October 9, 2003

Figwit
Tinowien

Ah, Lilly, I thought no one would ever ask. Some weird person was watching the Council scene in FOTR and noted a certain good-looking, dark haired, silent elf with 3 seconds of screen time. She dubbed him "Figwit," an acronym for "Frodo is grea... who is THAT?" She started a website, "Figwit Lives," and now, well, Figwit is history. No one knows who Figwit really is. Go ahead and type 'Figwit' in any search engine and find him.
The guy who played Figwit, Bret Mackenzie, a good looking musician from New Zealand, is on the way to stardom. I recently read an interview with him and he mentioned that he has a scene in ROTK that he hoped they didn't cut...