The interpreter Bernard Hillbest known for his roles in ‘Titanic’ and in the trilogy of ‘The Lord of the rings’, died at 79 years old and left behind a career of more than 40 years in film, theater and television.
As many will remember, the British performer gave life to the Captain Edward Smith in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning film which catapulted Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, its two main protagonists, to fame. Five years later, she would get her big break in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ upon becoming the king Theoden, one of the most mythical characters in JRR Tolkien’s universe. Role that he would repeat a year later in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ (by the way, in case you want to pay a well-deserved tribute to Bernard Hill, you have the entire ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy available on Prime Video and HBO Max).
In his filmography, we also find other notable roles in ‘Imminent execution’ under the direction of Clint Eastwood, in ‘Valkyrie’one of Tom Cruise’s best films, or in the also Oscar-winning ‘Gandhi’ of the filmmaker Richard Attenboroughone of the best biopics in the history of cinema.
Despite this, the actor will always be remembered for his intervention in ‘Titanic’ and in the two installments of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ mentioned above and the reason, beyond the popularity of his two characters, responds to the fact that that Bernard Hill has died without anyone having surpassed his record, thus becoming the only actor in history to achieve something unusual.
He is not the actor who has been nominated the most times for the Oscars (this credit goes to good old Jack Nicholson) or the one who has won the golden statuette for Best Leading Actor the most. An achievement that, as you know, corresponds to Daniel Day-Lewis. And he is not the actor who has appeared in the most films in the history of cinema and whose name you surely do not know.
The unusual record of Bernard Hill is that it is about only actor to have participated in two films -‘Titanic’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’- winners of 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. That is, it has been ppresent in two of the three films with the most statuettes in the history of Hollywood’s biggest awards (the third would be ‘Ben-Hur’).
Without a doubt, a fact that serves to increase the legend of this great figure in the entertainment industry.
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