Who would have ever thought that Sean Bean would be in yet another Council of Elrond?
I have no idea if the casting director was laughing his/her ass off, or if it was just a marvelous coincidence, but … well (and subtly) played.
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And one more trivial, non-spoilery observation from "The Martian"
I was laughing my ass off!!
I like to think that he was cast for the role just for this one section!
+Ed Benson Well, he was very strong in the role (which I would expect from Sean Bean), so it was fortuitous no matter which way it went.
(Though "I want my code name to be Glorfindel" almost trumps that in its awesomeness.)
It's so nice to see a movie where he doesn't die!!
Well he does resign, and in the end you see him ostentatiously not being involved in the Ares V launch, on a golf course somewhere.
I do like that kind of thing. Sean Bean gets the shitty end of the stick in Fellowship of the Ring but it raised his international profile as an actor. Game of Thrones (of which I've watched the first season) surely cemented his place as a highly charismatic actor, and the internet memes probably help more than they hinder.
+Tony Sidaway Actually, he got a fantastic role in FotR (boosted in TTT). He took Boromir from a stodgy generic guy corrupted by the Ring to someone you could actually like and admire … and corrupted by the Ring. And with a death scene that most actors would gladly get shot in the chest with live arrows to do.
Hell, he's the guy who gets Aragorn off his dithering ass and committed to the cause. He is, quite arguably, the martyr-hero of the LotR. In the movie version, at least.