Editing Gríma Wormtongue (section)

==Portrayal in adaptations==

[[File:Grima and Théoden.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35<!--fmt for low img-->|Wormtongue (left, played by [[Brad Dourif]]) with [[King Theoden]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' as "a snivelling sidekick urging his master on to acts of increasing depravity"<ref name="Gilbey 2002"/> ]]

In [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s 1978 animated film adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', Wormtongue was voiced by [[Michael Deacon (actor)|Michael Deacon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Deacon |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Michael-Deacon/ |publisher=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
<!--[[Paul Brooke]] played Gríma in [[BBC Radio]]'s 1981 [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|serialisation]]. UNABLE TO SOURCE-->

In [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'' films, Wormtongue was played by [[Brad Dourif]], described in ''[[The Guardian]]'' as an "unnerving presence"<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Leigh |first=Danny |title=Brad Dourif: best supporting creep who shines in the shadows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/may/06/brad-dourif-best-supporting-creep |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 May 2011}}</ref> and in ''[[The Independent]]'' as a "snivelling sidekick urging his master on to acts of increasing depravity".<ref name="Gilbey 2002">{{cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |title=Brad Dourif: How weird is Brad |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/brad-dourif-how-weird-is-brad-136824.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=20 December 2002}}</ref> According to Dourif, Jackson encouraged him to shave off his eyebrows so that the audience would immediately have a [[subliminal stimuli|subliminal]] reaction of unease to the character.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Hour with Brad Dourif |url=http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/bradhour.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103033455/http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/bradhour.htm |date=3 January 2008 |archive-date=3 January 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 December 2005 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian"/>

"[[The Scouring of the Shire]]" episode with the deaths of both [[Saruman]] and Wormtongue does not appear in the film version; the deaths were moved to an earlier scene, "The Voice of Saruman". The cut scene can be found on the Extended Edition [[DVD]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]: Extended Edition |type=DVD |date=2012 |chapter=The Voice of Saruman}}</ref>