what character did liv tyler play in lord of the rings?
Arwen
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 Figwit is a fan @-@ created name for an unnamed Elven escort in Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , played by actor and musician Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords fame . The name Figwit derives from an acronym for " Frodo is grea ... who is THAT ? ! ? " [ sic ] . 

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 Tennant had been offered the role when he was watching a pre @-@ transmission copy of Doctor Who with Davies and Gardner . Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke , but after he realised they were serious , he accepted the role and made his first appearance in the dénouement of " The Parting of the Ways " , the final episode of the first series . Doctor Who continued to be one of BBC 's flagship programmes throughout Davies ' tenure , and resulted in record sales of the show 's official magazine , an increase in spin @-@ off novels , and the launch of the children 's magazine Doctor Who Adventures and toy sonic screwdrivers and Daleks . The show 's popularity ultimately led to a resurgence in family @-@ orientated Saturday night drama ; the ITV science @-@ fiction series Primeval and the BBC historical dramas Robin Hood and Merlin were specifically designed for an early Saturday evening timeslot . Davies was also approached by the BBC to produce several spin @-@ off series , eventually creating two : Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures . 

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 In Peter Jackson 's film trilogy ( 2001 – 2003 ) , Saruman is significantly more active in the first two films than in their equivalent books , and he appears in several scenes that are not depicted in Tolkien 's work . In the films , Saruman is depicted presenting himself outright as a servant of Sauron . Smith and Matthews suggest that Saruman 's role is built up as a substitute for Sauron — the story 's main antagonist — who never appears directly in the book . Jackson confirms this view in the commentary to the DVD . They also suggest that having secured veteran British horror actor Christopher Lee to play Saruman , it made sense to make greater use of his star status . Despite this increased role in the first two films , the scenes involving Saruman that were shot for use in the third film , The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , were not used in the cinematic release , a decision which " shocked " Lee . Jackson reasoned that it would be anticlimactic to show Saruman 's fate in the second movie ( after the Battle of Helm 's Deep ) and too retrospective for it to be in the third one . The cut scenes end with Saruman falling to his death from the top of Orthanc after being stabbed by Wormtongue and include material from the chapter The Scouring of the Shire . They are included at the start of the Extended Edition DVD release of the film . 

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 Kubrick drafted a screenplay in 1961 , and envisaged making a " grandiose " epic , with up to 40 @,@ 000 infantry and 10 @,@ 000 cavalry . He had intended hiring the armed forces of an entire country to make the film , as he considered Napoleonic battles to be " so beautiful , like vast lethal ballets " , with an " aesthetic brilliance that doesn 't require a military mind to appreciate " . He wanted them to be replicated as authentically as possible on screen . Kubrick had sent research teams to scout for locations across Europe , and commissioned screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin , one of his young assistants on 2001 , to the Isle of Elba , Austerlitz , and Waterloo , taking thousands of pictures for his later perusal . Kubrick approached numerous stars to play leading roles , including Audrey Hepburn for Empress Josephine , a part which she could not accept due to semiretirement . British actors David Hemmings and Ian Holm were considered for the lead role of Napoleon , before Jack Nicholson was cast . The film was well into preproduction and ready to begin filming in 1969 when MGM cancelled the project . Numerous reasons have been cited for the abandonment of the project , including its projected cost , a change of ownership at MGM , and the poor reception the 1970 Soviet film about Napoleon , Waterloo , received . In 2011 , Taschen published the book , Stanley Kubrick 's Napoleon : The Greatest Movie Never Made , a large volume compilation of literature and source documents from Kubrick , such as scene photo ideas and copies of letters Kubrick wrote and received . In March 2013 , Steven Spielberg , who previously collaborated with Kubrick on A.I. Artificial Intelligence and is a passionate admirer of his work , announced that he would be developing Napoleon as a TV miniseries based on Kubrick 's original screenplay . 

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 Perhaps because of Buchan 's work , Prester John also appeared in 20th @-@ century pulp fiction and comics . For example , Marvel Comics has featured " Prester John " in issues of Fantastic Four and Thor . He was a significant supporting character in several issues of the DC Comics fantasy series Arak : Son of Thunder . His Avatar is the ally of the Pendragon in Mage : The Hero Defined . The 1992 video game Castles II : Siege and Conquest contains a sub @-@ plot involving the search for Prester John 's kingdom . Prester John also features in Tad Williams ' epic trilogy , Memory , Sorrow and Thorn and Season 2 of Netflix 's Marco Polo includes references to Prestor John . 
