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1. We start with a young actor who has been in the limelight for many years. In 1998, he was featured in a disaster movie about an approaching comet. At the end of this movie, he is seen struggling to climb a very steep hillside to avoid the raging waters of the Atlantic Ocean, in a scene reminiscent of his final climb of Mount Doom in "The Return of the King."
2. Another celebrity who has been in the public eye for many years also starred in a special-effects extravaganza in 1998. In this movie, she is the love interest who remains on Earth while the two most important men in her life attempt to deflect an incoming asteroid.
3. "The Lord of the Rings" ensemble cast includes yet a third member who played a role in a disaster movie. In a 2004 movie, he is a meteorologist who detects the unmistakable signs of a sudden ice age triggered by global warming. He is also an out-of-control artificial being in the original "Alien."
4. This member of the Fellowship is a "master of disaster" himself in two installments of a well-known comic-book franchise. This other character does not realize his mutant powers as a youth when he fights against soldiers who are herding his parents to a concentration camp.
5. His character's initial appearance in "The Fellowship of the Ring" is that of an ally in the struggle against evil, but his character had in fact already joined the forces of evil. This actor stars in another major movie saga in which his character also betrays the cause of good and becomes an evil dark lord.
6. This relatively unknown actor made the most of a fairly minor role in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, delivering his lines with a sense of urgency. In 2004's "The Chronicles of Riddick," audiences are treated to more screen time for this former lord of horsemen.
7. Before the release of "The Fellowship of the Ring," his face was already recognizable as a stern-faced, well-attired law enforcement agent who turned out to be something more. When Frodo wakes up on the morning of October the 24th in "The Fellowship of the Ring," I almost expect his character to say, "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr Anderson."
8. "Van Helsing" was one of the first big-budget special-effects movies to arrive in the spring of 2004. In this movie we see the first appearance post-"The Lord of the Rings" of yet another familiar face from Middle-Earth. He is not a member of the vaunted Fellowship, yet he does aid the quest at a very critical moment, after witnessing Frodo's struggle in the ruined city of Osgiliath.
9. Known as a good character actor before "The Lord of the Rings," this unwilling superstar was thrust into the limelight due in part to the enthusiasm of his son for J.R.R. Tolkien's saga. He has appeared in "G.I. Jane," as well as a 2004 movie about a desert horse race.
10. Among the actors who portrayed the members of the Fellowship, his rise has been the most meteoric. In the imposing presence of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy during the years 2002-2004, this young superstar also appeared in "The Pirates of the Caribbean" and the big-budget retelling of the story of Troy.
11. This alumnus of "The Lord of the Rings" appears in another movie with a fellow member of the Fellowship. In this second movie, he is one of the kings of an ancient people and dodges spears and flaming balls of twine. He survives the movie screenplay, though we know from literature that his character would subsequently embark on a decades-long odyssey.
12. This featured member of the Fellowship appears in all three "The Lord of the Rings" movies as a stalwart companion. His comparatively diminutive character in "Rudy" also proves to be one of stout heart.
13. Last, but certainly not the least, among the hobbits is this actor, who is actually the oldest of the four who play the hobbits of the Fellowship. He displays his singing talents in "The Return of the King," and in "Master and Commander," he is a skilled member of the crew.
14. He has been the pilot of a Portuguese ship sailing the stormy seas of medieval Japan. But his most famous role outside "The Lord of the Rings" is as an Egyptian archeologist, a character ably imitated by Dominic Monaghan in the special features of "The Fellowship of the Ring" Extended Edition.
15. In "The Lord of the Rings," she plays a queen from an ancient line of the Noldorin Elves. In another movie, she portrays a real queen from history, a figure who rises from uncertain beginnings to fashion the empire of its age.
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