PETER JACKSON

John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, shared an interesting story at Fan Expo in San Francisco. He revealed that filming wasn't always smooth sailing, especially when it came to the weather. Once, while shooting in New Zealand's South Island, a massive rainstorm hit. It rained so much that the lake and the surrounding hundre...

Do you know that the director of Lord of the Rings started his career with a crime movie? Thirty years ago, Peter Jackson directed Heavenly Creatures, a film based on a real-life murder case in New Zealand. This movie introduced the world to two amazing actresses: Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. They played two best friends who did something shocking. The movie did...