Russell Crowe Turned Down Aragorn in ‘Lord of the Rings’ After Iffy Peter Jackson Meeting

[hewontgo]

Russell Crowe on turning down Aragorn: “I very much felt the studio were making that decision, not the director. [Peter Jackson] wasn’t saying the sort of things that directors were saying to you if they were really trying to attract you to a project."https://t.co/QmM5ZBtu6Y
- Zack Sharf (@ZSharf) June 14, 2024
Russell Crowe has no regrets when it

Comments

[ahkna]

I could see that in 1999 when they were filming the movies. I'm glad they got Viggo though. The one that Charlize dated being fired was also a lucky escape.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Stuart Townshend!! I remember they mentioned he just wasn’t a good fit.

[ahkna]

I knew it was Stuart something but all I could remember was his face playing Lestat

[euraylie]

Terribly miscast there as well

[ahkna]

The only good thing about that movie was Aaliyah

[grtantxenomorph]

She was truly unreal in that role.

[manu19]

It’s that old already? Jrkekskfkgkekekd

[ahkna]

Yeah, I did a book report on Fellowship of the Ring in Grade 9 in 1999 and part of my oral presentation was talking about how the movie had just started filming in New Zealand so it's one of those things that has always stuck in my mind.