factsinallcaps
THE BEATLES HAD PLANS FOR A LORD OF THE RINGS FILM THAT THEY HOPED WOULD BE DIRECTED BY STANLEY KUBRICK. THE PROJECT FELL THROUGH BECAUSE KUBRICK BELIEVED THE TRILOGY TO BE UNFILMABLE, AND TOLKIEN WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE BEATLES PLAYING HIS CHARACTERS.
IF THE FILM HAD BEEN MADE, PAUL WOULD HAVE PLAYED FRODO, RINGO WOULD HAVE PLAYED SAM, GEORGE WOULD HAVE PLAYED GANDALF, AND JOHN WOULD HAVE PLAYED GOLLUM.






