TORn staffer Arathorn typed up part of the Mail on Sunday magazine special for our reading enjoyment. Some very interesting RoTK information in this article … and, of course, spoilers!<\/p>\n
You ain’t seen nothing yet<\/b><\/p>\n
The final part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King, promises to be the most thrilling, says Karyn Miller (Mail on Sunday reporter, I presume).<\/p>\n
When The Return of the King, the final and most spectacular film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is finally released in December next year, it will have been eight years in the making. It promises to provide a fitting finale to the series.<\/p>\n
There will only be a few new characters in the first film, including Denethor, the Steward of the Kingdom of Gondor and the father of Boromir, who is played by respected Australian actor John Noble.<\/p>\n
“Denethor resents never being king, and Boromir inherited that bitterness,” says Noble. “It’s what led Boromir to try to steal the Ring in the first film”<\/p>\n
When Gondor is besieged by enemy forces, Denethor, who has fallen under Sauron’s influence, becomes desperate and deranged.<\/p>\n
“It is my job to show the humanity of the man,” says Noble. “He is literally driven mad by grief and fear.”<\/p>\n
Sauron’s henchman, the Mouth of Sauron, also makes his first appearance, although his head is covered by a large helment and all that can be seen of his face is his nose and gaping, decomposing jaws.<\/p>\n
We may also see more of Sauron himself. “You can’t reduce him to being a big guy striding around in black armour, but he cannot be limited to a flaming eye, either,” says Jackson.<\/p>\n
“The Sauron in the books is sketchy at best, which makes it hard to turn to turn him (sic.) into a screen villain. But imagine not really seeing Darth Vader for all three Star Wars films. You just can’t do it.”<\/p>\n