Wellington's Motel Bar, once a favourite of Lord of the Rings stars, set to closeSUPPLIED The Forresters Lane bar will serve its last drinks on December 31. A Wellington bar which famously turned away Hollywood actress Liv Tyler is closing. Motel Bar has been operating on Forresters Lane since 1999, and was once favoured by movie stars who were in the capital. TIM WHITBY/GETTY IMAGES Liv Tyler is believed to have been turned away from Motel Bar when she was living in Wellington. "That's a lot of drinks going through that one fridge, it's had a few motors and all sorts of things going on there."

Source: Stuff December 08, 2017 03:00 UTC