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- Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy brought so many great J.R.R. Tolkien characters to life on the big screen. Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf, and Gimli are now some of the most beloved characters in the fantasy adventure genre.
The films also made Viggo Mortenson and Orlando Bloom into major stars. Indeed, The Lord of The Rings assembled a fine cast of actors that included the talents of Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, and Christopher Lee.
But there were also actors who turned down the opportunity to play some of literature’s most famous roles. From a former James Bond to one of Hollywood's great method men, here are actors who refused roles in The Lord of The Rings.
#LordOfTheRings #Cast #Actors
Sean Connery | 0:00
Christopher Plummer | 1:43
Daniel Day-Lewis | 3:08
Nicolas Cage | 4:30
Russell Crowe | 5:57
Kate Winslet | 7:08
Uma Thurman | 8:35
Ethan Hawke | 9:49
Lucy Lawless | 11:04
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Which of these actors would've made Lord of the Rings better?
None! I think the movies are perfection as they are :)
Uma would have been good
Tommy Wiseau
as Aragorn or Galadriel
I still wish to see more of sauron.. I think GoT is similar here with the night king... everyone wants to see more of the villain....
None
I just want to say: THANK YOU to all those actors who refused to play rolls in LOTR. That’s why is a master piece
Right?! I was thinking the same.
Thank God no Cage - what a bullet dodged!
lol, it's a masterpiece because of Peter Jackson, none of the present actors gave such a mesmerizing performance. And some of the actors listed here would made the characters better, like Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Connery, Uma Thurman and Kate Winslet.
Yep
Amen to that!
So Viggo was the last choice but turned out to be the best one
Robert Erlandson . Stuart Townsend took the role of Aragorn but shortly after filming began he was let go. Virgo was offered the part and his son urged him to take it. Thank goodness for that
@@momster195 Stuart's career would probably be very different had he stayed
Robert Erlandson . Indeed. I think the story was that Jackson found him too young: he was 27 I think. Virgo has never handled a sword before. He carried his with him everywhere, even when not performing. Bob Anderson (he taught Errol Flynn among others) said Virgo was the best swordsman he had ever trained.
@@momster195 viggo almost got arrested because he was practicing swordplay in public he had to convince the cops he was an actor
Robert Erlandson . I’ve heard that! Wonderful films made from my favorite book.
Viggo morttensen is a very unique actor with great accent to play as Aragon. He's perfect.
I dont know about his accent but he did a great job playing a wise man
Yep. No more quotes.
It's true, he was the perfect yet unexpected selection, making him stand out that much more. Russell would also have been a good selection. CAGE THO = YEH NAH!
@@ivanivany7762 I agree that Russell Crowe would have made a great Aragorn, too. It might have been hard to see the character as well though because of his fame as an actor.
Right, because he's had such GREAT career-success in every other film.
"I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death."
"What do you fear, lady?"
"A Cage"
🤣
There you go! That rules out Nicolas Cage of the role 😅
Comedy Gold. 😂😂
Genius
* Underrated comment alert *
This should be called "How Lord of The Rings Dodged Bullets for The Better"
Aftet watching this video my level of respect for whoever handled casting for the LOTR has dropped drastically.
Yesh. Yesh indeed. "A wishard arrivesh preshishly when he wantsh to." Nope. No good.
hmm depends on which role you're referring to - Thurman would have probably have made a good Eowyn, the book character was quite tall too.
@@StephenKershaw1 Oh look a troll looking for attention .....yawn
@@StephenKershaw1 Oh but YOU know. . ."cuz everyone has heard of Stephen Kershaw.
I’m so glad Nicholaus Cage wasn’t cast as Aragorn.
Me too he's such a weird dude.
Seeing crazy Aragorn would have been fun though.
Lmao
Yeah like what happened to auditioning
To be fair, the cage memes would have probably been 100 times better if he were xD
Mortensen had a quiet humility which fit Aragorn very well.
Viggo was perfect in this role. He was truly born to play Aragorn!
By all reports he became Aragorn during the filming.
I questioned my sexuality after gazing upon this manly mans perfect face :o
For real, I heard he went above and beyond to bond with the horse he rode in the movie, sleeping next to horse every night instead of the hotel and would spend all his free time riding and hanging out with that horse.
So true. I adore Nick Cage! But his adorably geeky mannerisms would have ruined Aragorn. Aragorn was perfectly cast. Strider was written as a classic hero, and Viggo rose to the challenge.
The LOTR was about an unknown land with "unknown" people. Big name actors would just distracted us from that magic, and possibly ruined it.
Exactly.
i agree, when i see elijah wood i still call him frodo
So true!
But... Christopher Lee... ;p
many know actors , know before, in the film
The LOTR cast is perfect. I wouldn't want it any other way!
Maybe Legolas, but that's just me.
I still think someone else would have done a much better job than Elijah Wood. Somehow he's the only character in the movie that did not give me any emotion
I think they could have picked a far better Aragorn to be quite honest. Fine with the rest though.
@@Spiri7ualShi7 wrong! Very wrong!!
I just want to see Nicolas Cage as Aragorn, just for fun. Aragorn would be like on cocaine addiction LOL
Eowyn: I fear neither death nor pain.
Aragorn: What do you fear, my lady?
Eowyn: A -Nicolas- Cage.
😂😂👏
@@TheMone22 TBH, Cage would be excellent as a Witch King of Angmar
That Russel Crowe instinct was amazing and very ethical of him. Great guy he must be.
Sérgio he's too fat
The LOTR cast is full of people I didn't know at that time (except Ian and Sean Bean). So I basically watched a 11hr movie with people I've never heard of, and it turned out to be the greatest movie I've ever seen till this day. 💯💯💯
you didn't know Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Hugo Weaving, Liv Tyler, or Cate Blanchett?
@@ChFender I didn't know anyone back then, since I was only about 10 yo. My mum is a fan of Tyler though. When I grew older and watch the dvd I already recognized some names, but there was this guy I knew nothing about and now he is one of my favorite: Karl Urban
First time i have saw Elijah it is in the movie the Faculty and good son deep impact and when i saw him in LOTR he was the perfect and still today almost 40 i guest he still have the ring with him ^^
and Viggo in the Movie daylight the tunnel movie there r the 2 i know and maybe Elrond in Matrix not to sure if his was in the same time area
@@ChFender
Hugo Weaving was only really recognised from Agent Smith, and although he is an incredible actor he is probably also the biggest miscast of the whole trilogy.
Thats what is so great about the casting in this. They didnt try to push the Cruises, Pitts, and Bullocks that Hollywood is notorious for screwing up movies with that they dont belong in.
No one else can play Gandalf! Ian Mckellen is perfect for the role!!!
Thean Kotze so goddamn wholesome
It was Christopher Lee's dream roll, yet they still gave him Saruman. I think he would have made an amazing Gandalf, more stern and serious, morelike in the books. But he absolutely nailed the roll of Saruman, and Ian McKellan brought a warmth and jolliness to the character but could be serious when needed. The casting was great either way. =)
As much as we all love ol' 007, he would not have made as good a Gandalf as McKellan
Totally agree
If only he could have also played Dumbledore! How amazing it would have been if he had played both wizard role models in two of the biggest fantasy movies in the 2000s, both in different worlds.
A moment of silence for those in a parallel dimension who got Cage as Aragorn and Connery as Gandalf.
Cage as Aragorn truly is the multiverse of madness!
I actually would love to see an alternate lotr with these two.
Nicolas Cage "I don't watch my own movies"
That explains it!
Firstname Lastname lol! He’s not that bad, in fact with the right material, Nic Cage can shine like a diamond. He just has a mixed bag of a career.
@@avocatobobble I'm a foreigner and I until recently always watched dubbed movies, and now when I watched original ... What was that ahah
He over-acted constantly
@@StephenKershaw1 Fantasy nonsense...which went on to win 11 Oscars and is the most awarded film series in history...who r u to judge anyways..?
@@StephenKershaw1 Dude, whats your problem?
@@StephenKershaw1 Stop embarrassing yourself on the internet, kid.
This might sound harsh, but thanks to all the actors who declined!!!
You're welcome.😂
You are all senseless overall.
Ethan Hawke would have made an interesting Faramir, but that's about it. I'm glad the rest of them didn't work out.
@@FinrodFelagund5 E Hawke would have made a good Boromir, Aragorn, Elrond, etc., but because all you idiots can't understand the basic fact that you don't know because the movie was not done with them that you CAN'T say for or against them/it. Had it been done with Ethan, a replacement for Arwen, and other replacements from what we now have, you would have been saying the exact same thing against the current cast members as the alternate what-ifs. I never liked S Connor as an actor so I am happy he was not cast.
I can’t imagine anyone fit in the role of Aragon, Viggo Mortensen is perfect for this. As so McKellen for Gandalf and Blanchett for Galadriel.
It’s probably best that most of these A-list celebs turned down roles in LOTR. The casting of lesser-known actors for Aragorn/Legolas/Faramir/Merri/Pippin always helped me believe those characters more.
Exactly. Those more well known actors would have "over acted". They chose the right actors.
Nicholas Cage: "What do you fear my lady?"
Eowyn: "You"
this comment doesn't seem to have the credit it deserves!
Ha Ha! That made nearly.........so funny......well done. Best comment ;-)
ME nearly
Oh, i see this comment doesnt get seen alot. Very underrated! Hahaha
Nicolas Cage as Aragorn? Talk about dodging a bullet!
Talkl about not realizing that Cage was amazing early 2000.. Where and what is Viggo now? Same as Cage, shit
@@yoslo2117 You haven't been paying much attention, have you? While Viggo might not be the most prolific actor, he was one of two main characters in the winner of best picture from the 2019 Oscars, Green Book. He is very relevant to the acting world today. Way more than Nicolas Cage. I will agree with you that Cage used to make good films, though.
@@yoslo2117
A lot of people just characterize Cage according to his reputation and his crazier performances but he actually has a wider range of performances than most give him credit for and he's often actually good.
Yoslo man even when he was in Peggy sue got married, he was restrained and I still disliked him
Cage is a very talented actor. It's foolish to assume that he would have made it weird.
Wow, really makes you appreciate how the stars aligned on this trilogy. Each actor is so perfect in their role i really cant imagine anyone doing them better.
"the stars aligned on this trilogy" perfect statemant, so many divine interventions on this project as if tolkien himself was overseeing from above.
@@silverdragon710 I like to think he'd approve. I wish they couldve found a spot for my boy Tom Bombadil, but from a pacing standpoint i get it.
I can. Not that the actors didn't perform marvelously, but Jackson's interpretation of characters does not always match the book. A closer interpretation would have required a different actor.
Really Elijah Wood is horrible made Frodo A bit whiny
@@MrSamurai137 I think that was Jackson’s take more than the actor’s. It’s more clear when you see the approach of various scenes of Frodo and Sam.
I love Miranda Otto as Eowyn ! She manages to bring candor, sweetness as well as strength and determination, and that's why Eowyn is my favourite character in LOTR.
I don't think any other actress could have done it so perfectly
Agreed!
Agree!! I don't get why so many people don't like her or her portrayal of Eowyn. I think she's perfect.
I loved Miranda Otto as Eowyn, but Uma Thurman would have been interesting as well, though she would not have given us the warmth and emotion that Miranda provided.
Éowyn/Miranda is gorgeous!!! She is my favorite character too. ;)
Otto was great as Eowyn, but I think many actresses could have played that role. It’s mostly the dresses and hair that make it work.
Peter Jackson: So, do you want to play in the movie?
Every actress in the world: *pregnant*
Good job there were only 3 real roles to cast.
Well it was the end of wild 90s. My parents also managed to make 3 children during that time before divorcing
Folks going ham around the millennium lol
I like a lot of the actors and actresses that were mentioned for roles, however the ones who actually played the parts in the movies were absolutely perfect.
They were still good actors.
100%
Thanks god we've got the great Cate Blanchett as Galadriel instead.
I never thought Cate Blanchett was fair enough to be Galadriel.
And I somehow can't see Xena in the role either.
I personally think Uma Thurman is ugly I don’t think she could’ve played Galadriel. And I like Lucy Lawless but I Would’ve had a hard time seeing her as Galadriel I will keep thinking she was xena
@@jowbloe3673 I agree. Cate's austere beauty works as Hela, Goddess of Death -- downright hot -- but she wasn't a good choice for Galadriel. Galadriel's beauty was not alien and otherworldly; it was deeply natural, like a flower or birdsong. Miranda Otto would have been a better choice.
Lucy Lawless as Galadriel could have been good... The rest not so much
I think what makes the LotR cast so great is that most of the main characters weren't renowned world stars back then. If I imagine people like Connery as Gandalf or Cage as Aragorn I wouldn't be able to immerse myself in the movies because everytime I'd see those actors I would be reminded of some of their blockbuster roles.
I cannot imagine anyone but Ian McKellen as Gandalf, and frankly I beleive Tolkien would agree.
Was Sir Ralph Richardson still alive?
I think Christopher Lee might have pleased Tolkein as Gandalf or Saruman- theyd actually met
@@jonathanfraser321 Lee has such a Proud presence. He's a perfect Saruman. Like the video said McKellan brings that warmth.
Nicolas Cage was never offered the role of Aragorn, he was consideres for the role and Jackson wanted to meet with him, but that never happened. They never met and he wasn't offered anything.
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central thank god.
Well then, thank God for small Mercies! ✝🤦♂️😂
To Nicolas Cage meeting Jackson.... "You shall not pass...!!!"
@-it’s W i can see sean connery as gandalf too and kate and the other females
@-it’s DubBLYEW No, Lewis would have been an excellent Elrond, but he's too elfy for Aragorn. As Uma Thurman is too elfy for Eowyn...the only role she would have fit into would have been Galadriel. None of these actors would have actually been better than the actors who ultimately played the roles.
15% to Connery and 10% to Crowe? for a 3 billion box office movie, that's crazy money. glad the production casting unknown and low-key actor for those roles.
Of the profits, not the revenues.
@@StephenKershaw1 What?
@@StephenKershaw1 You must be one of the greatest idiots ever to cross the TH-cam Comment Section. First off LotR was written by a Person with an Intellect you wouldnt even reach if you added all your ancestors IQ points to yours. Second LotR kickstartet the whole Fantasy Genre how we know it today in every piece of Media. LotR the Movie's revolutionised how Films where made till today. What did you accomplish ?
Get back to your sad life PUTA !
that's why everyone should go with low-key actors. they put 120% into production and will be forever thankful. if I would be a director, I would never work with big names, should it be any movies in any categories.
@@mr_metal. well they bring xtra audience and dont go below certain acting level. So it's not easy decision.
Frodo: "I wish this this cast had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened"
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such movies"
“All we have to deshide is what to do with the time that is given ush.” - Gandalf
XD
Probably would have made a decent dwarf since they all have Scottish accents anyway. Now, Sean Connery as Gimli might have actually worked - lol
Kate WInslet, Daniel Day-Lewis, Christopher Plummer: they would have been great in their roles, and probably brought something different to them that would have been equally fascinating to what we got. That said, the casting certainly landed on its feet remarkably well after what appears to have been a few initial hurdles, and a few choices that could have seriously detracted from the films.
Brad Viviviyal Or two of them have retired and you just haven’t watched any films with the remaining one, you mean?
Hakon Soreide i disagree ...I think the current actors made a better job for the roles because they were not superstars and could evolve the way PJ wanted ....
@@jonjones971 Are you saying Ian McKellen wasn't a superstar? And Viggo Mortensen may not have been stratospheric, but he had quite high billing and cover presence in a few Hollywood films before this too, so I'd not exactly call him obscure. Also, if you can't "evolve" the way the director wants, you're not much of an actor to start with.
I think Viggo Mortensen is better at other things than acting, but he suits the part anyway, and Christopher Plummer is alright if not exactly amazing. Ian McKellen, Daniel Day Lewis, Kate Winslet: they can do pretty much anything they apply themselves to.
So can Russel Crowe, come to that, though I've noticed lots of people commenting he can't do anything but Gladiator all over again. They've clearly not seen any of his other films.
Kate would have been able to do any of the female roles.
DDL I'm not sure he would have worked well with PJ.
Christopher P would have made a good Denethor (Steward of Gondor).
Hakon Soreide unfortunately there isn’t “what if” in real life. I read the books before the movies. When I was reading them I thought it was impossible to make a good movie. But there you go, now I can’t imagine having different actors for the iconic roles although theoretically they can certainly pull it off - under Peter Jackson’s direction. Sam’s wife Rose could however have a younger looking actress, but she had very little screen time so it didn’t matter.
I'm so glad Nicolas Cage turned down the role. Don't get me wrong, he is a good actor, but his constant yelling and change of tone doesn't match Aragorn's calm and wise personality.
Душан Павловић he is a terrible actor. He plays himself in every movie.
He would have been terrible
If I ever need a laugh, I just imagine him trying to pull of playing Aragorn. It would have been... hilariously bad.
@@ScouserLegend I only said good because most people consider him a good actor. I personally don't, but I guess the fact that we even know who the guy is makes him a "good" actor. Anyway, I agree, the dude acts like himself IRL.
Masked Movie Man yes but he would have been completely miscast as Aragorn.
Thank you Sir Nicolas Cage for refusing LOTR & The Matrix. We're forever in ur debt!
Nicholas Cage would had ruined both franchises for me as well the superheroes he was considered for.
@@Thespeedrap He isnt a bad actor, he just has the worst possible agent.
@@nox5555 I agree with you there.
@@Thespeedrap some clone of his played Thranduil later...
Hes forever in his own debt. Literally
A big THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all those actors/actresses who declined the offers
Everything happens for a reason. The Universe itself stepped in and made sure Viggo Mortensen became Aragorn. The Universe is correcting itself.
The universe does nothing it is God not the universe
@@chrismarple Surely you understand that many people today use "Universe" for the Divine in a similar way as many of our forbears said "Providence." It means much the same thing, but avoids the anthropomorphic image of an old man sitting in the clouds. Mind you, I do see "the Universe" as ultimately expressing that fatherly heart.
It was Eru
Russell Crowe Aragorn: Behold! The sword of Elendil! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!!!
The cast for this epic trilogy was spot on. Very happy that all the actors who turned down the roles chose their integrity or family life over their career. Perfect casting in the end. Thank you Peter Jackson, Weta NZ, and all the actors for their dedication in bringing Tolkien's middle earth to life on the big screen.
Ian McKellen as Gandalf was such an immense figure for me when I was a kid. Had that role gone to somebody else I probably would have turned out a different person lol
Pretty sure Daniel Day Lewis would never take a role on a scifi or fantasy setting, since he can't adequately method for it. Like, he can't method magic or hyper advanced sci-fi tech or learn skills from those types of universes to really acclimate himself to the role like he can with a historical figure.
I cannot fault him in that case for sticking to his strengths but the video makes it sound like he doesn't regret that decision so it's all good in the end.
Real method actors learn magic, invent the tech needed.
No excuses. Become the part.
In fairness, I think Daniel Day Lewis is entirely too manic to comfortably portray Aragorn. Not sure it's about method, I think it's more that it just doesn't suit his personality. Every role on screen that I've seen thusfar the guy is a cross between a thunderstorm and a firestorm and one slight breeze away from a total explosion. Can you imagine someone like that doing the Aníron dialogue? (the dialogue on the bridge in Imladris, after he places back the sword of Isildur on the pedestal) the chemistry wouldn't match
@@Locahaskatexu What about when he played Hawkeye?
@@Locahaskatexu
Look at him in Last of the Mohicans to see how he plays more of a straight up heroic type of role.
Only, ONLY, the actors we know from the trilogy made LOTR what it is.
Correct! :D
So true
I just can’t imagine any other actor doing these characters. It is simply perfect the way it is.
The casting of LOTR was on point🎯. I couldn't imagine even one of these guys doing justice to whatever roles they would have been offered. These actors are great in their own lane but cast that actually did the movie were simply perfect and irreplaceable.
For a while I thought Sean Connery would make a good Gandalf until "You shall notsh pashh"
Sean Connery probably has nightmares about missing out on that offer 😳
He would've taken in 300 million dollars from the three movies
That and he turned down Hannibal Lecter too
He has a net worth of roughly $350 million after an illustrious career (for the most part) in acting, I don’t think he’s losing sleep anytime soon 😂😂😂
--"How would you like your tobacco, Gandalf?"
--"Shaken, not stirred."
I got nightmares just to think about Sir Sean Connery playing Gandalf. God, no... =)
Well, for me personally, the voice of Galadriel is so inherently what made the final movies what they were. Completely beyond sexuality and all that flannel, that talent at narration is just ...hypnotic. Urma Thurman was quintessentially Beatrix Kiddo, but Cate Blanchett was born to be Galadriel. And for that much, as well as the other paths that meandered, converged or diverged too far apart when crunch time came about, I couldn't hope for better cast, crew or most importantly, end result. Modern classic par excellence!
Shes also just a textbook pretty woman. Uma's got a bit of Va Va Voom that doesnt work. Its incredible how amazing the cast ended up.
I'm so glad it turned out the way it did. Every role cast was perfection. Also... DAMN Russel Crow! 10%?!?! That's 300 million dollars!
Thank god Connery turned it down. Ian Mc Kellen was perfect.
Agree perfect
I can't imagine anyone else in the roles as they were cast. The project came together exactly as it should have.
Thank God Viggo got the role of Aragon, he OWNED it. Same for all the other actors everyone who played their roles...Brilliant
Bless the hearts of all those actors that turned it down, TLOTR is damn near perfect
If Nick had played Aragorn I would never have seen the movie.
sad that you cant understand the brilliance on nic cage
At the time, Cage was a brilliant actor.. He didnt age well, but he would have crushed it at the time
Totally beat me to it. Nicholas Cage as Aragorn would have been a disaster. Aragorn should be mysterious yet solid. Not quirky and unstable.
harshal pawar he’s the worst actor in history
I would have watched still, but his presence would have been needlessly distracting
I'm watching the extended versions right now, and they're basically perfect movies to be honest. The casting they got worked out perfectly. Some of the proposed casting could've worked, maybe in different roles. Russell Crowe would've been awesome in the movie in some role, but I don't know if he has the warmth needed to play Aragorn. He would've just played Aragorn like he did Maximus and I just don't think that works the same way. I'm definitely glad though that Connery didn't do Gandalf and Lucy Lawless didn't do Galadriel because McKellan is perfect as Gandalf, and Cate Blanchett is probably the greatest actress of all time.
As far as Nicolas Cage being in the movie at all, let alone as Aragorn, let's just say the less said, the better.
Crowe should of been Faramir
@@HussleSince97 That could've definitely worked. I have zero problem with David Wenham in that role, though. He was great too.
@@Kratosx23 defo Crowe would of just made him more important to us
*FUN FACT:* another actor was actually cast in the role of Aragorn and even shot several scenes. It was Stuart Townsend, now best known for playing Lestat in Queen of the Damned in 2002. He was fired from LOTR when the filmmakers realized that he was much too young for the role of Aragorn. They then offered the role to Viggo Mortensen, who accepted because his 12 year old son was a Tolkien fan and told him he should do it. And the rest is cinema history.
The ring choose who plays which character
Thanks for refusing the role and letting us have the perfect cast ❤️
Mortensen had that Messiah look on him the whole movie. It was like looking at Jesus saving Middle Earth. It was perfect.
I wonder how it would have turned out with Jim Caviezel in the part.
Or Viggo as Jesus in the Passion, he is very good with languages.
@@luisaymerich9675 Jim cd have played Aragorn but not visa versa. That said Viggo was brilliant in LOTR.
producers: "so who do you want for Christopher Lee?" everyone: "yes"
If Connery had taken the part, people would see him and think "That's Sean Connery" and think of James Bond. The audience would perceive 007 with long grey hair fighting Orcs, and that would be distracting. People accepted McKellen as Gandalf at first sight because for most viewers they don't have other signature roles to compare him to. This was his signature role. That I think is part of the success of LOTR: actors were selected for how they would fill a role, and not for their box office potential.
Im so Glad all these actors said no, so the right ones had the opportunity to say yes
1:34 that impression! 😂
Nic Cage as Aragorn LOLOL, I can see him walking into the mountains to recruit the ghosts big eyes and big expressions 'I DONT FEEEEAR DEATH MAN'
I have to say, thank god none of these actors took the part. I think one of the reasons it was so successful, is that no huge actors were in the movie. A big actor would have distracted from the story. Also, pretty much everyone in the movies were perfect.
Al Pacino as Gandalf yelling from the walls to the nazguls "say hello to my little frend"! Arnold Schwartenneger as the new king of Gondor, Conan stille! Danny DeVito as Gimli.
Al Pacino should be a hobbit that would hilarious😆
I can never imagine anyone else other than viggo mortensen as aragorn, thank god for him ❤
Cast is perfect as is it is. That great experience to see actors who really adept to their role.
Connery as Gollum: "Shmeagooool"
I just choked on my wine 🤣
Uma in LOTR would have been nice.
If you still want to see her in a fantasy setting, check out “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, 1998. I saw it as a kid, and I’ll forever claim that she kick-started me into puberty the second I laid eyes on her as ‘Venus’.
1988. And yeah, she was absolutely gorgeous
Chris Rock as Aragorn, Danny Devito as Gandalf, Peter Stormare as Frodo, Vincent Pastore as Saruman, Dolph Lundgren as Gimli, Terry Crews as Legolas.
Heard that Tolkien fan Christopher Lee wanted to play Gandalf, though he had to settle for SARUMAN, since he himself knew he was too old to play him.
The LOTR cast was just perfect and the trilogy was just amazing with those actors........
Young people have to understand that even though the books were considered one of the best literature of the 20th century and had an enormous fanbase, the three movie production was still a massive risk by then. Some actors understandably didn't want to risk their careers. Also a commitment to a three years of shooting schedule (reshootings included) means you can't get another work during that time and if the movies had failed a three years long gap with nothing but a financialy disastrous franchise would be a definite career killer for an actor. Thankfully all things did go great.
Also don't joke about Nicolas Cage's involment. He was a respected actor with a great indie movie career back then. He won an oscar and starred in three great blockbuster action movies back to back. Nic Cage became one of the best movie stars in the 90s. But after his ridiculous spendings he sunk into a massive tax debt. At 2000s he took almost every role that comes his way to pay his debt and that's what ruined his career and image.
Yeah, although he was apparently a nutjob, he was more of a closet nutjob, certainly nothing like he has been for the last 10-15 years
Hollywood was trying to cast the same typical cast! Im so glad that they dodged all of them! LOtR is just Perfect!!! ❤️
Honestly, none of them would have been better. I think, that in the end, the cast in LOTR is perfect and did a great job.
A Strange Fact: The Beatles were planning on making The Lord of the Rings the movie in the mid 60's. With Stanley Kubrick as the director 🎸🎥🇬🇧
that's an interesting bit of knowledge. i wonder if they would have made it more musical? i'd love to see what could have been.
Ya John wanted to play Gollum but Tolkien shut it down.
Seriously?????
I heard that too. I think it's just as well it didn't happen the technology to create something worthwhile didn't exist. I also heard that the writer Joe Orton was was planning to write a film for the Beatles before e being murdered.
Thank God Tolkien said no. We probably would've never had the movies we have today. Plus, I just don't think it would've been good.
Lucy Lawless is definitively not "Elf Material" xD
True she doesn't have that elven grace that Cate Blanchett has, but could you imagine Lucy Lawless saying "Instead of a dark Lord, you would have a queen!" That verse would give me shivers if she said it.
@@jeremybosworth2275 It would also have given me shivers if Hudson Leick said it, the actress who played psycho amazone Callisto in Xena. actually looking at her twitter photos Hudson isn't bad elf material...
could have played lurtz tho
She would be a sexy elf wtf you mean
@@mrsantoro8306 She may have been sexy, and Lucy Lawless is a beautiful woman. But her features are too broad for an elf maid.
great video thanks
"You shhall not passh"
Killed me :p
There's a timeline out there where Nicolas Cage gets to be Aragorn. Lucky us.
In many ways the Lord of the Rings is about the story and the overall world its set in. Casting a big name actor at their peak like some of these were would have made it all about them.
Ian McKellan was perfectly cast as Gandalf. Indeed, I cant think of anyone else now who would have done a better job for any of the main cast.
I’ve always liked how the lotr had relatively unknown actors in it, maybe you’d seen them in one thing before or never before.
Wow. Sean Connery
I said "Thank God!" on every one of these! LOTR is perfect the way that it is (I would say I even prefer the films to the books and I loved the books). Objectively, none of these people could have done better than the actors they got...
PS: Nicholas Cage as Aragorn? That would have literally ruined the entire trilogy...I shudder at the thought!
Facts lol
* **For those who don’t know, an explanation: Tolkien meant for The Lord of the Rings to be one physical book, internally divided into six ‘books’. The publisher split it into three physical books (because profit), so The Return of the King for example consists of books five and six.***
I regularly listen to the audiobooks (read by Rob Inglis) and they tend to be a bit boring at points. I often skip the entire book four, which is only about Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, and sometimes I also skip their chapters in book six. The three chapters with Tom Bombadil are also not very good, and many chapters of the fifth and sixth book are a bit gloomy and too grand in scale. It’s also difficult with the books to get a good grasp of what happens in the major battles. Thinking of the films helps.
My favourite chapters are those with lots of useful exposition (The Shadow of the Past, A Conspiracy Unmasked, The Council of Elrond, Treebeard, The White Rider, Flotsam and Jetsam) and the chapters where there is a good sense of friendship and/or new adventure, for example the Hobbits leaving the Shire, talking in Frodo’s new home, meeting farmer Maggot, and going to Bree. Also Merry and Pippin meeting Treebeard, Pippin meeting Beregond and Bergil, friends reuniting in Flotsam and Jetsam.
I understand that the chapters with Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are important for the story, but Tolkien should have put those chapters in between other characters’ chapters, instead of bundling them all into one book. The best chapter is the bittersweet last one: Tolkien’s language there is so perfect and every sentence is important.
The films are awesome... my favourite films of all time. But knowing the books so well it feels as if the films are a really short summary of them. It’s all so rushed. I hope some day The Lord of the Rings will be made into a long tv-series; more faithful to the book. Animated instead of live action would be fine.
Conclusion: The book is pretty awesome, especially book 1, 2, and 3. But book 4 is a drag and 5 and 6 are not exactly perfect.
While the book is too long at times, the films are just way too short (for me; they were of course perfect for the general public). But I can appreciate most of the decisions they made to streamline things, leaving out characters such as Fatty, Maggot, Tom, Beregond, Quickbeam, and Glorfindel. A film can’t have the same amount of characters as a book. Weird thing is that at the same time the books lack a lot of background information that would help in appreciating the scale of Tolkien’s world and story; about Melkor, elves, the gods, Numenor, etc.
Glad all the actors selected work so hard to make this a trilogy. Awesome ..
Thanks. Now I cant stop imagining how Sean Connery would read the ring Inscription in black speech out loud
I love our beloved cast so much, I can't help but be glad these actors turned down the roles. Especially Nicholas Cage!
For me, LOTR trilogy was great in particular for the fact that at the age I got into it, the actors were not well known to me.
These days, when I watch a movie, the actor's "gravitas" can make me forget about what is going on. That it be the story, the character's evolving arc or the way they act.
For example;
I remember a movie, but not it's name. I know "Something(Adrien, now that I think of it) Brody" played one of the main roles. I know the guy who acted as young Anakin Skywalker, was the main role. Some money heist, family trauma ...
But I can't remember the name of the movie. And it had no impact on me.
You don't just make a great movie by buying a superstar.
And Viggo in LOTR has one scene which for me, sells him as an amazing actor.
When he learns the hobbits(Merry-Pippin) are taken by the orcs and might be dead, he kicks a orc's helmet.
He actually broke a toe but kept doing the scene.
And it is one of these scene where the actor becomes the character.
Thank GOD all of them refused the roles!! The movies wouldn't have been good with these actors! Viggo was especially dedicated to the role of Aragorn and I believe all of us are pretty grateful to him for that!
Sean Connery as Gandalf,
with Nicholas Cage as Aragorn
with Xena as Arwen
is
mindblowing
I guess we all have thank Nicolas Cage for turning down the part. Can't even imagine how ridiculous it would've been.
As much as I love Viggo's performance I really think DDL would have done a excellent job!
I think the actors they did end up using, ended up being the best choices, they just did such a great job with the roles given to them, that I couldn't imagine anyone else playing those roles :O.
A lot of cool info. I can’t imagine the Lord of the Rings any different then it was. I think it was fantastic casting across the board!! Tolkien RIP
So glad that these attempts by New Line to dial in these Hollywood A List topping blockbuster star names failed.
Allowing Wingnut and Peter Jackson to work with a final cast of unpretentious actors, all giving their imaginative best to realise those rôles.
That is why these series struck gold! I would be interested in whether the casting team for the Hobbit were given more of a free hand to cast the actors they imagined to fill the rôles.
It is fitting that Sean Connery would appear first on this list. He is probably the most well known person to refuse a role in this movie. Until now, not many people knew that he refused the role of Gandoff for not understanding it. He also turned down the Matrix for the same reason.
Kevin Murry It's not that complicated. I dont know what he didn't understand on it. It's an archetypical Merlin role.
@@arckocsog253 lol
WOW! Five adds within 3 minutes! Sweet!
I wouldn’t change anyone, the cast was perfect.