LOTR bloopers: John Rhys-Davies was brutal with his battle axe!

[MoustacheMedic]

He doesn't play Gimli, he is Gimli.

[ClockworkGearhead]

"So you like method acting?"
"Yes, and my method was to kill them with my axe."

[sterben]

As a fan I humbly salute the stunt actors for their sacrifice to bring us a top quality performance

[_cj_]

>Legolas, I've killed 2 already!
>bro, we're not filming yet!

[adamduane]

I find this hilarious. I can only imagine the stunt guys dreaded those filming days

[DJchilcott]

It's the pause that does it for me. "You come at me and I'll hit you. With my axe."

[Arthonious]

I'm reminded of a scene at Helm's Deep when Gimli hit an Uruk between the legs

[richard]

In other words, John Rhys-Davies committed to his role by beating the absolute shit out of his opponents, just as Gimli would do.

[ezradanger]

John did not play Gimli anymore than Viggo played Aragorn. They actually were those characters.

[joshuahenderson]

I’m still so impressed at how the camera tricks you into seeing him as like 4 fr instead his actual size.

[eliaswinston]

Even better, he was about 57 during the time of filming the first movie, and he's 6'1" IRL so I'd be as scared as those stunt guys.

[tts]

The fact tht he is 185Cm (6Ft) and imagining it is terrifying

[Ashgrom]

John was incredibly uncomfortable in the makeup and got really bad reaction from it (skin breakout). So he was basically incredibly irritable and took it out on then 😂😂

[noahpaquet]

"Wow John, very good acting! Just next time don't hit so hard."
"Acting?"

[elr]

JRD: "Excuse me, who do I have to talk about sharpening this axe? That last guy I hit actually got up."

[jmsgridiron]

I love how they had these big fight scenes planned out and he would just come in swinging without following what they wanted. He fought like a true dwarf and it made the movies so much better.

[AerixArtGames]

All the stuntmen from the movie are coming back years later to express their displeasure of being brutally murdered by John on set in this comment section.

[robluxipiech]

I was in high school . Someone was reading the Hobbit and I picked on them. I got curious, started reading, and apologized.

[wanderinghistorian]

"Try not to hit us, ok? But if you do hit us, that's ok we can take it."

All he heard was, "we can take it."

[Pizzathyme]

If you've never watched the behind the scenes and making of LotR, it enhances the movies so much. It's a lot to digest (like 10+ hours of content), but very worth.