LifestyleThe GuardianCharlie Vickers: ‘Tom Cruise cheated at freediving - that’s the headline’
Lord of the Rings actor Charlie Vickers shares stories about his muddy marriage proposal, working with Sam Neill and his student days playing Basil Fawlty in Melbourne.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star on his muddy marriage proposal, controversial cheese opinions, memories of Sam Neill and having a good evil face
Charlie Vickers, who plays Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, sat down for a wide-ranging personal interview.
He revealed he proposed to his wife in muddy Hampshire woods and did a deep lunge instead of kneeling, and that Sam Neill once re-enacted a Jurassic Park dinosaur scene for a castmate's photos.
Vickers also recalled performing Fawlty Towers in a circus tent at Melbourne's Queen's College, wearing a wig after shaving his head for the role.
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