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There's an uncomfortable scene where Denethor is eating that gets memed about a lot.
I've always been curious to know what direction that actor was given for that scene. "Don't just eat that tomato. Eat it in such a nasty, graphic way that it'll make people uncomfortable for decades to come."
Peter Jackson didn’t even ask him to eat like that, he just started doing it and they were too scared to stop filming.
Dude was just destroying his lunch and Peter Jackson whispered, "shhh... get the camera."
Well, that's my head-canon now
Oddly enough, it's not even that far off from what really happened:
https://www.thegamer.com/lets-talk-about-that-infamous-lord-of-the-ring-cherry-tomato-scene-with-denethor/
Acting seems kinda hard sometimes. Like it can be hard I guess. Like rehearsing eating in the right rhythm to not fuck-up continuity in shots.
Oh, God, I think I'd blocked that out. Lmao
... I also definitely didn't think this was Vigo from Ghostbusters when I first saw the OP
Nope. I can't even see a resemblance.