Ringer Spy Dave sends in some interested news from the world of Stuart Townsend, the ‘first’ Aragorn.
For those that do not know or remember way back in October of 1999 I’ll help you refresh your memory.
Townsend, an Irish actor in his 20’s was first chosen to play Aragorn. He flew down to New Zealand and was on the set opening day. A week later we broke the story that he has left, and that Viggo Mortensen is in. There were rumors about ‘creative differences’ and all the typical stuff you hear about ‘trouble’ on a hollywood movie set.
Dave managed to corner Stuart at a charity event and asked him the big question; ‘why did you leave LOTR?’
(Stuart) said he basically went along (to New Zealand), they made him up as Aragorn and he just didnt look old/scruffy enough for PJs taste . He said it was amicable & he would have loved to have worked on it, also he said he’s a huge fan and would be going
along to see it.
Think this is true? I do, Stuart did not have the pull or the clout to start giving enough attitude to PJ, plus he was there only a week, how much supposed fighting could have taken place? Stuarts quote is most likely what actually happened that fall week back in 1999.
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Our very own Elijah Wood (Frodo) has been listed as one of the ‘Sizzlin’ 16 of 2001′ on E! Online. We can all sleep much better now. [More]
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As we have reported before, a LOTR TV Spot will be seen during the Superbowl on Jan 28. Now, a word of warning for all Canadian TORNadoes up here, we will most likely NOT be seeing the New Line trailer, as since the last 4 or 5 years, we don’t get to see any of the american comercials at all 🙁
Read about LOTR and all the other coolness you can see while watching the Big Game at AICN. [More]
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1. Fellowship of the Ring.
(Need we say more?)
Well, actually, Harry over at AICN has come up with 10 Films Not to Miss in 2001 list and, unlike E! Online, he got it right! He has LOTR as his number one. [More]
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In today’s Globe and Mail is a long story on Cate Blanchett (Galadriel):
“…Making The Gift was, by comparison with what came next, a mere toe-in-the-water step toward the cinematic supernatural. Blanchett plunged in deep to play J.R.R. Tolkien’s elf queen, Lady Galadriel, in director Peter Jackson’s ambitious adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. All three books of the trilogy are being filmed in a single, extended production effort in New Zealand, with New Line Cinema hoping that the anticipation for the first feature, due to be released in December, will make investing in the pair of sequels a wise bet…” [More]
Thanks to Steve K for the heads up.
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Sorry guys, this website didn’t organise a line to wait in for the cinema trailer. I know some of you would have sat out in the rain for an event like this.
The Daily Radar has a good report from a cinema trailer queue here if you feel you missed out.
Not that it’s very inviting outside here in NZ either right now. Our chance to see the trailer on the big screen starts tomorrow. Anyone in NZ forming a line? TheOneRing recommends ‘Kathmandu’ wet-weather gear for all outdoor Tolkien-related activities…
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