Summary
When it comes to the little kernels of information that can be pulled fromJ.R.R.
Finally, Boyens talked about her dream Tolkien story,involving the legendary Beren and Luthien.
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COLLIDER: What, for you, was the most important part of this movie to get right?
When youre coming into the story, there are so many aspects of it.
You’ve got the lore, you’ve got these characters.
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What was the, I won’t negotiate on this one?
PHILIPPA BOYENS: We cant mess this up?
I think the fate of Helm was definitely one.
The untold story behind Helm’s Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.
Because it’s a slightly strange, otherworldly description that you have in the books of that moment.
Kenji Kamiyama just realized it so beautifully in this film.
So, there were many elements.
I mean, really, honestly, truthfully, we just needed to getallof it right.
There wasn’t any moment that I wanted to be wrong.
I wanted it all to feel really authentic to the world but also to work as a film.
It’s really important that it works and draws the audience.
What, for you, was the most important part of adopting these less fleshed-out aspects of Tolkiens writing?
How do you go about getting his narrative voice correct?
If you follow them, they lead you to some interesting places.
The Rohirrim were not always nice to the Dunlendings, who were the people who were originally there.
So, he was not without cause when he seeks to take the throne.
This is the first film set in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth since 2014.
That’s what I mean.
That’s a breadcrumb as far as I’m concerned, as a writer now.
You just mentioned that you’ve far from dabbled in this world.
You are entrenched in this world to this point.
BOYENS: I love the story of Luthien and Beren inThe Silmarillion.
Also, it’s an earlier age, and it’s a kind of more mythic age.
You’ve got some serious monsters I love monsters that you could bring into that storytelling.
I couldn’t agree more with you.
You should do this!
I’m putting this out there into the world.
BOYENS: [Laughs] Okay, well see what happens!
I might be too old by the time we get there.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimis in theaters now.
