 Filming was progressing on  _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)_ (qv) in  the location of Queenstown when suddenly the town was hit with  massive floods and exterior filming had to be suspended. The only  available indoor facility that could be used for a studio set was  the squash court in a local hotel. Thus, the next day the next scene  to be filmed was the intense moment from  _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_ (qv) when an  obsessed Frodo sides with Gollum and sends Sam on his way. Both  Elijah Wood (qv) and Sean Astin (qv) baulked had having to do  such a pivotal scene without preparation (Andy Serkis (qv) had not  been cast at this point so someone from the crew filled in for  Gollum) but filming went ahead as planned. Astins scenes were all  successfully completed. The next day, however, the sun came out and  the floods abated so exterior filming could resume. The intent was  always to return to the squash court (where the set remained  standing) to do Elijah Wood (qv)s scenes, but, for the next five  weeks there was no rain to interrupt exterior filming. At the end of  that period, the crew had moved to a new location.  Elijah Wood (qv) finally got to do his side of the scene one year  later in the same location 