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As Charlie had mentioned a character in the film with the role of a 'Hunter Orc' I began looking for inspiration from the Lord of the Rings films, particularly at the character of Lurtz, the lead Uruk-hai warrior from 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. In the film Lurtz is created by Sauroman to lead his army of Orcs into battle against men, and he certainly looks the part with his massive build!
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Lurtz is played by a Maori actor from New Zealand named Lawrence Makoare, who saw the films as the big break in his acting career. As well as playing Lurtz in the first film, 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and another unnamed Orc, he also played two characters in the third film, 'Return of the King'. One of these was another Orc character named 'Gothmog' for which his face and hands needed more prosthetic work, the second was the WitchKing, which was Lawrence's favourite role as his face was completely hidden by a mask and costume so he spent no time in the make-up chair.
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The character of Lurtz was brought to life on our screens by Gino Acevedo and Jason Docherty from Weta Workshop. It was a gruelling process for both the actor and the make-up artists as the full body make-up and prosthetics took 11 hours to apply (often starting at 9pm in order for the make-up to be complete to commence filming at 8am the next day!). Lawrence then needed to be on set for up to 12 hours before the make-up was removed, which took a further 3 hours. The head piece for Lurtz came in 5 separate parts alongside numerous more pieces to cover the body, which were often made of very thick silicone that could be up to 4 inches thick! All of this meant that acting in the make-up was often very hot and uncomfortable for Lawrence, particularly in the fight scenes where he was moving around a lot. Although Lurtz is featured frequently throughout the film, Lawrence was disappointed to discover that over 2 hours of footage was cut from the film before release, in which he had featured more heavily and had more speaking parts. This footage is available in the director's extended cut.
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