Viggo Mortensen Used A ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Sword In His Newest Movie

Viggo Mortensen wanted simply the best sword. Then he realized he had the proper one at dwelling.

Mortensen’s newest movie is The Lifeless Don’t Damage, a Western set within the 1860s that follows free-spirited Vivienne (Vicky Krieps), a Franco-Canadian who falls in love with Holger (Mortensen), a Danish rancher. When Holger goes off to combat within the American Civil Conflict, Vivienne is left alone to combat in her personal battle at dwelling.

Mortensen spoke to British GQ to debate his new movie. It was talked about that in a single fantasy sequence, you’ll be able to see what appears like his sword, Andúril, from Lord of the Rings.

“We had every thing for this sequence with a knight. We had discovered this nice, spirited horse, the proper of saddle, and we made a medieval form of blanket, and we had the costume for the knight,” Mortensen mentioned. “Every part was proper, after which I mentioned, ‘Effectively, we should always have a sword.’

“And I did look and there have been some good ones and I believed, ‘Effectively, it may be form of good to make use of this one which I had as a result of it’s actually good. However I knew I must ask permission as a result of I’m certain any person would discover it, even for those who solely see it for a couple of seconds, it’s probably not important to the scene and positively to not the film, it’s simply one thing in passing that you simply both see otherwise you don’t.”

A fast cellphone name later, the sword stayed within the image.

“So I did ask Peter Jackson if he’d be all proper with it, and he mentioned, ‘Effectively, is it crucial within the story?’ I mentioned, no, it’s not, really. You hardly discover it, however any person will, in all probability. He mentioned it was okay with him, however that I ought to ask the film firm. So I contacted them and so they had been tremendous with it. They realized it wasn’t important, it wasn’t going to attract loads of consideration to itself. And so they had been very good about it, and so they gave us permission. That’s why we did it, simply because it appeared proper. It was form of a last-minute accident.”