You’re making a movie. You need a sword. You happened to be in one of them most famous fantasy movies all the time it has some famous swords inside. Besides, didn’t you know? There is one near you. what are you up to? Don’t you use your own sword?
This is basically what happens Viggo Mortensen in his New Movies, The dead do no harm. The Western is now showing in some theaters, Has a fantasy sequence, one of which requires a sword. So, this star Lord of the Rings Trilogy went and grabbed the sword Anduril from the Aragorn series, which he happened to have. But things are not that simple.
“We had everything ready for the knight scene,” actor/director told GQ magazine. “We found this great, dynamic horse, the right saddle, we made a medieval blanket, and we had costumes for the knights. Everything was right, and then I said, okay, we should have a sword .I did look and there were some good ones and I thought, well, it might be nice to use this one that I have because it’s really good but I knew I had to ask for permission because I was sure someone would notice it. Even if you only see it for a few seconds, it’s not really important to the scene and certainly not to the movie, it’s just a passing thing that you either see or don’t.
So if you want to request the use of Lord of the Rings, who did you call? director Lord of the Rings, certainly.
“So I did ask Peter Jackson if he agreed, and he said, ‘Well, is this important in the story?’ And I said, no, it’s not actually. You’d barely notice it, but someone might. He Said he agreed, but I should ask the studio,” Mortensen said. “So I contacted them and they were okay with it. They realized it wasn’t required and it wouldn’t cause a lot of attention on its own. They were very nice about it and gave us permission. That’s why we did it, Just because it seemed right it was a last minute accident.
Now we’re guessing it was an accident so you know there’s a new Viggo Mortensen movie coming out The deceased will not be injured. And, in the same interview, the King of Gondor did admit that he’d be interested in returning to the franchise. Upcoming Hunting Gollum.
“Of course,” Mortensen said. “I don’t know what the specific story is, I haven’t heard it. Maybe I’ll hear it eventually. I love playing this character. I’ve learned a lot playing this character. I love it. Only at my age now, etc. I would only do it if it suited me and it would be silly to do otherwise.
Learn more about the cast/director Just at GQ.
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