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ekaryotic on July 8, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are there no good dinosaur films?

the actor that played gandalf ian mckellen? had a minor breakdown on set after he was made to stand on a greenscreen for multiple days.

darick on July 8, 2025 [–]

That was on the set of The Hobbit, not LOTR, which used far less CGI

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