GrĂma: "Oh but you are alone. Who knows what you've spoken to the darkness, in the bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of you bower closing in around you. A hutch to trammel some wild thing. So fair. So cold. Like morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill."
When Brad came down and we were working through the journey that Wormtongue goes on, Fran had a strong instinct that rather than just be this âout and outâ villain that there is a very genuine need and desire for Ăowyn, and that he actually, in his own way, does love her; and that is brought out in this incredible moment at the end of this scene, when they look at each other and you can actually see that â thatâs just one of the great strengths of Brad as an actor â and why we gave him this piece of text, which Tolkien fans will know is actually lines of Gandalfâs that come towards the end of the third book â certainly towards the end of her story â the reason heâs saying them here is because one of the other things we wanted to do in this scene is show that he actually has an understanding of her, that he does understand a part of her. And in this moment where she looks at him, there is for one split second a chance where she may actually go there and seek solace; and this is part of his power.
â Philippa Boyens | The Two Towers commentary
