ArticleOne Man Who Ruled Them All

About everybody can enjoy and admire eccentric actors utterly devoted to their profession but to work with them and actually succeed is an altogether different kettle of fish. To rephrase a well-known saying, it takes one - who is even more creatively unconventional - to guide one. Here is a typical story featuring One Man Who Ruled Them All: 

“…there was this big tree right above Bag End. One morning Peter looked at it and suddenly he had his doubts. Something looked wrong about that tree. He therefore decided it had to be replaced. He was looking for a similar tree, just one that would feel right. Peter found what he needed not far from Matamata, a 29-ton oak. The rest was pretty straightforward: the tree was cut down, transported to the site and placed right where the old tree had been. The only problem was the leaves that didn’t survive the rehoming – so Peter asked his crew to paint about 2000 leaves and attach them to the tree one by one!”