five shocking facts about Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring number one Billy Boyd had no idea that the explosion for the dragon firework was going to really happen on set and the scream you hear was a genuine reaction number two Orlando Bloom was still in drama school when he got the role of legalis and he had 2 days left before his graduation number three Gandalf Whispers to a moth while on top of the Eisen guard Tower and he says guer which was actually the name of the eagle we see a little later
on number four sha Bean says that he wasn't actually there on the day that they filmed the fellowship leaving Rivendell and he thinks that Peter had him added in digitally number five Bilbo's cake really did have 111 candles lit while on set and the fire ended up setting the whole polystyrene cake Ablaze
