The History of Violence actor put Aragon's sword Andúril into the Western The Dead Don't Hurt.
You’re making a movie. You need a sword. You happen to have starred in one of the most famous fantasy films of all time which itself has some famous swords in it. Plus, wouldn’t you know it? You’ve got one lying around. What are you doing to do? Not use your own sword? That’s basically what happened to Viggo Mortensen on his latest film, The Dead Don’t Hurt. The Western, which is now in select theaters, features fantasy sequences, one of which required a sword.
“So I did ask Peter Jackson if he’d be all right with it, and he said, “Well, is it very important in the story?” I said, no, it’s not, actually. You hardly notice it, but somebody will, probably. He said it was okay with him but that I should ask the movie company,” Mortensen said. “So I contacted them and they were fine with it. They realized it wasn’t essential, it wasn’t going to draw a lot of attention to itself. And they were very nice about it, and they gave us permission.
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