5 Best (& 5 Worst) Lord Of The Rings Extended Edition Scenes

10. WORST: Aragorn's Age

Part of what makes Viggo Mortensen's performance as Aragorn so mesmerising is the air of mystery that surrounds him. Throughout the three films he talks of his place as the rightful King of Gondor and his devotion to Arwen but rarely anything else which adds to this enigma.

So in the extended edition of The Two Towers the decision to add a scene where Eowyn talks to Aragorn and he unwraps one mystery by candidly discussing his age - looking good for 87 - feels entirely out of character. The scene also sees her cook some revolting soup for Aragorn which he attempts to stomach before throwing it away in a demonstration of psychical comedy more akin to Gimli than his more serious demeanour, a strange moment in this extra scene.

The scene - and the whole unrequited love for Aragorn story line - has little purpose other than to give Eowyn some more screen time and boost the female characters in the trilogy up to a pitiful three. The scene also sees Aragorn talk about himself, somewhat out of character as it is something he is often reluctant to do, and we find out he belongs to a race of men called the Dúnedain who are blessed with long life.

While this is fascinating, in some ways with Aragorn the less the audience know the more intriguing he remains.