Peter Jackson confirmed that an unexpected character took the place of Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings: The Two ...

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Advisor to King Theóden of Rohan and the wizard Saruman’s henchman, Grima Wormtongue exemplifies the destructive effects of sycophancy. Tolkien’s very name for this wheedling creature highlights his ...

Tolkein's characters tend to spare the lives of the wrong person at the wrong time. There is no better example than this: When Gandalf frees Theoden from Saruman's spell, Theoden's first instinct is ...

When the stage is Yale, even Oscar-nominated actors can get stage fright. Actor Brad Dourif, best known for his portrayal of Grima Wormtongue in “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and for his ...

Saruman may have been one of the greatest villains and most powerful threats to the forces of good in Lord of the Rings, but he wouldn't have been quite so formidable without Gríma Wormtongue by his ...

In The Lord of the Rings, power is not simply quantified in terms of strength or sorcery. J.R.R. Tolkien’s world teaches us that real power derives from wisdom, bravery, influence, or a single, ...

Just when you thought you had the Middle-earth family tree close to memorized, along comes the sequel. So break out your erasers, ye non Fellowship savvy — which should represent, oh, maybe .000001 ...

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...