LOTR: Eowyn And Arwen Both Had Epic Battle Scenes Cut From The Movies
Arguably one of the most frustrating things about the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the lack of amazing fight scenes for the female characters. The audience is told many times that Galadriel is a very powerful elven leader, but this is never shown in the original trilogy, and only features years later in The Hobbit movies. Arwen too, being one of three children of Elrond (with the other two being her brothers that fight alongside Aragorn in the War of the Ring) would have some tactical training in wielding weapons and in self defense, which the audience gets a small glimpse of when she protects Frodo from the Black Riders trying to cross the river.
Eowyn is the only female character in the original trilogy that we actually see in battle. It is clear from Aragorn’s first meeting with her in the Two Towers that she is good with her blade, and that she is a shield maiden of Rohan. Even then though, the main action that is shown of her is when she is riding on a horse slashing at the calves of the Oliphaunts, and when she stabs the Witch King of Angmar in the face, after cutting off his Fell Beast's head. Whilst these are very worthy actions, and stand her out as one of the only female characters who actively gets involved in the fight, they are such fleeting glimpses compared to the onslaught of orc fights shown with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, the male members of the trilogy.
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It may irritate fans further then, to learn that there were actually two extra scenes filmed in which both Eowyn and Arwen can be seen fighting their own epic battles against the evil orcs that are trying to invade Helm’s Deep. For Arwen, this scene takes place in the main battle, as she
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