It works on so many levels.
It’s massively allegorical for our present day, the actor says about “War of the Rohirrim.”
Brian Coxis finally starring in aLord of the Ringsmovie.
Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’.Warner Bros.
If you ask him, its been a long time coming.
I’m very grateful toPeter Jacksonfor introducing me toJ.R.R.
I knew of the books, but I’d never read them, so they meant nothing to me.
Hèra (Gaia Wise) in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’.Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
But then I wasn’t.
So I thought, Oh well, to hell with it, myLord of the Ringstime is over.
And it’s also an anime!
It was inspired by Helm Hammerhand, the king Cox voices in the film.
This time, Helms fists arent of much use, nor are his sons.
It works on so many levels.
It’s massively allegorical for our present day, Cox says.
Theres that moment at the end ofThe War of the Rohirrimwhere Helm closes the door.
I love that, I think its so relevant today.
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One of the earliest things we knew aboutWar of the Rohirrimwas that Cox would be in it.
His vocal performance was also among the first things finished for the movie.
That meant that the movie was literally built around him.
Hes such a force of nature, director Kenji Kamiyama tells EW via translator.
So, he was actually just going by his own instinct.
We were thinking, is that enough?
So by the time we were mixing all this together, we were actually being influenced by his performance.
It was seeping into how we were creating the animation.
I believe in the voice, he says.
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But he also knows a lot about how fathers relate to their daughters under patriarchy.
He recently played noted father of daughter Logan Roy onSuccessionand also has one himself.
His performance came fully formed, says producerPhilippa Boyens, who co-wrote JacksonsLOTRmovies and directed the vocal performances here.
He is a father of a daughter, so that side of the story really did resonate with him.
He loved that journey of a father learning to see his daughter in another way.
It was just like, Oh my God, this guy knows what he’s doing.
It’s always a problem when you have a deeply ugly father, Cox says of Wulf and Freca.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimis in theaters now.
