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Lord of the Rings star John Rhys-Davies reveals the only way he could make franchise return...

John Rhys-Davies will only return to The Lord of the Rings franchise if he can forgo prosthetics in favour of CGI

John Rhys-Davies will only return to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ franchise if he can forgo prosthetics in favour of CGI.

The 80-year-old actor played Gimli the Dwarf in Peter Jackson’s iconic fantasy trilogy and has now revealed the only way he could make a comeback to Middle Earth was if he was allowed to drop the prosthetics and instead use CGI to get into character, which was first utilised for his co-star Andy Serkis, who played Gollum/Sméagol in the films.

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