Last month marked the 15th Anniversary ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’s release in theaters, which started one of the most successful movie trilogies of all time. While some of those characters returned in the subsequentHobbittrilogy, which wasn’t quite as successful as theLOTR trilogy, a new reunion between several of the iconic stars recently took place, and we have the Instagram photos to prove it.Dominic Monaghantook to Instagram yesterday to share three photos, the first of which features himself along withElijah Wood(Frodo Baggins),Viggo Mortensen(Aragorn),Orlando Bloom(Legolas) andBilly Boyd(Pippin). Here’s whatDominic Monaghanhad to say on Instagram.
“They have a cave troll. @theoneringnet @electrice @boydbilly @orlandobloom @empiremagazine #squadgoals”
This image and the subsequentInstagramimages are tagged with all of theLord of the Rings franchiseactors involved, along with Empire Magazine and the popular website TheOneRing.net. It’s possible that these actors all gathered for some sort of a reunion article in an upcoming issue of Empire, with TheOneRing.net also involved in the piece somehow. TheOneRing.net’s Instagram also reposted the first photo, revealing that whoever runs the TheOneRing.net Instagram was actually the “cave troll” who took the photo. Here’s the caption from the site’s reposted photo.
“I will be their cave troll anytime!! @dom_monaghan_ shared this pub photo last night with Viggo, Orlando, Elijah and Billy. This is literally everything.”
This image is the only one withOrlando Bloomand the entire group, with all of the actors holding various utensils to combat the “cave troll.“Orlando Bloomeven pretends to use Legolas' bow and arrow with a simple fork, whileViggo Mortensenpoints what looks like a rifle stock at this “troll.” The second photo featuresDominic MonaghanwithViggo Mortensen, along with the following brief caption.
“My captain. My king. @theoneringnet @empiremagazine”
The third and final photo featuresDominic Monaghan,Elijah WoodandBilly Boyd, but there was no indication where this photo was actually taken. Given the utensils in the first photo and the background scenery, it certainly appears to be a restaurant of some sort, but it isn’t known where this restaurant is, or still why theseLord of the Ringscast members are coming together all these years later. Here’s whatDominic Monaghanhad to say in the final photo caption.
“Doffing the off the shoulder band look with aplomb @boydbilly @billyboydactor making @electrice and I look like onions. @theoneringnet @empiremagazine”
Lord of the Ringstrilogy is one of the most successful franchises of all time, with the third adventure,Return of the King, making Oscar history, by winning all 11 awards it was nominated for, making it the largest Oscar sweep in history. Its 11 awards also tiesBen-HurandTitanicfor the most Oscars ever won, along with the second sequel to winBest PictureafterThe Godfather Part IIand it is still the only fantasy movie to win the coveted award. All three movies combined for a whopping $1.03 billion at the domestic box office and $2.9 billion worldwide. Take a look at theseLord of the Ringsreunion photos below.
