The actor – who starred alongside Elijah in ‘Lord Of The Rings’ – often plays practical jokes on set to keep his colleagues in a good mood and once played a prank which lasted for weeks.

He said: “There’s no sense in doing something, especially if it’s a hard job, if you can’t have a little fun.

“One time, I called Elijah Wood every day for six weeks pretending to be a long-lost German friend. Most of the calls were in the middle of the night. Fortunately he thought it was funny…”

However, during the making of the fantasy epic trilogy, one of Viggo’s jokes went too far and quickly escaladed into a “big crisis”.

He to Live magazine: “On ‘Lord Of The Rings’ we had these little people who were stand-ins for the hobbits. One time Dominic Monaghan, who played the hobbit Merry, and I mimicked this one particular guy who had a really distinctive voice and rang the producers to say that all the little people were stranded on New Zealand’s South Island with nothing to eat and no water. It became this big crisis and the producers sent everyone scrambling.”

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The New Zealand-born model is said to be getting over her split from ice hockey player Jarret Stoll – who ended their relationship just seven weeks before they were due to marry this year – by spending time with the former Formula One racing driver.

Guests at the Cinema Society’s after-party for ‘Broken Embraces’, which was held at New York’s Standard Hotel, saw 40-year-old Rachel “giggling and flirting” with Eddie.

Rachel – who was previously married to singer Rod Stewart – was heartbroken when Jarret walked out on her in June, leaving her to email guests and tell them their August wedding was off.

A source said at the time: “Rachel is absolutely devastated. Everything was in place for their wedding – she had the venue, the designer dress, the guest list.

“She has absolutely no idea why Jarret has done this. It sounds like it could be a classic case of cold feet.”

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The former child actress – who won an Oscar aged 11 for her part in ‘The Piano’ – doesn’t mind baring all for scenes in her steamy US drama series ‘True Blood’ but understands it is difficult for people to stop thinking of her as a “sweet” young star.

She said: “It’s been a gradual evolution for me. It’s probably weird for people to watch it and if they have this image of me as a sweet little child, but it’s not weird for me.

“My wardrobe is awesome. I’m practically naked the entire time – what’s not to love?”

New Zealand-born Anna – who is dating her co-star, Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Bill Compton in the show – also explained that casting good looking actors in the show was essential to explain the allure which vampires have.

The 27-year-old beauty added to Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Vampires are dangerously sexy. And In TV and film they cast very good looking people in those roles.

“If they weren’t wildly attractive then the whole bloodsucking thing wouldn’t be such a turn on. I’m sure that probably helps.”

‘True Blood’ is set in US in an alternative world where vampires live alongside humans after the invention of synthetic blood allows them to sustain their lives without killing people. Anna plays telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who embarks on a relationship with Bill.

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