Peter Jackson: “When it came to Saruman, I wanted him to look blue, white, and icy cold. But I decided ifl
changed those eyebrows, that I'd lose the Face and ruin the look. If there's an essential teature to an actor's face,
then you don't mess with it! To make the eyebrows work, however, I lett traces of black hair running through the
white beard so that it created a triangle on Christopher's [Lee, actor] tace: the dark eyebrows above, and the

shadow ot darkness within the beard below."

Ngila Dickson: “The two Wizards are the extremes of the lstari, Saruman so grand and tine and aloof, Gandalt
the benevolent tramp roaming the countryside and in touch with its people. Saruman's costume draws reterence
trom the Elves, in its Fabric and style It had to have an imminence power to it, and I really wanted to accentuate
Christopher Lee's height, a towering character, like Orthanc. In contrast, Gandalt's Costume is very earthy and
rumpled, the depth ot his power hidden behind this genial outward appearance. The Wizards have a deep con-
nection to the Elves. There's a sense that the people who move in and around powerful magic understand the

similar power of the Elves."

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) .
NGILA DICKSON AND RICHARD TAYLOR. COSTUME DESIGNERS