For To the End of the World, his new western, Viggo Mortensen, plays him of Aragorn in theLord of the Rings, obtained authorization from Peter Jackson and the production to use a very special artifact… Only fans of the first hour will havenoticed; the presence of And&uacut;ril,the sword of his character in the famous trilogy, during a quick scene from his new film!
Andúril in the far west
There you go already two years since we revealed to you Viggo Mortensen's particularly ambitious new project, a western of which he is at the forefront. both the director and the main actor. EntitledTo the End of the World,this film was released on May 1 in our cinemas, where it is always projected; &àgrave; the time when we write these lines. The plot is locatedin the American West of the 1860s, and follows the meeting between Vivienne Le Coudy, an independent young woman played by Vicky Krieps, and Holger Olsen, an immigrant from the United States. Danish performed by Viggo Mortensen. The couple decides to move to Nevada, buttheir happiness is interrupted when the Civil War breaks out.He chooses to go to the front and leave his companion alone, while she is prey to violence. a corrupt mayor, a rich landowner and a bully who keeps making advances on him.
If you are a fan ofhis character Aragorn, know that Viggo Mortensen made appear in his western Andril, one of the 6 oldest objects in the Lord of the Rings trilogy ! The actor revealed this secret of filming our colleagues from the BritishGQ, telling that everything was ready for the filming of a fantastic scene with a knight in armor, when he decided to to add a wink to intended for Tolkien fans.
Everything was going well and then I said: “We should have a sword“.I thought maybe I should use the one I had because it's really good.But I knew I had to ask permission because I ;I was sure that someone would notice it even if we only see it for a few seconds.
Viggo Mortensen then contacted Peter Jackson to obtain the right to show the sword in his film, and the latter accepted on the condition that he notify the production company that holds the rights to J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy:
I contacted them and they agreed. They understood that the sword was not essential and that it was not going to attract much attention […] It was a kind of last minute change.
An anecdote that should delight fans of The Lord of the Rings, already in the Seventh Heaven that Aragorn has a chance to return in The Hunt of Gollum!