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She was saying that, having built up the immense power of the Ring, it wouldn't have worked on film to have had a character like Faramir, who had only just been introduced and about whom the (non-book reading) audience knew very little, give the Ring up (whether for himself or his father) so easily. The Ring would have lost a lot of its power, in the minds of the audience there and then. I tend to agree with her.
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Couldn't agree more! We already had Legolas, Gimli, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Aragorn, all of whom had been able to resist, most with no visible effort.
To have Faramir turn up with little intro, say "hey you've got the one thing that could turn around the war for Gondor, now let me help you on your way" would not have seemed credible.