This ‘Lord of the Rings’ Actor Climbed a Mountain To Get To Work

Odds are good that if someone was offered a helicopter ride to work every day, they’d take it.

And if it was a free ride? Absolutely, they’d take it.

Get dropped off on top of your building downtown, take the elevator down — a freaking sweet deal.

To hell with public transport! Now, what if you worked at the top of a mountain, would one take a helicopter ride then? Yes, yes, a hundred times yes.

But what if you were actor Sean Bean? You’d forego the helicopter ride and climb the mountain.

Esqueeze me, baking powder? That’s right, Bean climbed the mountain during the filming of The Lord of the Rings trilogy because helicopters scare the s**t out of him.

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