![John Rhys-Davies (far left) played the role of the dwarf Gimli in Lord of the Rings, despite being 1.85m tall. A body double (Brett Beattie) stood on the battlefield next to the John Rhys-Davies (far left) played the role of the dwarf Gimli in Lord of the Rings, despite being 1.85m tall. A body double (Brett Beattie) stood on the battlefield next to the](https://i.redd.it/ormctqnks9x01.jpg)
John Rhys-Davies (far left) played the role of the dwarf Gimli in Lord of the Rings, despite being 1.85m tall. A body double (Brett Beattie) stood on the battlefield next to the
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Peter Jackson shows John Rhys-Davies how he wants him in a scene while Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen laugh while filming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002. :
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