Kawai 'yan kwanaki da suka gabata Ian McKelen ya lura a daidai shekaru tun lokacin da ya shiga cikin ayyukan "Ubangijin zobba". A cikin girmamawa ga ranar da za a iya tunawa, ya kasance tare da magoya bayan 'yan wasan kwaikwayon ba da izini ta hanyar buga sirri, wanda ya jagoranci lokacin tafiyarsa ta Peter Jackson.
Shekaru 20 da suka wuce na isa New Zealand a kan harbi na "Ubangijin zobba". Na shiga cikin ma'aikatan fim a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2000. A wannan lokacin, na jagoranci mujallar, na kira blog yanzu. Kuna iya son karanta game da waɗancan lokacin zafin rana,
- posted dan wasan kwaikwayo a Twitter.
Dangane da hanyar haɗi cewa Mickelen ya bar a cikin rahoton, kowa zai iya sanin kansu da shigarwar maganganu 16 a kan yadda yake a gaba game da yanayin aikin, menene ra'ayi mai zurfi a gare shi ya bazu da Rivendell, kuma kusan abubuwa da yawa.
14 ga Oktoba, 1999:
Don haka, tafiya ta fara ba tare da ni ba. A ranar Litinin, 11 ga Oktoba, Itace Itace da sauran mutanen da suka hallara a Hebitton. Kuma kamar yadda na ji, suna nuna kyau.
Hanya zuwa Mordor
Janairu 25, 2000:
A cikin New Zealand, Ina jin a gida. Ya zuwa yanzu daga Ingila, amma yaren iri daya ne, zaku iya siyan chocolates iri ɗaya da kuma Cadbury, a cikin labarin Mata na Mata a kusa da Yarima Edward Edward Edward Edward.
Nuwamba 27, 2001:
Me ya kamata in fada muku game da "'yan uwantaka na zobe", wanda kawai na duba? Tabbas, da yawa kasa da yadda kuke so. A cikin Farashin, wata murya murya ta mace (tsammani, wanda), wanda ya gabatar da mai kallo zuwa cikin rayuwar Redererrane, kamar dai Peter Jackson ya ɗauke ku ta hannunsa kuma da kansa ya jagoranci can. Tafiya tana dade da awanni 2, ko da yake da alama alama ce ta cewa ba ta wuce awa ɗaya ba, abin farin ciki ne.