Viggo Mortensen has revealed his all-time favourite scene from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, 25 years after The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring first premiered in cinemas. Peter Jackson’s and New Line Cinema’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal work was arguably a once-in-a-lifetime occasion; few fantasy movies have had such a profound impression on cinema and popular culture basically.
In celebration of Fellowship‘s twenty fifth anniversary, Empire sat down with the forged and creators to reminisce about The Lord of the Rings motion pictures and their legacy. This included an interview with Viggo Mortensen, who performed Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and Sean Bean, who portrayed Boromir, the captain of Gondor, about their time working collectively on The Fellowship of the Ring.
One among Bean’s most memorable sequences as Boromir is Boromir’s demise scene on the finish of Fellowship, as he valiantly tries to guard the Hobbits from being taken by Saruman’s (Christopher Lee) Uruk-hai. Quickly after, he and Aragorn share a poignant second, as Aragorn provides Boromir a peaceable sendoff. Mortensen revealed that his and Boromir’s remaining goodbye is his favourite scene within the trilogy: “It’s such a lovely scene.”
“No offense to anyone else or another a part of the trilogy, however that’s perhaps my favourite scene,” the actor mentioned. “There are not any results, there are not any imaginary monsters. It’s simply two individuals who have a connection by way of their ethnicity — you already know, Gondor and all that — however they’ve been at odds. They’ve been kinda butting heads till then. After which there’s simply such a robust connection.”
Bean agreed along with his co-star, including, “Yeah, it was a terrific scene collectively.”
The scene marks a pivotal turning level for Aragorn, as Boromir addresses him as “his brother, his captain, his King,” for the primary and solely time. That is arguably the second Aragorn stops being a mere Ranger and follows the trail to changing into the King of Gondor, some of the necessary figures within the battle towards the Darkish Lord, Sauron, and all through the Third Age of Center-earth.
Whereas Aragorn’s journey involves an finish in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, audiences might but see one other aspect of the character’s Ranger persona, Strider, in Andy Serkis’ upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. It is at present unclear whether or not Mortensen is concerned, although the actor beforehand acknowledged that he’d be prepared to return to Center-earth (through Instagram).
Recasting Aragorn with a youthful actor is definitely an possibility — latest stories have advised as a lot — because the movie might be set simply earlier than and throughout the earliest occasions of The Fellowship of the Ring. In Tolkien’s legendarium, Gandalf recruits Aragorn to seek for Gollum to forestall the creature from revealing the One Ring’s whereabouts to Sauron’s forces, as Gollum journeys from the Misty Mountains to Mirkwood and elsewhere.
Returning LOTR forged members for The Hunt for Gollum thus far embody Serkis as Gollum and Ian McKellen as Gandalf. Elijah Wooden has been rumored to reprise his position as Frodo as properly, although the actor has but to verify his return formally. Regardless of the ultimate forged, the return to Peter Jackson’s model of Center-earth in The Hunt for Gollum proves The Lord of the Rings trilogy’s continued cultural impression.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Norman Hen, Anthony Daniels, Elijah Wooden, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Brad Dourif, Karl City, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Tempo, Luke Evans, Morfydd Clark, Mike Wooden, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Charlie Vickers, Markella Kavenagh, Megan Richards, Sara Zwangobani, Daniel Weyman, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Lenny Henry, Brian Cox, Shaun Dooley, Miranda Otto, Bilal Hasna, Benjamin Wainwright, Luke Pasqualino, Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Damage
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Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Legolas, Boromir, Sauron, Gollum, Samwise Gamgee, Pippin Took, Celeborn, Aragorn, Galadriel, Bilbo Baggins, Saruman, Aldor, Wormtongue, Thorin Oakenshield, Balin Dwalin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Nori, Dori, Ori, Tauriel, King Thranduil, Smaug, Radagast, Arondir, Nori Brandyfoot, Poppy Proudfellow, Marigold Brandyfoot, Queen Regent Míriel, Sadoc Burrows