Peter Jackson reveals a Viggo Mortensen mishap in 'LOTR' fans totally missed

Peter Jackson is sharing insight into the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of the cast of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The Academy Award-winning director has recorded fan introductions for each film ahead of their theatrical re-release of the iconic films.

In a clip obtained by Entertainment Weekly, Peter recalled how he had to alter a key battle scene in Fellowship of the Ring because Viggo Mortensen turned up with a black eye.

"The thing with these movies, of course, is we shot all three of them at the same time and then in a mixed-up kind of way," he explained. "So one day we'd be shooting a bit from The Fellowship, then that would be on Monday. On Tuesday, we'd shoot a scene from [second film] The Two Towers, on Wednesday, back to Fellowship again, on Thursday to [final film] The Return of the King. So it was just one film really for us."

"So in the mines of Moria scene, too, the other thing I remember, we all show up to shoot that scene. And Viggo had been out with the Hobbits during the weekend, and he'd been surfing, and he had sustained an injury surfing, like the board had flipped in the air and whacked him in the face," Peter recalled.

He continued, "So he comes in, and he's got his eye is bulged out, black eye, shut, like a boxer swollen, and he says, 'I'm sorry, Peter. I'm sorry.' And I said, 'Oh God.' So you'll see that all I could do is to shoot him from the side. I couldn't shoot [head on]."

The fun loving and simple-natured hobbits in the Lord of the Rings trilogy were played by actors Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), Billy Boyd (Pippin), and Dominic Monaghan (Merry). Alongside, Viggo as Aragorn, the main cast included Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Liv Tyler (Arwen), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Sean Bean (Boromir), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), and Andy Serkis (Gollum).