Editing Figwit (section)

==Background==
[[Bret McKenzie]], half of the musical comedy duo [[Flight of the Conchords]], first landed a small role as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/07/flight-of-the-c.html |title='Flight of the Conchords': Now with added 'Lord of the Rings' goodness |first=Maureen |last=Ryan |date=July 14, 2007 |access-date=July 31, 2008 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194148/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/07/flight-of-the-c.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He appears sitting next to [[Aragorn]] during the council in [[Rivendell]] scene. The elf was dubbed "Figwit" by fan Iris Hadad; after seeing Frodo agree to take the ring, saying "I will take it", the film switches to a shot where Figwit can be seen standing on the far right, and Hadad's initial reaction was "Frodo is great...who is THAT?!?"<ref name="figwitlives">{{cite web |url=http://www.figwitlives.net/faq.htm |title=FAQ |work=figwitlives.net |access-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref> Later, Hadad corresponded with her university friend Sherry de Andres, and the two created the first Figwit fan website, www.figwitlives.net, calling him "[[Legolas]] for the thinking woman".<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2002-08-05-figwit_x.htm |first=Susan|last=Wloszczyna|title='Lord' of the extras: Elfin charmer nets fans |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett]]|location=Mclean, Virginia|access-date=July 31, 2008| date=August 6, 2002}}</ref>

McKenzie appeared as Figwit again in the third film, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', where he was credited as "Elf Escort". He appears in the scene where [[Arwen]] is leaving for the [[Grey Havens]] and has a vision of her future son, Eldarion, this time with two lines warning her to not delay and then exclaiming as she turns around. Director [[Peter Jackson]] stated in the DVD commentary for ''The Return of the King'' that Figwit was called back and given dialogue in the third film "just for fun for the fans" because "so much fuss has been made about him over the last couple of years".<ref name="rotk">{{cite video |people=[[Peter Jackson]] (director), [[Fran Walsh]] (screenwriter, producer), [[Philippa Boyens]] (screenwriter) |date=2004-12-14 |url=http://www.figwitlives.net/dvdcom.txt |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Special Extended DVD Edition |medium=Motion picture |publisher=[[New Line Cinema|New Line Home Entertainment]] |access-date=July 31, 2008|time=scene 9 (with commentary) |isbn=0-7806-4653-3 }}</ref>

McKenzie played another elf in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'', Lindir, who has a brief appearance in the novel ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. McKenzie has stated that Lindir and Figwit are different characters.<ref name="comingsoon.net">{{cite news |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85650 |title=Bret McKenzie Talks The Hobbit |work=[[comingsoon.net]] |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2012 |first=Silas |last=Lesnick |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108072118/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85650 |url-status=dead }}</ref>