Played by Viggo Mortensen, Aragorn is truly iconic ... cast as production was starting after the original actor could no ...

But, per Nathan, “They were the only scenes he would ever perform as Aragorn.” When the other actors arrived in New Zealand, pre-production kicked into gear. Townsend allegedly skipped out on ...

He just disappeared." During pre-production, Jackson began to doubt Townsend's ability to play Aragorn because of the actor's youth. Unfortunately for Townsend, he had to deal with another ...

In the original trilogy, Aragorn is meant to be around 87 years ... produced, and stars in, the actor-director explained that his team had everything ready to go except for the perfect sword.

But, in fact, another actor was cast in the crucial role of ... Jackson made the difficult call to replace his original Aragorn with Mortensen — an awkward situation for everyone involved.

Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan has shared his thoughts on the recasting of Aragorn, saying it was a "big blow" for the original actor. As is widely known, Stuart Townsend was hired to ...

Lord of the Rings actors ... in the original series. The film is targeting a 2026 release. Given the title, it sounds like the film could tell the story of when Gandalf dispatched Aragorn to ...

Russell Crowe has explained why he turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The Oscar-winning actor was among ... who himself replaced original casting Stuart Townsend.

And I did look and there were some good ones and I thought, well, it might be kind of good to use [Aragorn’s sword ... is going to be directed by Gollum actor Andy Serkis.

The Oscar-winning actor met director Peter Jackson to play the role of Aragorn in his film trilogy, but their conversation apparently turned off Crowe from wanting to move forward with the movies.