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Actor Viggo Mortensen Broke Two Toes Kicking Helmet in Lord of the Rings Scene
The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Doctor Reacts To Lord Of The Rings Injuries
"So he boots this helmet. Ah! And then he let out this scream. I thought, wow, this is strong. I mean, this is like Aragorn is like just in total grief at this. He's like, what a great actor. Really cool. And he didn't say anything to us, but we found out that Viggo had actually broken 2 toes with that last kick."
During filming of Lord of the Rings, director Peter Jackson pushed for one more take of Viggo Mortensen kicking a helmet toward the camera. On the fifth attempt, Mortensen kicked the helmet and broke two toes but continued the scene, with his genuine scream of pain captured on film. The director initially believed it was just strong acting and only learned about the injury afterward.
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