Anya Taylor-Joy revealed that she completed all O Lord of the Rings trilogy on Christmas day.
The 24-year-old actress who stars as the chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the Netflix movie The Queen’s Gambit, is a huge fan of fantasy films that watching them at once is a Christmas tradition.
Although sporting a very similar appearance to Galadriel (the character played by Cate Blanchett in the Peter Jackson film series 2001-2003), Taylor-Joy said The last show with Stephen Colbert that your “number one goal in life” is to look like an elf.
“I just thought, ‘OK, you have to find a way to bring something positive to this,'” Taylor-Joy told Colbert about having to spend Christmas away from his family in Argentina. “What is a wonderful tradition that you really like? ‘And the answer is obviously Lord of the Rings. Like, obviously. “
Colbert, who is also a great Lord of the Rings fan, then asked her if she opted for the theatrical or extended versions of the three films.
She said she watched The Fellowship of the Ringtheatrical cut from before moving on to the extended edition of The two towers. “Just because I love Two towers, “she said. But at The return of the king she was forced to choose the theatrical cut because her partner fell asleep, “which is sacrilege, I know”.
Amazon Studios is currently working on a big budget TV adaptation Lord of the Rings, for which filming is underway in New Zealand.
Taylor-Joy, meanwhile, was recently announced as the lead role in the Mad Max: Fury Road prequela Angry.
The announcement comes after thinking that Killing Eve star Jodie Comer would assume the role portrayed by actress Charlize Theron in the 2015 blockbuster.