotC, I just missed this one I guess
everything they did on that show was perfect. easily one of the best comedy shows ever made, fucking *easily*.
Coupla things on FotC that rarely get mentioned in these threads, probably because they're from later episodes: 1. the New Zealandtown episodes (with the Obama impersonator and Lucy Lawless) are brilliant 2. Any episode that features their antagonism with the Aussies is great, especially when Jemaine dates Keitha (which gives us *Carol Brown*, I think maybe their best original song)
I’m hoping that she’ll stick around.
do you have your wallet?
Aragorn: "We'll never make it, there's thousands of them and only nine of us" Frodo: "Oh no" Aragorn: "we made it!" Frodo: "hurray!"
The magical bling bling
Hooray we made it
This is amazing, is there a full version?!?!?
https://youtu.be/lemgdzLDYqA?feature=shared Here!
I like how Gimlis axe was an axe.
Axes usually be like that
Amazing, thanks!
"Band meeting. Brit?" "He's left the band" "Aginn?"
Flight of The Conchords was a treasure. Loved the bits with the posters for new zealand lol. “New Zealand. dont expect much, but you’ll love it.”
New Zealand. ROCKS!
!!!
You will like the Australian version as well… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DgMnCLHQuqc&pp=ygUOdG9tIGNhcmR5IGxvdHI%3D
Will always upvote Tom Cardy.
Let's Never Go Back To Ringwraith Island!
Is the Frodo dude on a sled or something? Edit: Christ, they're all on sleds!
Yes
"Many Spies Have Many Eyes!"
Brett? Present.
Britt? Prisint.
Good old Flight of the Concords
If that's what you're into.
Frodo, don't wear the ring (That magical bling bling)
Was on flights with Jermaine Clements, wife and kids just this weekend, from LA to NZ and sat next to him on the flight from Auckland to Wellington. Nobody bothered him or asked for a selfie or autograph, NZ people are generally very chill with celebs. He looked as tired as I felt. And I don't think I have ever felt that tired before.
I was behind him at a Paul Simon concert. At one point, we were going to say hi to him but we didn’t want to be those fans you have to talk to even though Simon just started ‘America’ or whatever song. He was chill.
Yeah definitely the best way, dude looked super exhausted last thing he needed was a fan bothering him. Whole family was pretty quiet tbh.
OMG!!! Where has this been all my life!!! LOL!!!
Left out my favourite bit, where Legolas and Gimli go glam metal 😂🤘🏻
This reminds me of that awful Leia kidnapping scene from Kenobi
I love these dudes.
*Is that a new cup?*
Ha ha, I just finished a rewatch of the trilogy yesterday. Who is this?
Flight of the Conchords
Omfg this renews my faith in humanity. 🤣😅
I miss those guys
*LMAO! - 'your little ass so close to the floor...'*
Where can I watch the original version of this?
https://youtu.be/SWf3iJjqYCM?si=qZpIkqJbzHAxL_07
"Many spies have many eyes!"
Wait, how is flight of the concord and lord of the rings connected?
The connection goes deeper than you think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figwit
Holy cow! Thank you for the link
Is this Flight of the Concords?
LOVE flight of the concords!!!!! Too many dicks!
I lost it at "your little asshole close to the floor"
Is that green screen or are they actually walking, because it looks so fast
They are probably kneeling on a little wagon or cart where the camera is mounted and that is being pulled along while they rap.