Maybe the Variags were in the movies after all?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Mithadan

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Variags were from Khand, southeast of Mordor. They were probably not mentioned by name in the Movies. In fact, relatively few men were portrayed as part of Sauron's armies, other than those entering Mordor or ambushed by Faramir in Ithilien, and the Mumak riders on the Pelennor. The latter two were clearly Southrons, but the Men that Frodo and Sam hid from near the Morannon conceivably might have been Variags.

The way Jackson tortuously stretched and contorted the canon, say not Variags but Variables.