HC - If you listen to the actor's commentary on FoTR - Extended Ed., McKellan says that in the Council of Elrond scene, when Frodo stands and announces that he will take the Ring, P.J. asked that his reaction be "like a father hearing for the first time that his son has volunteered to go to war" - which he accomplished very well. I always liked the reaction on Sir Ian's face when Elijah says that line. <P>As for Frodo's courage in the film: that was the one scene where he actually got to demonstrate it. I'm surprised that P.J., Fran, and all didn't write a scene where Gandalf and Elrond strong-arm Frodo into taking the thing.
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