Elrond = Agent Smith?

[TXlib]

Was the actor who played Elrond in LotR the same actor who played Agent Smith in The Matrix?

[everythingsxen]

1. Mr. Baggins....

lol

yes.

[grannylib]

2. Yeah I think so...just caught that at LOTR/ROTK the other morning...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. Yup. Hugo Weaving, eyebrow actor extraordinaire. n/t

[Loonman]

4. Hugo Weaving

Great character actor.

[TXlib]

5. I realised last night...

when I was watching RotK that Elrond was channeling Agent Smith.

The intonation of his lines, the raised eyebrow...

[Jokerman]

6. Also played a drag queen

in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, (1994)

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0915989/

[truthspeaker]

7. Mr. Aragorn

It seems you live two lives. By day, you are a Ranger in the northern wilderness of Eriador, telling tales to Bree townsfolk and helping hobbits take out the garbage. By night, you are the long lost heir to the thrones of Gondor and Anor. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not.

[TXlib]

8. *guffaw*

[zbdent]

11. Take the crown, and you face the life of a king

with all the duties that entails.

Take the ring, and go back to the dark existence.

[Zero Gravitas]

9. Welcome to Rivendell

Mrrr. Baggins. How can you wear the One Ring when you don't have any fingerrrs?

[Loonman]

10. He got the "Agent Smith" voice from a newscaster

He said in an interview that he wanted the voice to sound mechanical, but human, like the strange emphasis and phrasing the Smith character uses.

[LynneSin]

12. He was also the voice of Rex, the authorative Aussie Sheep Dog in "Babe"

Plus he was in "Pricilla, Queen of the Dessert" as a drag queen. He was fabulous in that movie