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There were days when she
sat down and listened to the silence and through and through all she heard
was the wind of violence. In early times she tried to see the truth
so fair and sound by and by all she got was the thoughts of all around.
Cate Blanchett plays The Lady of Light, Galadriel
- the Elven Queen of Lothlorien. She is the keeper of Nenya - the Ring
of Water which is one of the Three unspoiled rings that Sauron gave to the
Elves. "There is also an edge of danger to her character because she
too, is
Tolkien's The Silmarillion tells of the history of Galadriel's family as well as all Elf-kind. Daughter of Finarfin, she was said to be the most beautiful of all the house of Finwe. She is of the Eldar, originally dwelling in the land of Valinor before even the sun and moon were created. Her grandfather, Finwe was the first Elf to ever be slain - killed by Sauron's master, Morgoth. Her daughter Celebrian is wife to Elrond, making Arwen her grand-daughter. Lady Galadriel and her husband Lord Celeborn of Doriath offer the Fellowship supplies, gifts and a chance to rest while the group are protected within their borders. "It sounds ridiculous, but one of the reasons I wanted to play Galadriel was for the ears: I've always wanted pointy ears!" After completing her work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the design team presented her with a gift - they bronzed her elf ear prosthetics.
Cate was born on May 14, 1969 in
Melbourne, Australia. She attended Melbourne University, studying economics
and fine arts, but left school after her first year to travel. Upon
returning to Australia, she enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic
Art and after graduating made her film debut in Paradise Road.
Other film credits include Oscar and Lucinda, Elizabeth
(which she received an Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe), and The
Gift. Cate was named Australian of the year in 1999. She
is married to screenwriter Andrew Upton and has a son named Dashiell
John. Cate Links: Addicted to Cate : The Cate Blanchett Online Shrine : The Vestal Palace Aussie Cate Blanchett Online : Addicted to Cate
Galadriel Links: Lady of the Wood
The above calendar photo of Galadriel can be found at TheOneRing.net. |
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew. Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea, And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree. Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone, In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion. There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years, While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears. O Lorien! The Winter comes, the bare and leafless Day; The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away. O Lorien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore And in a fading crown have twined the golden eleanor. But if of ships I know should sing, what ship would come to me, What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea? ~Galadriel's Song of Eldamar.
'Venerable Elrond seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength.'
Hugo Weaving plays Elrond Halfelven,
Lord of Rivendell and father to Arwen. "I have the most exquisite costumes.
At one stage, I was getting a bit worried because I was actually
"Whatever the outcome, the Elves will leave Middle-earth and be forgotten. There is, therefore, a sadness about Elrond which made me decide that - although he is an Elf, - he also needed to have humanity, and that is what I have tried to bring to my performance." Hugo was born in Nigeria in 1960 and schooled in England before moving to Australia in 1976. He completed his education in Sydney, graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981. He is a three-time AFI Award winner for his roles in Proof, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and The Interview. Other film credits include Russian Doll and The Matrix trilogy where he played the famous Agent Smith.
Hugo Links: The Unofficial Hugo Weaving Fan site : Desertbell
Elvish Links:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring To Rule Them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Bring Them All, And In The Darkness Bind Them. In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
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Galadriel the Lady of Lorien
~ Cate Blanchett.
a
ring-bearer and has the potential - were she to take the One Ring - to become
a force as terrible as the Dark Lord Sauron himself."
"I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics,
or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into
a video game for me. It was another world completely. But, to
be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought
they would really work with my bare head."
Lord Elrond Halfelven ~
Hugo Weaving.
spending more time in wardrobe than I was on set!"
Although David Bowie was said to be interested in playing Lord Elrond,
the part went to the Australian actor, Weaving.
