Harry, over at AICN confirms that Viggo Mortensen has accepted the role of Aragorn. I guess this means DDL turned down the role again. Let the Message boards explode…
Month: October 1999
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News has reached me from another VERY reliable source that Daniel Day-Lewis has been offered the role of Aragorn, again. If you didn’t know, DDL was offered the role back at the beginning of Pre-Production, but turned it down. (The guys at Barliman’s new this, I let things slip there sometimes)
This is what Super Ringer Spy ‘ScriptDoctor’ Told me:
DDL has been offered the Aragorn role again! Everyone will deny this but it is fact. He has been offered the (Middle) earth to take the role. The producers think he’ll say no again but they don’t want to miss the chance to try him.
Townsend was always very much his (PJ’s) choice (after DDL turned them down); the producers were never keen on him but PJ insisted on having him. It seems, now, that PJ just thinks he is wrong for the role, a verdict with which the producers were only to happy to concur. So, it suits everyone , except poor Townsend, to bring someone else in..
So it seems that not all is set in stone? What do you think about this? Why not make your voice heard at Barliman’s or on the message board!
Right from Yahoo! news.
Mortensen negotiating to replace “Rings” lead
By Charles Lyons and Claude Brodesser
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) – One week into principal photography, New Line Cinema’s “Lord of the Rings” has lost a principal.
Stuart Townsend (“All About Adam,” “Wonderland”), who had sitgned to play the role of Strider/Aragorn, has left the production. Viggo Mortensen is in negotiations to replace him.
While the studio has not confirmed his departure nor given an official reason for it, sources close to the New Zealand production told Daily Variety that director Peter Jackson and Townsend didn’t see eye to eye about the role; others said they believed that Townsend was exiting because he lacked the star power to carry off the part.
Mortensen has appeared in such films as “G.I. Jane,” “A Perfect Murder,” “Portrait of a Lady” and “Vanishing Point.”
Representatives for New Line were unavailable for comment late Thursday.
Reuters/Variety
Thank to Thersites for the tip!
Viggo may not be officially cast, but this is how vigilant we are! Viggo’s latest, ‘A Walk on the Moon’ a romance/drama also starring Diane Lane, and Anna Paquin has been released today in Italy.
Viggo plays Walker Jerome, described as ‘a hippie…who has the charisma to sweep Pearl (Diane Lane) from her feet’
Check out a review of the film here
Check out the BOMIS ‘A Walk On The Moon’ Webring here
My cool friends over at Cinescape sent me this along today:
Just letting you know that we checked in with New Line’s Michale DeLuca on the specifics regarding Townsend’s leaving the LOTR production. DeLuca quickly replied with the following simply answer: ” It’s not over any other names, just director/actor creative chemistry.”
Thanks to The Cinescape Insider for the tip!
Xoanon here,
Ian Mckellen won best actor for is work in ‘Gods And Monsters’, Straight from BBC News:
Sir Ian McKellen and Emily Watson, who both missed out on Oscars earlier this year, have won major acting titles at the British Independent Film Awards…
Sir Ian, star of Gods And Monsters, beat off strong competition from Michael Caine and Ray Winstone, last year’s Best Actor winner…
Thanks to Robin Allport for the tip!