Before departing, he sounded the Horn of Gondor, saying he "would not go forth like a thief into the night". īoromir accompanied the Fellowship south from Rivendell. He agreed to accompany Aragorn to Gondor's capital, Minas Tirith, and since their path lay with the Fellowship for the first part of the journey, he pledged to protect the Ring-bearer, Frodo. He attempted to persuade the Council to let him take the One Ring to defend Gondor, but was told that it would corrupt and destroy its user, and alert Sauron to its presence.
There he told of Gondor's attempts to keep the power of Mordor at bay. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir arrived at Rivendell just as the Council of Elrond was commencing. Boromir lost his horse while crossing the Greyflood and travelled the rest of the way on foot. His journey lasted a hundred and eleven days, and he travelled through "roads forgotten" to reach Rivendell, though, as he said, "few knew where it lay". In response to prophetic dreams that came to Faramir and later to himself, Boromir claimed the quest of riding to Rivendell. ĭenethor always favoured Boromir over Faramir he loved Boromir "too much, perhaps the more so because they were unlike". When Boromir's mother Finduilas died, he was only 10. A year after Faramir was born their father became the ruling Steward of Gondor, and Boromir became heir apparent, inheriting the Horn of Gondor.
His boat-funeral, too, has been likened to Scyld Scefing's ship-burial in Beowulf.īoromir appears in animated and live-action films of Lord of the Rings, and in radio and television versions.īoromir is the son of Denethor II and Lady Finduilas of Dol Amroth. They have compared him both to other proud Tolkien characters such as Fëanor and Túrin Turambar, and to medieval heroes like Roland, who also blew a horn in battle and was killed in the wilderness. As a member of the Fellowship, his desperation to save his country ultimately drove him to betray his companions and attempt to seize the Ring, but he was redeemed by his repentance and brave last stand.Ĭommentators have remarked Boromir's vainglory and desire for the Ring. His great stamina and physical strength, together with a forceful and commanding personality, made him a widely admired commander in Gondor's army and the favourite of his father Denethor. In the course of the story Boromir joined the Fellowship of the Ring.īoromir is portrayed as a noble character who believed passionately in the greatness of his kingdom and fought indomitably for it. He was the heir of Denethor II (the 26th Ruling Steward of Gondor) and the elder brother of Faramir. He appears in the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings ( The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers), and is mentioned in the last volume, The Return of the King. While Boromir's ending may stand as Bean's favorite, the actor has acted out lots of other deaths.Boromir is a fictional character in J. Because every time you die, it's a big f-ing moment!" Take it from the expert. Laughing, the actor said death should be natural and not something overly showy. It was there the trio decided that, "My brother, my captain, my king," would be the best thing to say.īean even had a few tips for aspiring actors when it came to dying. When the director called for action, Bean had to mime him being pelted with the weapons.Īs for Boromir's final words, Bean decided on what to say after he met with Jackson and Viggo Mortensen late one night. Peter Jackson opted to put Bean in a metal breastplate with arrows sticking out of it. The death was brought to life through practical effects rather than CG. "You couldn't ask for a more heroic death."
"It's my favorite death scene, and I've done a few," Bean told Entertainment Weekly. The human went down fighting as he went up against an armed Uruk-hai. The character may have been a disgruntled one at first, but Boromir softened throughout the feature before he was tragically killed. For Bean, there is no character death more honorable than the one he gave Boromir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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