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Chapter 30 ~ "The Departure of the Fellowship"
PJ: One of the reasons why Frodo does what he sets out to do is because of the fact that he sees through Bilbo just how evil this Ring is and why it must be destroyed.
In the theatrical version, as you know, we just thundered straight out of Rivendell, following the scene with Bilbo and Frodo. We had shot this farewell. We actually shot a little bit more of it, too. There's more footage that doesn't appear on this version of the film either, where Elrond and Frodo have a little conversation.
But this was what we thought was gonna be in the film for quite some time until the very last minute. We decided to trim it out. It's just nice because it allows Frodo a moment where he just can convey to us the enormity of what he's been thrust into. Suddenly, he's been put in the spotlight. He's the symbolic leader now, he's the Ring-bearer, the leader of the fellowship.
And it allows us this one last opportunity to see Aragorn and Arwen together. And as readers of the book know, that's gonna be quite some time before we see the two of them together again.