2004 Directed by Nick Booth, Hannah Clarke …
The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", during the Council of Elrond scene. His brief appearance sparked a huge internet fan-base dedicated to his "brooding pout" and "elvish good looks". McKenzie has been dubbed "FIGWIT", an acronym of "Frodo is Great; Who is That!!?"
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In The Fellowship of the Ring, Bret McKenzie appears for approximately three seconds, and the movie is nominated for, but does not win, the Academy Award for Best Picture.
In The Two Towers, Bret McKenzie does not appear at all, and the movie is nominated for, but does not win, the Academy Award for Best Picture.
In The Return of the King, Bret McKenzie is given a speaking role by Peter Jackson, and the movie is nominated for, and finally wins, the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Coincidence? Hmmm... No.
Bret Mckenzie went from 3 seconds of being in the Fellowship of the Ring...to a speaking part in Return of the King...to winning an Oscar.
It pays to be attractive.
Long live Figwit
THIS IS FUCKING JOKES. I'm out here, watchin Flight of the Conchords, and I'm thinkin "why does Bret look so familiar?" so I look him up. HE'S FUCKING FIGWIT.
ONLY OG LORD OF THE RANGS FANATICS KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH FIGWIT. I FUCKING CRIED. WHAT THE FUCK? TAIKA WAITITI SHOT HALF OF THIS DOC. HE'S CREDITED AS AN ACTOR IN IT. BAHAHAH. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!! WHY IS THIS WHERE MY 2 NEW ZEALAND OBSESSIONS COLLIDE? I'm shook. This is proof that lotr really DID employe the entire country of New Zealand.
Such a fun little documentary on such a niche subject! I was impressed with the comprehensive level of interviewing they were able to do about a character with a collective 30 seconds or so of screentime.
Also really cool and fun to see baby Taika Waititi, back when he was Taika Cohen!
If there’s anything I got out of this it’s that fans bullying filmmakers works. Keep up the good work everybody
automatically screeched when taika appeared i was not prepared
every new thing i see/read about him, bret and jemaine makes me love them more and further proves that new zealand is not real
this just kept getting more insane and i fucking love it, love that peter jackson just kept feeding into the conspiracy/fan theories about his own films
what a time to be on the internet
when you're in scotland and the edible hits- imgur.com/a/YEYgPeb
taika's long hair, jemaine saying the word himbo, partly produced and directed by bret's future wife- gem after gem here aww. i love the bret mckenzie extended universe.
