In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn is seen kicking a helmet as an expression of frustration as he thinks Merry and Pippin have died.
That scene, according to director Peter Jackson, required four initial takes, after which the filmmaker decided to give Mortensen one last try. During that final take – which is included in the movie’s final cut – Mortensen lets out a drawn-out, primal scream after hitting the helmet and falls to his knees.
The reason for this added intensity, it turns out, is due to the fact that Mortensen broke two toes when kicking the helmet – and integrated the pain into his performance as Aragorn.
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