How Aragorn's Sword Ended Up in Viggo Mortensen's Latest Film

The actor reused a prop from Lord of the Rings in his western At World's End.

Andúril, the “Flame of the West”, was forged from the fragments of Narsil. So let it be useful! After saving Middle-earth in the trilogy Lord of the Ringsthe famous sword of Aragorn returned to the hands of Viggo Mortensen20 years later The king's return.

Because Andúril makes a funny cameo in Till the end of the worldthe western of and with Viggo Mortensen, released a few weeks ago in cinemas. In an interview with GQ UK magazine, the actor and director tells how he had the right to bring out the cult accessory of the Lord of the Ringsfor a little fantasy sequence inside the wild west:

“We had everything for this sequence with a knight. We found this big, fiery horse, the right kind of saddle, and we made a sort of medieval blanket and we had the knight's costume. It was all good, but I wanted a sword I looked at the ones that were available and that would work and I thought we could use Aragorn's sword, the one I had from the Lord of the Rings era. Because it really is. Good.”

Viggo Mortensen Didn't help himself without saying anything. He asked for permission, because “I figured someone would notice, even though we only see her for a few seconds, and she's not really essential to the scene and certainly not to the film…”

So the star made a phone call to Peter Jackson. 'He agreed. He still asked me if it was an important element in the story?' I said no. She'll barely be noticed, but someone will probably see it. He said OK, too, because she wouldn't attract much attention. very kind and they gave us permission. Anyway, it was just a little last minute wink.”