The Two Towers Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

To make Treebeard's voice sound more like a tree, the sound designers played John Rhys-Davies' voice out of a speaker and through a large, complex wooden box to attain a tree-like resonance

Peter Jackson had a cameo in "The Two Towers" (2002), as one of the soldiers on the wall of Helms Deep

Upon finding what he thought were Merry, and Pippen cremated remains, kicks a helmet and screams in anguish. The screams were in fact real, as Viggo Mortensen had broken his toes kicking the helmet.

It looks as if Gandalf is wearing converse sneakers when he calls the lord of the horses

At the end of his meeting with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, Eomer's sword falls out of his scabbard as he mounts his horse

To create the illusion of de-aging, Bernard Hill was given four different stages of makeup, from cursed old man down to a younger fully cured Theoden. On set Hill then had to act out the same shot four times. The digital vfx team then morphed all the footage together.

?owyn offers Gimli her soup and he says no. She then gives some to Aragorn and the soup turns out to be gross. Gimli had said that dwarves have a good sense of smell, indicating that Gimli knew the soup was bad, which is why he didn't take any.

Th?oden notices Gandalf place his hand on his throne while he advises him, just as Wormtongue had done a few minutes earlier. Just after this, he decides to not take on Saruman directly, but to retreat to Helm's Deep, ignoring Gandalf's advice.

You can see Eomer's sword fall when he climbs on his horse

After Aragon Legolas and Gimli meet Gandalf in Fangorn forest, they ride back to Edoras through Rohan. In the background a burning village can be seen. This keeps the continuity that Rohan is currently being invaded and pillaged by Sarumon

By Peter Jackson Sam says to Frodo whilst in Osgiliath "By rights, we shouldn't even be here". This is a reference to the directors deviation from the books where Frodo and Sams path never actually led them to Osgiliath in the first place.

Aragorn(Viggo Mortensen) kicked a helmet in disappointment, but it turned out to be much heavier than he expected. The actor broke two toes with the kick and his agonized scream was so authentic, the take was used in the final cut.

Saruman displays a weapon never seen before (black powder for explosives). However, in the Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf has fireworks that launch as rockets and explode...Additionally, the hobbits seem a custom to the fireworks (at least seeing them on occasion)

During the final battle, you can see archers shooting with no arrows on the bottom right. There is also a soldier waving his axe in the air for no reason.

To create the illusion of de-aging, Bernard Hill was given four different stages of makeup, from cursed old man down to a younger fully cured Theoden. On set Hill then had to act out the same shot four times. The digital vfx team then morphed all the footage together.

If you look closely at Gimli when himself, Aragorn and Legolas are chasing the orcs, you see something falling off his person.

Pippin's hands were unbound when under the horse, but then it shows him cutting his bonds after crawling away from where the horse was.

An ent is spotted extinguishing himself in in the wave during the battle at Isengard