Karl Urban was indeed excellent. He looked and sounded perfect, and radiated the vigour, determination and loyalty of the book Eomer. He suffered because of the (probably necessary) plot simplifications. He missed Helm's Deep and the bonding with Aragorn because Gandalf couldn't just turn up with Erkenbrand ('Who?' going up in a thousand cinemas), and lost his scene with Theoden due to a presumed need to make the most of the few female characters in the film. I suspect that he will get a bit more in the EE - I have seen a snippet of him grieving on the battlefield, so there is clearly more to come.<BR>(Given that he was cast because PJ wanted a Kiwi actor in a main part, it's a shame he had so little to do!)<p>[ 8:11 AM December 23, 2003: Message edited by: Lost One ]
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