Yesterday Ain’t It Cool News posted an interview with Viggo Mortensen done by Capone. A lot of it has to do with Mortensen’s upcoming film, The Road. Naturally, however, talk does turn to The Hobbit and more specifically Film 2. As he points out, Aragorn isn’t in The Hobbit, but he might well be in Film 2. Mortensen then reveals that a scene from Appendix A of LOTR was actually shot and describes it in some detail:

They would do that, using what they legally have the right to, which I assume are the appendices of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. I don’t think they have the right to take whatever they want from the SILMARILLION, for example, but they could take from the appendices.

For example, we shot a sequence, Liv Tyler and I, and it’s in Lorien, and we’re walking around, and it’s when I’m still…you know, I’m wearing clothes that are more like something you’d see Legolas wearing. I have no beard. I have really long hair, and it’s partly in a braid. And, I’m wearing definitely elvish kind of clothing. I look like some young elvish lord. And, I think, I’m barefoot, walking in these flowers with her. And, we’re in that courtship period, you know, and because of our aging thing, we look similar. I look a little younger than usual, the no beard helps and all that.

And, it’s a memory, right, and it was meant to be used as one of those moments where I’m remembering something about her. They didn’t use it. So, they could use that, and then they could shoot other things in that vein. I don’t know, they could make up a certain amount of things that would be in the spirit of Tolkien, I have no doubt. People ask me about it a lot, and I say, obviously, “Nobody’s come to me,” but I won’t be surprised if they do, if I’m right for it in their eyes. Obviously, as an actor who originated on film that role, I’d rather finish the job, all things being equal, meaning, Is it a good script, and do they have their shit together, than see another actor do it.

Maybe the news of that scene’s existence has already gotten out, but if so, I haven’t run across it.

Even if Film 2 isn’t made or doesn’t have Aragorn in it, it’s fascinating to know that that whole scene apparently exists. Peter Jackson has said that he’ll never edit additional scenes into the trilogy to create an extended extended version. He has said, however, that he could imagine a DVD of the film that included unused scenes as bonuses.

So, maybe one way or another, we’ll get to see that scene someday!