A Lover 20 Years Younger Who has Had His Baby. A Wife of 40 Years with Alzheimer's. In an Amazing Interview, This Lord of the Rings Star Tells Why He Can't Leave Either

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MOST actors have a role with which they become indelibly associated.

For John Rhys-Davies it was that of Gimli, the belligerent, plain- speaking dwarf in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings films.

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A Lover 20 Years Younger Who has Had His Baby. A Wife of 40 Years with Alzheimer's. In an Amazing Interview, This Lord of the Rings Star Tells Why He Can't Leave Either

With his genial demeanour and booming baritone, the Welsh actor seemed a natural choice to portray the prosaically minded Middle Earth warrior with a ready wit and natural comic timing.

But for all his easy bluster in character, beneath John Rhys- Davies's 2in-thick latex mask is an altogether more complex man.

His professional success belies a deeply traumatic personal life that has been beset by family disputes, chronic illness, guilt, a tragic and difficult marriage and, finally, a sense of peace with a new partner.

For John, 62, is at the centre of an extraordi...

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