Elijah Wood Says A 'Lord of the Rings' Orc Was Designed To Resemble Harvey Weinstein

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- IndieWire (@IndieWire) October 4, 2021

Elijah Wood was a guest on Dax Shepard's [OP note: uuugh] podcast recently, where he revealed that an Orc in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy was designed to look like disgraced producer and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein. Jackson first started developing his adaptation at Miramax under

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[sandstorm]

I see it.

[theactualworst]

Hahaha I love it!

[josiefier]

I love everything about this. (Bless Bob Shaye!) And man, go Elijah

[stonemesilly]

Is the name Harvey ruined now? It's on my partner's list for baby names and I don't want people to conjure up that mug when hearing my son's name.

[lanrek]

absolutely not

[spacemonkey_699]

oh man, I love this stupid show, haven't thought about it for ages!

[surprisesidney]

I don't think so, it's not unique enough to be only associated with him. I also think of Harvey from Sabrina the Teenage Witch when I hear it.

[masterofmystery]

beautifully put elijah