Evan Nattrass loves the Lord of the Rings books. So he jumped at the chance to be an extra in one of the Lord of the Rings films. I put my name on the list a long time before filming started, he says. Then I had to go to Wellington [in New Zealand] with lost of other people to be photographed and measured. Moths leter , Evan took a holiday from his job as a school librarian and want off to be in films.
An extra has a small role in the film, but doesn’t speak. As an extra in The Lord of the Rings Evan had lost of different roles. One of these was an evil orc. The become an orc, he had to wear an orc costume. The costume was made of rudder. He had to put on rubber arms and rubber legs, and a big ugly rubber head. Then he had to put on his armour. It was very hot and very uncomfortable, says Evan.
Then someone threw mud all over Evan and the other extra to make them look as clirtg as possible – just like soldiers who have been fighting in a long war. During the filming though, there was nobody there to fight. Evan remembers, We were told , That’s where they’re going to be. Imagine they’re there. The film-makers added other soldiers to the film later.
So what was the hardest thing about an extra? Waiting two years to see it- I’m only in the third film, says Evan.