Without a doubt, The Lord of The Rings trilogy was one of the biggest cinematic events of the 21st Century to date. But while the films have earned themselves millions upon millions of fans, some would have still liked to see them stick a bit closer to the books, Viggo Mortensen included.
Back in January 2017, Empire decided to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring by having its stars interview each other. When it came to Viggo Mortensen, it was up to Billy Boyd to ask the questions. Asked if the film was missing anything he would have liked to see from Tolkein’s original text, Mortensen had this to say:
“I’d like to have seen what Peter Jackson would have done with the character Ghân-buri-Ghân, the chief of the Drúedain, wild men of the Drúadan Forest. Seeing him lead King Théoden and his army of Rohirrim through the forest to join the fight to save Minas Tirith would have been thrilling. Towards the end of Tolkien’s The Return Of The King, the Forest of Drúadan is given by newly-crowned Aragorn to Ghân and his people for their exclusive use, leaving it to them to decide that from then on if anyone else is to be allowed to enter it. I suppose all of that extra material would have given the already thematically complex and quite lengthy movie far too long a running time and an overwhelming amount of information for viewers to easily assimilate. Die-hard Tolkien aficionados, however, might have enjoyed the character, as he is a one-of-a-kind noble descendant of prehistoric humans.”
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