34 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About "The Lord Of The Rings" Trilogy

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[Perdogg]

1. Nicolas Cage passed up the role of Aragorn because of “family obligations.”

2. Daniel Day-Lewis also turned down the role multiple times.

3. The same fight choreographer and fencer who worked on Lord of the Rings also worked on The Parent Trap and Star Wars.

4. And he said that Viggo Mortensen was “the best swordsman [he] ever trained.”

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Agree about Mortenson. His persona isn't a (superior) Tom Cruise type, rather just a "normal guy" getting through life.

Even when crowned king, he still looked relatively humble.

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[KarlInOhio]

Paul McCartney would have played Frodo, Ringo Starr would have been Sam, and George Harrison would have portrayed Gandalf.

And Yoko would have been the terrifying screech of the nazgul.

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[nickcarraway]

Samwise- Gamgee- is a fictional character. How can he have a real life daughter?

[a fool in paradise]

Tolkien's heavenly intercession, perhaps.

[a fool in paradise]

Ralph Bakshi wanted to use music by Led Zeppelin for his animated adaptation.

[Tax-chick]

Nicholas Cage was good in “Valley Girl.”

[Tax-chick]

I think those characteristics are the director’s fault rather than the actor’s.

[huldah1776]

Sean Bean was a good Boromir, but is wiry enough for Aragorn. Mortgenson is an obsessive artist type. You should read how he got into the part. My favorite of all for perfect casting- Karl Urban as Eomer. Took a bit to get into him playing Bones on Star Trek (movie), but he did ok with the voice.

[Tax-chick]

Yes, I think Eomer was extremely good. I still think Sean Bean would have been okay as Aragorn. He’s a very experienced actor who’s been successful in a variety of roles. Whether he (or anyone) would have been better than Mortenson, nobody can say, since it wasn’t done that way.

[GeronL]

And the continual whining about Arwen was more the behavior of a love-lorn schoolboy than an heir to Isildur.

That was probably the script

[mikrofon]

I can't say I agree with the role casting in the animated version, however .....

[LibertarianLiz]

Daniel Day-Lewis has the jaw for it.

I think Daniel-Day Lewis would have made a very interesting Aragorn.

[LibertarianLiz]

Yes, I think Eomer was extremely good. I still think Sean Bean would have been okay as Aragorn

But, Aragorn doesn't die in this movie, so he couldn't have been played by Sean Bean.

[Tax-chick]

He never died as Lt. Sharpe, either.

[Sans-Culotte]

I thought Mortensen was ok, but his thin reedy voice was ineffectual during the Crispin-Day-type moments near the end of the third film. I think Sean Bean would have been better cast, but I can live with the cast as is.

[ApplegateRanch]

Oh, just the films, not the books. Oh, well.

[BADROTOFINGER]

He killed it playing Dredd, too.

[SgtHooper]

Yes, Karl woulda been fine as well. He plays in many movies and acts well.

[TheOldLady]

I wanted Hugh Jackson.

Do you mean The Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman?