--- title: Lord of the Rings Reunion: Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood PHOTOS description: Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood and three other Fellowship of the Ring members recently met up for a mini Lord of the Rings reunion. canonical: https://time.com/4655338/lord-of-the-rings-reunion-orlando-bloom-elijah-wood/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-31T21:29:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:38.963Z og:title: The Lord of the Rings Cast Just Recreated an Iconic Scene og:description: Lord of the Rings fans, you'll want to see this og:url: https://time.com/4655338/lord-of-the-rings-reunion-orlando-bloom-elijah-wood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Lord of the Rings Cast Just Recreated an Iconic Scene twitter:description: Lord of the Rings fans, you'll want to see this twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _The Lord of the Rings_ Cast Recreated One of the Movie's Most Epic Scenes and It's Hilarious > Sponsored content. 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Dominic Monaghan — who played Merry in the trilogy — posted an [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dom%5Fmonaghan%5F/) Monday of himself and his former co-stars Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd — Legolas, Aragorn, Frodo and Pippin, respectively — recreating the _Fellowship_ scene in which the group is attacked by a horde of Orcs in the mines of Moria. “[They have a cave troll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTtro3NLeA),” he captioned the photo, quoting Boromir, Sean Bean’s character. 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