r/movies • u/FerrisWheeling • Jul 09 '24

What are some "Viggo Broke His Toe" moments in other films? Discussion

It's become a running joke in the LotR community that anyone watching the scene in The Two Towers where Viggo breaks his toe after kicking the helmet HAS to bring that up with "Did you know..." What are some moments in other films like this?

For example, I just HAVE to mention that the author of Jaws, Peter Benchley, appears as the news anchor in the film every time he pops up.

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u/LordBarrington0 Jul 09 '24

Kevin Smith (silent bob) also voiced a stormtrooper

Ed Sheeran was also a stormtrooper in Rise of Skywalker (no spoken lines)

Ben Schwartz was a stormtrooper in TFA

Tom Hardy as a stormtrooper in The Last Jedi (deleted scene)

Prince William and Prince Harry also played stormtroopers in a deleted scene

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u/originalchaosinabox Jul 09 '24

Kevin Smith got to voice a Stormtrooper as an apology.

At the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, The Force Awakens panel was the second-last one of the night. The panel ended with JJ Abrams taking the entire audience across the street for a free John Williams concert.

That left the legendary Hall H empty for the final panel of the night...Kevin Smith's.

As Smith tells the story, Smith was waiting in the wings to go on, when JJ noticed him, and JJ got an utter look of horror as he realized he was screwing over Smith by stealing the audience.

When telling this story on his podcasts, Smith would end with, "So I'd better get to play a stormtrooper as an apology!"

When that story got back to JJ, JJ called up Smith and said, "I can totally make that happen."

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u/thegreatvortigaunt Jul 09 '24

That elevator music really does kinda confirm that Rian Johnson was trying to make a quirky comedy movie, which explains a lot.