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Speaking from Scotland, where he is performing at the Edinburgh Festival as one half of folk comedy duo, ight of the Conchords, Mr Mckenzie, 26, said he thought the Figwit phenomenon was a people and it was pretty strange to start with. They have built this whole thing up and I think they found it a bit weird to meet me, not Figwit. It's hilarious because it's been pro pelled by so ltle Im famous for doing The Figwit fans were boosting audi ences at his festival performances as well as garnering him attention from the Scotland Tolkien Association and the Scottish press. One woman even stood news that the elfin pinup was travelling to Britain was almost too much for the fixated fans who created the first Figwit website, Israeli student Iris Hadad, 23, and English woman Sher up during the first Conchords show and screamed "Figwit Mr McKenzie said he was also amused by an Intemet petition calling for a Figwit action figure, especially con- sidering the inactive nature of his char www.figwitlives.net is devoted to the enigmatic elf and his brooding good looks. The excitable pair, who live in Brit ain, could hardly believe their luck at the prospect of meeting him in person. "Excuse us while we have a meltdown Tll be the world's first passive action figure, all the Figwit doll i do is pout and smoulder." Flying high: Bret Mckenze Girlfriend Hanah Clarke said she had no qualms about him becoming a are planning a documentary on Mr Mr a festival show as one half o Kenzie's "passive celebrity, with film Flight of the Conchords duo " got a bit of a fright th first time I of Figwit meeting his fans in Edinburgh. he's an extra, the next he's an Internet saw him dressed up as an elf but I think Productions, said the documentary superstar. Bret has his own celebrity but t's pretty cool." from nameless extra to cult star Although he is focusing on the rest of his festival performances for now, Mr McKenzie has grand plans for the future focus on Mr Mckenzie's shft this Figwit thing is out of contro Meeting the Figwit fans was a surreal "It's the shift from fiction to hyper experience, Mr McKenzie said fiction that interests us. One motTheyre a pretty eclectic group of pop up in heaps of cult movies." I could become a celebrity extra and
Speaking from Scotland, where he is performing at the Edinburgh Festival as one half of folk comedy duo, ight of the Conchords, Mr Mckenzie, 26, said he thought the Figwit phenomenon was a people and it was pretty strange to start with. They have built this whole thing up and I think they found it a bit weird to meet me, not Figwit. It's hilarious because it's been pro pelled by so ltle Im famous for doing The Figwit fans were boosting audi ences at his festival performances as well as garnering him attention from the Scotland Tolkien Association and the Scottish press. One woman even stood news that the elfin pinup was travelling to Britain was almost too much for the fixated fans who created the first Figwit website, Israeli student Iris Hadad, 23, and English woman Sher up during the first Conchords show and screamed "Figwit Mr McKenzie said he was also amused by an Intemet petition calling for a Figwit action figure, especially con- sidering the inactive nature of his char www.figwitlives.net is devoted to the enigmatic elf and his brooding good looks. The excitable pair, who live in Brit ain, could hardly believe their luck at the prospect of meeting him in person. "Excuse us while we have a meltdown Tll be the world's first passive action figure, all the Figwit doll i do is pout and smoulder." Flying high: Bret Mckenze Girlfriend Hanah Clarke said she had no qualms about him becoming a are planning a documentary on Mr Mr a festival show as one half o Kenzie's "passive celebrity, with film Flight of the Conchords duo " got a bit of a fright th first time I of Figwit meeting his fans in Edinburgh. he's an extra, the next he's an Internet saw him dressed up as an elf but I think Productions, said the documentary superstar. Bret has his own celebrity but t's pretty cool." from nameless extra to cult star Although he is focusing on the rest of his festival performances for now, Mr McKenzie has grand plans for the future focus on Mr Mckenzie's shft this Figwit thing is out of contro Meeting the Figwit fans was a surreal "It's the shift from fiction to hyper experience, Mr McKenzie said fiction that interests us. One motTheyre a pretty eclectic group of pop up in heaps of cult movies." I could become a celebrity extra and

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Doco planned on enigmatic elf LUCY CORRY THE NATIONSREWSPAPIR FIRST he got three seconds of fame in The Lord of the Rings, then came a s website devoted to his elvish good looks er Rin USA TODAY cycle now there are plans for a documen sure tary about Wellington actor and musi cian Bret McKenzie, aka Figwit. Most moviegoers might have missed his appearance as an elf extra in The Fellowship of the Ring but one glimpse of Mr McKenzie's finely chiselled cheek bones was eough to spawn a host of estih Internet sites created by ardent fanse class cats py diideds Figwitan acronym for Frodo-Is- Great, Who-Is-That?has featured in an increasing number of sites and tak- en front page space in USA Today and YahooLife magazine in the United States. Front page news: Wellington actor Bret McKenzie's face adorns the front page of USA Today as his Figwit fame spreads across the globe.
Doco planned on enigmatic elf LUCY CORRY THE NATIONSREWSPAPIR FIRST he got three seconds of fame in The Lord of the Rings, then came a s website devoted to his elvish good looks er Rin USA TODAY cycle now there are plans for a documen sure tary about Wellington actor and musi cian Bret McKenzie, aka Figwit. Most moviegoers might have missed his appearance as an elf extra in The Fellowship of the Ring but one glimpse of Mr McKenzie's finely chiselled cheek bones was eough to spawn a host of estih Internet sites created by ardent fanse class cats py diideds Figwitan acronym for Frodo-Is- Great, Who-Is-That?has featured in an increasing number of sites and tak- en front page space in USA Today and YahooLife magazine in the United States. Front page news: Wellington actor Bret McKenzie's face adorns the front page of USA Today as his Figwit fame spreads across the globe.

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Final touches: Mark Addy, left, and Jami Gertz 'Lord' of the extras: Elfin charmer nets fans By Susan Wloszczyna USA TODAY southwest England New Zealand, where to find good elves. He's quite striking" much of the trilogy So much so that when additional was shot. "It's so hilari shooting recently was done for the sec- ous," says Mckenzie, ond film, The Two Towers (due Dec. 18), who was compensated "Someone said, We should track down Box office and awards alone cannot hope to measure the true cultural im- ct of a cinematic epic as grand as The Hadad dubbed him Figwit, based on her initial reaction to his the Rings: The Fellowship of the fleeting appearance Ring, the first of three movies based on during the Council of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic that bows Elrond when hobbit hero Frodo (Elijah A more reliable yardstick is whether Wood) agrees to be the or Middle-earthlings have in- ring bearer: "Frodo is spired a passionate cult similar to the grea... who is that?" one that surrounds bounty hunter Boba We get a lot of e- Fett of the Star Wars series. The more mails from people who with $1,300 and free Figwit.' But he was out of town." lunches for his week's Alas, the other two movies remain labor. "My friends Figwit-less, though Ordesky says ther started calling me Fig- could be a half-second more of him in wit. I've got to be one the expanded DVD out in November of the most celebrated However, those who give a fig about extras in film history Figgy should buy or rent the wide- Rings also is a family screen versions. Word is, he has beern on video and DVD today thing. Dad Peter plays lopped off in the full-screen editions. Kenzie is spending August in Edin obscure, of course, the better ure enough, Rings has spawned an only ones who noticed unlikely idol, a nameless elf (played by that handsome, dark- and brother Justin is a fellow elf "for one sec- ond," McKenzie says. with his folk-comedy duo of the Conchords. (He also plays with the funk band The Black Seeds.) Ha- extra Bret McKenzie) of haughty de- haired elf," Hadad says. Figwit lives! McKenzie, right, His girlfriend works meanor whose lack of dialogue, close- "He does stand out" has about 3 seconds in Lord of Weta, director Peter dad and de Andres are making the trip ups or screen time (only three seconds Adds de Andres, "His the Rings, but fans aplenty Jackson's effects house. this week and will meet him for the first so) during the three-hour-plus ad- enigmatic broodiness Executive producer time. A New Zealand crew doing a Fig Mark Ordesky says Jackson is highly wit documentary will record the en- nom. "He counter. "And I thought we were crazy." venture hasn't kept admirers from worked its magic on them." That magic has translated into sites amused by The first site dedicated to the ethere- filled with Figwit fan fiction, diaries, thinks it's great. It's wonderful that the de Andres says. al being, figwitlives.net, popped up in photo galleries and karaoke. "Figwit whole thing is organic, not calculated." Admits McKenzie, "I don't k arch. Its creators are a pair of Net just happ chatters, Iris Hadad, 23, an Israeli stu- The man behind Figwit, musician while reviewing dailies of the council Ordesky himself noticed McKenzie what to say. Maybe I'll just pout. dent, and Sherry de Andres, 31, of McKenzie, 26, hails from Wellington, scene a couple of years ago. "It's difficult Rings DVD packs in extras, 5D
Final touches: Mark Addy, left, and Jami Gertz 'Lord' of the extras: Elfin charmer nets fans By Susan Wloszczyna USA TODAY southwest England New Zealand, where to find good elves. He's quite striking" much of the trilogy So much so that when additional was shot. "It's so hilari shooting recently was done for the sec- ous," says Mckenzie, ond film, The Two Towers (due Dec. 18), who was compensated "Someone said, We should track down Box office and awards alone cannot hope to measure the true cultural im- ct of a cinematic epic as grand as The Hadad dubbed him Figwit, based on her initial reaction to his the Rings: The Fellowship of the fleeting appearance Ring, the first of three movies based on during the Council of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic that bows Elrond when hobbit hero Frodo (Elijah A more reliable yardstick is whether Wood) agrees to be the or Middle-earthlings have in- ring bearer: "Frodo is spired a passionate cult similar to the grea... who is that?" one that surrounds bounty hunter Boba We get a lot of e- Fett of the Star Wars series. The more mails from people who with $1,300 and free Figwit.' But he was out of town." lunches for his week's Alas, the other two movies remain labor. "My friends Figwit-less, though Ordesky says ther started calling me Fig- could be a half-second more of him in wit. I've got to be one the expanded DVD out in November of the most celebrated However, those who give a fig about extras in film history Figgy should buy or rent the wide- Rings also is a family screen versions. Word is, he has beern on video and DVD today thing. Dad Peter plays lopped off in the full-screen editions. Kenzie is spending August in Edin obscure, of course, the better ure enough, Rings has spawned an only ones who noticed unlikely idol, a nameless elf (played by that handsome, dark- and brother Justin is a fellow elf "for one sec- ond," McKenzie says. with his folk-comedy duo of the Conchords. (He also plays with the funk band The Black Seeds.) Ha- extra Bret McKenzie) of haughty de- haired elf," Hadad says. Figwit lives! McKenzie, right, His girlfriend works meanor whose lack of dialogue, close- "He does stand out" has about 3 seconds in Lord of Weta, director Peter dad and de Andres are making the trip ups or screen time (only three seconds Adds de Andres, "His the Rings, but fans aplenty Jackson's effects house. this week and will meet him for the first so) during the three-hour-plus ad- enigmatic broodiness Executive producer time. A New Zealand crew doing a Fig Mark Ordesky says Jackson is highly wit documentary will record the en- nom. "He counter. "And I thought we were crazy." venture hasn't kept admirers from worked its magic on them." That magic has translated into sites amused by The first site dedicated to the ethere- filled with Figwit fan fiction, diaries, thinks it's great. It's wonderful that the de Andres says. al being, figwitlives.net, popped up in photo galleries and karaoke. "Figwit whole thing is organic, not calculated." Admits McKenzie, "I don't k arch. Its creators are a pair of Net just happ chatters, Iris Hadad, 23, an Israeli stu- The man behind Figwit, musician while reviewing dailies of the council Ordesky himself noticed McKenzie what to say. Maybe I'll just pout. dent, and Sherry de Andres, 31, of McKenzie, 26, hails from Wellington, scene a couple of years ago. "It's difficult Rings DVD packs in extras, 5D

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