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Clip trailer 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'APTN. Berlin, 9 December 20032. SOT LIV TYLER, on nerves about the premiere (English):\" Well they are always scary, just that moment when you pull up in the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew Line Cinema\u003cbr/\u003e1. Clip trailer 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN. Berlin, 9 December 2003\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOT LIV TYLER, on nerves about the premiere (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well they are always scary, just that moment when you pull up in the car and you hear thousands of people screaming, and you are thinking, 'Oh my God am I going to trip, is my bra strap showing, or, is my hair sticking up, is there a bugger/'. I don't know, you start to think of loads of ridiculous dorky things. But I am really excited. We are having a lot of fun on this whole thing,  and the fans are so nice to us so it's been good. \"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema\u003cbr/\u003e3. Clip 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN. Berlin, 9 December 2003\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOT ELIJAH WOOD on not predicted level of success of trilogy (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think we knew that it was going to be successful, that there was a fan base already for it from the books. And that certainly the dynamics of the storytelling would be interesting fro people that didn't know the books. But beyond that I don't think we really knew. I don't think we could have anticipated the sort of global appreciation and gratitude that has been so widespread as a result of these movies,  it is pretty extraordinary. \"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema\u003cbr/\u003e5. B-roll Peter Jackson on set with Bernard Hill and Viggo Mortensen\u003cbr/\u003e6. MS Viggo Mortensen and Bernard Hill take scene\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN. Berlin, 9 December 2003\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOT PETER JACKSON, Director, on expecting to wait 20 years before he'll be able to watch trilogy like a fan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I watch the movies and there is a lot about the movies that I do enjoy. I like seeing sequences and stuff. But I obviously can't, I can't just relate to them as movies the way that everybody else can because I am so aware of what went into making them.  I guess you have just have to forget about it. We are probably looking about 20 or 30 years, when I am an old old man, maybe flick on the channels and one of them will be playing on TV and I will watch it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema\u003cbr/\u003e8. Clip 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN. Berlin, 9 December 2003\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOT IAN McKELLEN on whether he would play Gandalf if 'The Hobbit' were to be made (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"Look, if Peter Jackson decides that he wants to go back to middle earth, and who else has earned the the right to take us back there? And he asked me to join him it would be very difficult to say no.   \"\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOT ANDY SERKIS on whether he would play Gollum if 'The Hobbit' were to be made (English) :\u003cbr/\u003e\"Absolutely it is, if and when. I don't know if they would every get the rights. It is a great passage in the book, the riddles in the dark chapter is a great chapter with Bilbo Baggins and that would be great , it would be great.  I would definitely do it. It would be hard to not.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11 SOT PETER JACKSON, Director on whether he would make 'The Hobbit' (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"Neil and I have never talked about it, that is the problem I have answering that question is that it has never been discussed, not one question ever...yes. Part of me would like someone else to do it so that I could just enjoy it. I could just go and watch it and be entertained by it. But I also think it would be nice to have the continuity of story telling and style between the movies. And The Hobbit is obviously a legitimate part of this tale that Tolkien wrote, so it would be strange if someone else did it. I would probably be keen to do it myself.  \"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema\u003cbr/\u003e3. Clip 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'\u003cbr/\u003eThe cast of the mammoth Lord of the Rings trilogy are in Berlin for tonight's European premiere of the final instalment, 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING.'\u003cbr/\u003eAnd even after a year and a half of principal photography, followed by three years of post production and pick ups, the stars have still not had enough.\u003cbr/\u003eIan McKellen and Andy Serkis say they would happily reprise their roles as Gandalf and Gollum, to make J.R.R.Tolkien's earlier tale 'The Hobbit' - should Peter Jackson decide to make it. Jackson himself says the idea has never been discussed - but if a film version became a possibility, he would like to do it himself. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It would be nice to have the continuity of story telling and style between the movies. And 'The Hobbit' is obviously a legitimate part of this tale that Tolkien write, so it would be strange if someone else did it. I would probably be keen to do it myself. \"\u003cbr/\u003eThe director's comments contradict recent rumours that he is already starting to develop the shorter Tolkein classic. His next confirmed project is a remake of 'King Kong.'\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Liv Tyler is currently calming her nerves ahead of the lavish extravagaza in store at tonight's launch.  The premiere is being held at Berlin's Sony Centre - conveniently, a ring of buildings.  A red carpet has been laid down the middle of the centre's courtyard, while a huge model of the ring of the story has been hung overhead.\u003cbr/\u003eFans are expected to flock to the event to catch a glimpse of the stars, and Tyler is expecting butterflies.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well they are always scary, just that moment when you pull up in the car and you hear thousands of people screaming, and you are thinking, 'Oh my God am I going to trip, is my bra strap showing, or, is my hair sticking up, is there a bugger?'  I don't know, you start to think of loads of ridiculous dorky things.  \"\u003cbr/\u003eThe final instalment finds hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) pushing further into the evil land of Mordor to try to destroy the ring of power. \u003cbr/\u003eTraveling with them, in an uneasy alliance, is the schizophrenicl Gollum (Andy Serkis), who leads them into the greatest peril yet.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, the warrior Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), reveals himself as the lost heir to the ancient Kings of Gondor. \u003cbr/\u003eTogether with the remaining members of the fellowship - Gimli the dwarf (John Rhys Davies),Legolas the elf (Orlando Bloom), hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan and Pippin (Billy Boyd) and the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) - he must help the people of Rohan and Gondor make a final stand against the evil Lord Sauron. \u003cbr/\u003eThe last adventure includes an army of undead soldiers, havoc wrecking wraiths airborne on dragon-back, and an enormous CGI spider.\u003cbr/\u003eLooking back, Elijah Wood admits none of the cast or crew predicted the film's massive success.  Box office rewards perhaps, but not the global cultural phenoemon the trilogy has become.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't think we really knew. I don't think we could have anticipated the sort of global appreciation and gratitude that has been so widespread as a result of these movies,  it is pretty extraordinary. \"\u003cbr/\u003eWhile fans around the world gear up to enjoy the final movie, Peter Jackson says he expects it will be decades before he can share their pleasure as a fan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I can't just relate to them as movies the way that everybody else can because I am so aware of what went into making them...we are probably looking about 20 or 30 years, when I am an old old man, maybe flick on the channels and one of them will be playing on TV and I will watch it.  \"\u003cbr/\u003e'The Lord of the Rings: Return Of The King' is released in N America and several European territories on 17th December 2003.\u003cbr/\u003eThere will be more on 'The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King' on this evening's APTN Entertainment News feed, available to clients at 2110 GMT. \u003cbr/\u003eLord Of The 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