who was the original Aragorn?
11-12-03 | 01:47 AM
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who was the original Aragorn?
i listened to the Cast commentary to FOTR last night (it's great), and Elijah Wood said that someone else was Aragorn for about a week. he sucked, PJ fired him, and they got Viggo Mortensen instead. they never said who it was though. does anyone know?
11-12-03 | 08:12 AM
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It was Stuart Townsend, who was fired because he was allegedly too young for the role, and I agree.
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
11-12-03 | 08:43 AM
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
11-12-03 | 10:52 AM
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
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11-12-03 | 12:04 PM
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
Scary fact: back when LOTR was in it pre-production stages, Keanu Reeves was trying for that role.
Reeves: I know Kung Fu!
Trebeck: For the last time, no you don't.
11-12-03 | 03:31 PM
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Russell Crowe was offered the role and turned it down.
Russell Crowe was offered the role and turned it down.
Viggo was the most fortuitous bit of re-casting in modern blockbuster cinema history, in my opinion.
11-12-03 | 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by Groucho
Jackson: What are your qualifications to play this part?
Reeves: I know Kung Fu!
Trebeck: For the last time, no you don't.
Jackson: What are your qualifications to play this part?
Reeves: I know Kung Fu!
Trebeck: For the last time, no you don't.
11-12-03 | 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by Groucho
Jackson: What are your qualifications to play this part?
Reeves: I know Kung Fu!
Trebeck: For the last time, no you don't.
Jackson: What are your qualifications to play this part?
Reeves: I know Kung Fu!
Trebeck: For the last time, no you don't.
"Eleventy billion dollars"
11-12-03 | 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by Jepthah
Viggo was the most fortuitous bit of re-casting in modern blockbuster cinema history, in my opinion.
Viggo was the most fortuitous bit of re-casting in modern blockbuster cinema history, in my opinion.
11-12-03 | 07:40 PM
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11-13-03 | 02:15 AM
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As a side note, at one time Ethan Hawke was in the running for Legolas.
By the way, it was not because Townsend was too young, they actually started filming the movie with him, but PJ and Townsend clashed constantly on their interpretations of the character Aragorn. I for one am glad he was ousted from the role.
Finally PJ told him "dont let the door hit ya where the dog shoulda bit ya" (paraphrasing of course)
By the way, it was not because Townsend was too young, they actually started filming the movie with him, but PJ and Townsend clashed constantly on their interpretations of the character Aragorn. I for one am glad he was ousted from the role.
Finally PJ told him "dont let the door hit ya where the dog shoulda bit ya" (paraphrasing of course)
11-13-03 | 12:02 PM
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It should have been Sean Connery. If you want some real bad choices read Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson. Viggo Mortensen did a great job but I couldn't bare to see him in another leading role. I doubt he's that good an actor, just perfect for LOTR.
11-13-03 | 03:31 PM
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Were it not for the casting of Viggo Mortensen, I may not have bothered to see this series. He's a fine actor, whom I noticed back from "Boiling Point". I look forward to "Hidalgo"!
11-13-03 | 03:41 PM
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For those who haven't listened to the commentaries yet, the scene where the hobbits are on the abandoned hill/temple thing fairly early on in Fellowship, and the RingWraiths are after them and Aragorn comes charging in, that was his first scene filmed. Pretty impressive IMHO.
