In this scene Aragorn believes Merry and Pippin to be dead. In a moment of great anger and hopelessness he kicks a helmet and falls to his knees in despair. ...

Gimli searches through the smoldering bodies, as Aragorn and Legolas look around for any sign of the two hobbits. Gimli picks up a small sword belt from the pile.) Gimli: It’s one of their wee...

In the Behind The Scenes interviews from the show, it is revealed that Viggo Mortensen broke his toe kicking the helmet, and that his cry of apparent anguish at Merry and Pippin's supposed death was actually a cry of pain from the actor (shown below, right).

He really broke his toe

Jun 26, 2020 · After finding what seems to be their dead bodies, Aragorn kicks an Uruk-hai helmet in frustration. Interestingly enough, Viggo Mortenson broke two toes during this shot, and the realness of it (as well as the scream) was what convinced Peter Jackson to …

Jan 11, 2021 · Instead, Mortensen broke two of his toes while kicking a helmet to express his dismay at finding the horrifying aftermath of a slaughter. Mortensen filmed the helmet-kicking take several times with...

Jul 11, 2017 · TIL that in the scene in the Two Towers where Aragorn, Legolas and Gimili discover the pile of burned corpses and think Merry and Pippin were killed, when Aragorn kicks the helmet in anger, Viggo Mortensen actually broke two of his toes.

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Sep 28, 2021 · Vigo broke his toe on set kicking the helmet. That scream is real because he actually breaks his toe when he kicks the helmet in this scene, and that's the take they used for the final cut.

Jan 31, 2018 · During the filming of lord of the rings, the actor of Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) broke two of his toes well kicking an Uruk-Hai helmet.