Who was originally cast as Aragorn?

[Quickbeam]

I think Daniel Day-Lewis would have been good, but Viggo has been great IMO. I'd say that PJ, and all of us Tolkien fans, got very lucky how things ultimately played out with respect to Aragorn.

And I'd agree with Assenpfeffer & Henry -- Ian McKellan is Gandalf; you'd be hard pressed to find anyone miscast thus far. I expected something/someone a bit different for Galadriel, but I understand the casting of Cate.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I agree 100% that Ian McKellan was perfectly cast as Gandalf. However, if things had gone differently, I could see Patrick Stewart doing that role very well also.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Y'know, Daniel Day-Lewis would have been a decent enough choice for Aragorn. I don't think it would have been a perfect choice, though.

I have to say that Sean Bean was one of the best casting choices, as far as I'm concerned. He actually resembles the image of Boromir I'd always had.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

Posted by Dr Midnight

Plus, it would have put an end to all these "Welcome to Rivendell... MISTER Anderson" NOT-FUNNY-THE FIRST-TIME JOKES.

More than the Matrix, I keep envisioning Hugo as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Aside from that, I think Mr. Weaving did an excellent job. However, I can't help but wonder if Elrond is wearing high heels under those robes?

 

[Black Omega]

While I do very much enjoy Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart as actors, they also have the added burden that when you see them, you see Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart. I couldn't pick Ian Mckellen out of a crowd before FotR and thus it was very easy to only see him as Gandalf.

Of course, I could be wrong. I'd never have guessed Gimli was Rhys-Davies.

 

[Welverin]

I have to say that Sean Bean was one of the best casting choices, as far as I'm concerned. He actually resembles the image of Boromir I'd always had.

Best character in fellowship.

 

[Apok]

I agree 100% that Ian McKellan was perfectly cast as Gandalf. However, if things had gone differently, I could see Patrick Stewart doing that role very well also.

Really? I dunno, for some reason I can picture Patrick Stewart as Denethor more easily than as Gandalf. Sir Ian McKellan is a superb actor and he pulls the roll of marvelously. As others have stated, he is Gandalf.

 

[Castellan]

I would have preferred to see Michelle Pfeiffer as Galadriel. Cate Blanchett just isn't the radiant beauty that Tolkien's words describe...

 

[Dr Midnight]

I would have preferred to see Michelle Pfeiffer as Galadriel. Cate Blanchett just isn't the radiant beauty that Tolkien's words describe...

WHAT?? Michelle Pf... Mich... Cate Blanchett just isn't the radiant b...

How's Gandalf? I know McKellen just doesn't carry the weight of a wizard all that well... hey, I know, how about Rip Taylor?

I am baffled.

 

[Ziona]

I second that, Doc!!