The famous New Zealand filmmaker unveiled the drastic method that would allow him to experience the cinematic hat-trick from another perspective.

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The Lord of the Rings, the famous book by J.R.R. Tolkien of fantasy mold, has recently returned to vogue with the arrival of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the new television series by Prime Video that brings to the small screen some fascinating and in some cases original stories related to the Second Age of Middle Earth. 

Well, while we know with certainty that Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Beatles: Get Back) did not take part in the project and indeed the filmmaker said he was snubbed by the production, we recently discovered an absurd fact concerning the iconic film-maker with his cinematic hat-trick dedicated to the aforementioned Tolkien book has acquired disproportionate fame.

The Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and spectacular adaptations in the history of cinema

Well, not everyone knows that Jackson was actually a great lover of the works of the British philologist and writer and this, in reality, can be understood by thinking about how he managed the adaptation in a precise and perfect way. In a recent interview with a podcast of The Hollywood Reporter, the author himself said that in the past he seriously considered the hypothesis of being hypnotized to forget the work done with The Lord of the Rings and thus see the three films with a fresh mind, like any fan. Below you will find his words in detail.

When we made the Lord of the Rings movies, I always felt that I was the unfortunate person who never got to see an up-and-coming film. When there were projections, I was immersed in them for five or six years. It was such a loss for me not to be able to see them like everyone else. 

In fact, I seriously considered the idea of ​​going to a hypnotherapy guy to hypnotize myself to make me forget the movies and the work I had done. for the past six or seven years so I could sit back and enjoy them. I didn’t follow him, but I talked about it with [British mentalist] Derren Brown and he thought he could do it. “

Source: The Hollywood Reporter