# @variety on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsvheKJ8xH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66077320-variety-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/98ede3b95a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T23:10:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

## Caption

#LordOfTheRings director Peter Jackson says the tone of Mel Gibson’s #Braveheart influenced his vision of Middle Earth:

“I just thought, ‘Wouldn’t a fantasy be interesting if it was heavy and historic. So, I was certainly telling ‘Braveheart’ much more than ‘The Princess Bride.’”

## Stats

- **Views:** 23,547
- **Likes:** 1,785
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 19

## Tags

lordoftherings, braveheart

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