Director Peter Jackson readies actors and crew at Osgiliath.

Peter Jackson, Orlando Bloom, Karl Urban, and Pierre Vinet in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Bernard Hill at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Bernard Hill and John Rhys-Davies at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Bernard Hill and Andy Serkis at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Liv Tyler and Bernard Hill at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Alex Kingston at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, and Orlando Bloom at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Brad Dourif at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Cate Blanchett at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Andy Serkis at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Miranda Otto at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Karl Urban at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

New York premiere photo courtesy of New Line Cinema

Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, John Bach, and David Wenham in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Peter Jackson in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Liv Tyler in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Brad Dourif and Bernard Hill in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Miranda Otto in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Brad Dourif, Christopher Lee, Geoff Allen, Ryan Carey, Rodney Cook, Augie Davis, Shane Dawson, Allan Poppleton, Piripi Waretini, Sala Baker, Sam Kelly, Lance Louez, Robert Young, Sean Button, Mana Hira Davis, Winham Hammond, Nooroa Poa, Lani Jackson, Greg Ellis, Clint Carleton, Greg Lane, Daniel Andrews, Siaosi Fonua, Ken Stratton, Dean Morganty, David Gatward Ferguson, Joseph Mika-Hunt, Francis Mountjoy, Richard Alexander, Ralph Johnson, Michael Harrison, Tack Daniel, Robbie Titchener, and Grant Beban in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Brad Dourif and Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Bruce Hopkins, John Rhys-Davies, and Brett Beattie in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen and Miranda Otto in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

David Wenham in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Peter Jackson, Orlando Bloom, and Karl Urban in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)