[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

Ian McKellen's accent is pretty weird, really, because he grew up having a rather rough one and then later in his theater days, he refined it to what he has now. 'Swhat I hear, anyway; if you can find the episode of Inside the Actor's Studio where they interview him, you'll get the real stuff on it.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Thinking about it, I remembered how much Faramir loves the elves and studies them. Then I remember Legolas, who like all the other elves actually, has quite a noble accent. So Faramir, having a more 'noble' accent, reflects his love of nobility and lore and whatnot through his voice. Boromir is more of a 'dodgy geezer' style guy, with a common 'man' accent.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I could be off the mark on this, but that could explain why Aragorn's accent is a little more clean and smooth than most of the other Men we meet in the movies. But I haven't seen TTT since it came out, so I could be way off.