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Ketok is only a forty-five-minute drive from Wellington's city centre, despite the sheer size of the Lord of the Rings crew, with more than 100 drivers alone – because Peter's plan was to make several round trips around New Zealand for location shooting.

The work in the studio doesn't count.

It's a big project.

Daniel arrived on the set at 6 a.m., and it took about an hour and a half for the special effects makeup artist to glue his two pointed ears to him. These two ears are made of a very special artificial elastic material, which looks lifelike. But it was a little difficult to stick them to Daniel's ears obediently.

Daniel sat motionless and let the makeup artist toss for an hour and a half, then put on that supple golden wig for another half hour. Other than that, the makeup artist's serious job of applying something to his face has only just begun.

So, by the time Daniel changed into a gray cape and walked out of the dressing room and into the set, it was already half past nine.

"It's the first day, and he'll probably have to get up a little bit earlier in the future." Andrew Lesnier, the cinematographer of the film, heard the staff say that the makeup was already applied over there, and said to Grant Magee next to him.

They are old buddies with Peter Jackson, this time filming and art direction for "The Lord of the Rings" respectively.

Legolas, or elves, is the focus of Grant's work.

As Daniel strolls out of the morning glow in Ketok Park, his long blonde hair flying, his eyes shining with two glittering suns, and his pointed ears suggest that this is an unusual race.

The clear air of New Zealand and the picturesque scenery of Kaitok made Daniel's first appearance feel like adding special effects, you know, like seeing it in a movie theater.

Even a veteran like Andrew was a little distracted, and the camera didn't start working, but when he looked at the camera, Daniel was covered by a halo of light, as if he really came out of the forest - a child of nature.

His outfit was a little more refined than Orlando Bloom's, which was a big part of why he got the opportunity in the first place.

"He's such a darling of the camera." Andrew sighed.

"It's also the darling of art." Grant followed.

Peter Jackson arranges the scene, with Boromir hanging a sword and a round shield on his back, riding a brown horse. And next to him, there was a white, more divine horse, which gracefully gnawed at the grass on the ground.

This is Legolas's mount, which has been carefully selected from the big racecourses in New Zealand, and is definitely the noblest of horses.

The prop master gave Daniel the bow and quiver, and the assistant helped him carry them.

The Elven Prince in Tolkien's novels, Peter Jackson, and Legolas in Francis's plays came to everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Legolas from the Woodland Kingdom, and I am attending this meeting at the behest of my father, Thrandil." Daniel spoke to all those who were looking at him in a "elven" tone that he had just mastered.

"Great."

A couple of hobbits couldn't wait to run over.

"Daniel, it's exactly like Legolas in my head." Ilya looked him up and down several times, and everyone knew the script by heart, and even read through the original book.

Tolkien's world is so vast that sometimes it is impossible to understand the vastness of Middle-earth just by reading the script. In fact, Daniel, for example, is a big fan of the original book of "The Lord of the Rings", and has his own imagination of the characters in the book.

This is also why fans of the original book are always complaining about the movie adaptation, because it is so difficult to make the real actors and the imaginary characters in their minds the same.

It's clear that Daniel did that, at least with the help of props, makeup, lighting, styling, and so on.

It was a huge success.

Peter Jackson and Francis are the people who know the film best, and the most important aspect of Legolas's character is styling - and if this level is passed, then the film will not be a big problem for him.

"Hey, wake up." Peter yelled.

Everyone came out of the shock brought by Daniel.

At this moment, hundreds of people in the crew of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" all realized that the young man in front of them might give everyone a huge surprise.

The assistant director patrolled the scene, and the scene notes and props were confirmed.

Check along with section by section.

The huge crew quickly created the environment for filming.

Borromir rode in through the doorway of the city wall on a large brown horse, and immediately tightened his reins, looking left and right, admiring the view of Rivendell.

It's a simple performance, and Sean Hama is also a good actor, so it's over.

Then came Legolas' first appearance.

Peter's requirements for him are higher than Boromir's, and Legolas's appearance is an important part of Peter's design, and even in the early stage, Peter felt that a few close-ups should be cut in the director's version to show the elegance and beauty of the elves.

Daniel got on the horse vigorously, his legs were lightly clamped, and the main camera began to swing, taking pictures of Daniel, who was slightly bowed down, on the horse.

Both cameras are pointed at Daniel at the same time.

One is responsible for the close-up, with his flying blonde hair, charming eyes, and then the quiver and raised cape behind him, and the other is the main shot, which is shot by Andrew himself.

"How?"

Peter narrowed his eyes, and his mind added a soft glow and color palette to Legolas, and a beautiful pointy-eared elf rode along, echoing the fairyland-like beauty of Rivendell - a sight to behold.

"Not bad."

"Come on, man, stop pretending."

Andrew and Peter burst out laughing behind the camera.

There is always some joke between the two of them, so this kind of scene is not uncommon on the scene.

Andrew suddenly asked the prop master to put some red maple leaves in front of the camera, and Legolas did it again, and the main shot was shot in the gap between the leaves, and the structure of the picture changed wonderfully.

"Oh, that's a good idea."

Peter's eyes lit up, and he and Andrew looked at each other, and both of them thought that this flash of inspiration was very wonderful.

Legolas' dismount scene is more important.

The results of Daniel's training for more than half a month are basically reflected in this dismount, and it is easy and pleasing to the eye, and the Cheng dù with the cloak raised, the angle of the quiver, and the Cheng dù with hair and pointed ears leaking out, Peter has requirements.

This scene was filmed for three hours.

After a few shots, Daniel had to stop to rehydrate and touch up his makeup, and the makeup artist had to make sure that his ears and hair were out of place and couldn't be put on goofs, all of which took more than half an hour to maintain.

When Peter finally nodded, Daniel felt like he was about to lose his strength.

In the monitor, Legolas dismounts from his horse in a graceful manner, his cloak flung behind him, his face turned towards the camera, his face curious and innocent about King Elon's territory, but under the sun, it shimmers with flowing light.

Today's shooting, for Legolas, is indeed beautiful enough.