Lord of the Rings prequel director Kate Madison: 'Fan films don't have to be a bit dodgy'

Lord of the Rings prequel director Kate Madison: 'Fan films don't have to be a bit dodgy'. It cost a tenth of one per cent of Peter Jackson's epic, and was shot in Essex, not New Zealand. But Born of Hope, a full-length unofficial prequel about Aragorn's parents, has won rave reviews and been watched by almost a million people. Tom Lamont met its director and star in Epping Forest; the full story