From the Serkis article so helpfully linked by <B>The Saucepan Man</B> above: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>that we turn it all on its head so that Smeagol was really the cold calculating passive-aggressive psychopath who play acted being the victim to get his own way.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I wonder about this idea, mainly because I think Tolkien also said somewhere in his letters that the Ring would not have gained such quick power over Smeagol had he not been a mean sort of creature to begin with. Perhaps this is a rough description of the original nature of Smeagol when he obtained the Ring. From small hints, I've gathered that throughout his time hidden in the Misty Mountains, Gollum is tormented by the murder what he done to get the Ring, but of course, also glad he did it, for he now has the Ring. <P>From the split personality scenes in TTT it seems to me that this is one thing the Ring and the corrupt Gollum hold over Smeagol, and even if Smeagol IS still the mean sort who just as soon kill you as look at you, he probably regrets this one long ago murder. But, I think (it has been awhile since I looked) Tolkien tells us in the Letters that there is too little stability in his good impulses, that the fragile moment in ROTK when Sam snaps at him throws him back into his evil purpose precisely because there is so little good to match the evil he has done; that it cannot be supported within him, and Sam breaks the thread at that fragile point. It would be nice to see this on film, but I imagine it is too difficult to portray cinematically, and we are following broader strokes in the adaptation...<P>Cheers,<BR>Lyta<p>[ 12:03 PM November 26, 2003: Message edited by: Lyta_Underhill ]
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