The Lord of the Rings (film)/Characters: Difference between revisions

== The Fellowship ==

== Frodo Baggins ([[Elijah Wood]]) ==

 

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Worthy of note as Elijah Wood is known for his huge, startlingly blue eyes. Despite rumours, Frodo did ''not'' wear contacts.

 

== Samwise "Sam" Gamgee ([[Sean Astin]]) ==

 

* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Along with the other hobbits.

 

== Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck ([[Dominic Monaghan]]) ==

 

* [[Audience Surrogate]]

 

== Peregrin "Pippin" Took ([[Billy Boyd]]) ==

 

* [[Audience Surrogate]]

 

== Gandalf ([[Ian McKellen]]) ==

 

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]

 

== Aragorn ([[Viggo Mortensen]]) ==

 

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]

 

== Legolas ([[Orlando Bloom]]) ==

 

* [[The Archer]]

 

== Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) ==

 

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Has about five in the films.

 

== Boromir ([[Sean Bean]]) ==

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]

== Men ==

== Théoden ([[Bernard Hill]]) ==

 

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

 

== Éowyn ([[Miranda Otto]]) ==

 

* [[Action Girl]]

 

== Éomer ([[Karl Urban]]) ==

 

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Éowyn, his sister.

 

== Denethor ([[John Noble]]) ==

 

Denethor is the Steward of Gondor, ruling from Minas Tirith in the absence of the King. He is used to being in charge, and does not like the idea of having to give up power to the rightful heir to the throne.

 

== Faramir ([[David Wenham]]) ==

 

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

== Elves ==

== Elrond ([[Hugo Weaving]]) ==

 

* [[Cultured Badass]]: A renowned loremaster, he also led Gil-galad's army against Sauron in the Second Age.

 

== Arwen ([[Liv Tyler]]) ==

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Film only. After [[A Fate Worse Than Death|what happened to her mom]] in the book, it's unlikely Elrond would allow it.

 

== Galadriel ([[Cate Blanchett]]) ==

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

== Other Main Characters ==

== Gollum, originally Smeagol ([[Andy Serkis]]) ==

 

* [[Accidental Hero]]

 

== Treebeard (John Rhys-Davies) ==

 

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

== The Forces of Evil ==

== Sauron (Sala Baker) ==

 

* [[The Abyss Gazes Also]]

 

== Saruman ([[Christopher Lee]]) ==

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: He's quite charming and incredibly charismatic - at least until you make him seriously angry.

 

== Grí­ma Wormtongue ([[Brad Dourif]]) ==

 

* [[Dirty Coward]]

 

== The Witch-king of Angmar (Bret McIntyre / Lawrence Makoare, voice by [[Andy Serkis]]) ==

 

* [[Badass Boast]]: "Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!"

 

== Orcs ==

 

* [[The Ageless]]: Like the Elves they were supposedly created from, but it isn't fully clear.

 

== Trolls ==

 

* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: Tolkien's trolls are giant-like monsters with rocky hides and beast-like intelligence. They permanently turn to stone when exposed to sunlight. The exceptions are Sauron's Olog-hai, more intelligent trolls that are immune to sunlight.

 

== The Mouth of Sauron ([[Bruce Spence]]) ==

 

* [[Ass in Ambassador]]: After meeting with Aragorn, he essentially demands his surrender.

 

== Shelob ==

 

* [[Achilles Heel]]: Her underside is not as tough as the rest of her body; when she gives up trying to paralyze Sam with her venom and decides to crush him, he shoves Sting into her guts.

 

== The Balrog ==

 

* [[Big Red Devil]]: He is effectively this [[Incendiary Exponent|on fire.]]