16 Unbelievable (And Untrue) Details From The 'Lord Of The Rings' Movies

The Lord of The Rings film series has helped many people through hard times, just like the J.R.R. Tolkien books they were based on. As everyone knows, of course, the movies were very different from the books. Some of that was from the necessity of adaptation, but some was from accidents captured by director Peter Jackson during filming, because according to some overenthusiastic fans, everything happening was actually real and he just needed to get it on camera. The careful searchers of the /r/PeteWasFilming subreddit have "uncovered" many of these details from the set, capturing how many of the famous moments were happy accidents. Not really, of course, but we can pretend these dumb movie details are real. Everyone loves trivia facts, so here are a few you can share with your friends and to confused looks in return. We've collected the best below so you can see why fake movie trivia is even better than real facts from behind the scenes. Let's take a look.