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Ring Master
Dominion Reporter

Lord of the Rings casting director Liz Mullane took to the streets of Wellington yesterday looking for new extras wanting to find a place in the Peter Jackdon-directed film trilogy.

Ms Mullane, fresh from accompanying the massive cast to the shoot on Mt Ruapehu, also issued an invitation to a new batch of hopefuls - "the more the better" - to audition between 11am and 3pm at the former Show Building site of the New Zealand Dance and Drama centre in Hutchison St on Saturday and Sunday.

Unlike previous auditions, this latest search would be for specific body types: "very tall, slim people and soldier types". Ms Mullane said the need was mainly for elves and the warrior Uruk-hais.

Elves were "tall, slim and very beautiful, 5ft 10in (1.8m) and over"; the soldier types should be of "good, fit sorts of build, 5ft 9in (1.75m) and over".