LOTR: The cast talk about how Viggo Mortensen was the PERFECT Aragorn!

[@Torstenn-b3x]

Victoria Burrows, the Casting Director for LOTR, deserves a huge plaudits and recognition for the choices that she helped make for the cast of LOTR. Not just Viggo, but everyone was basically perfectly cast.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

Farmer maggot really should've been John Goodman, but that's all I've got

[@truthhc]

you just taught me the word "plaudit", thanks, and I agree with everything you said

[@teresaantoniou5415]

I love aragorn and boromir

[@Sarahurrah9]

but Viggo wasn't the original choice. It was Stewart Townsend. Makes me wonder if he would have been a great Aragorn.

[@Сайтамен]

​@@Sarahurrah9 also there was Nick Cage at some point...

[@comraderaoul]

Sean Bean's reaction is like what Boromir would say about Aragorn.

[@georgepetrov5669]

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT AS WELL

[@simoncss1]

Havin never really watchd Rugby in my life, I’d totally watch 1 between Aragorn & Boromir

[@wudipest]

One does not rugby tackle a person randomly

[@morganseppy5180]

​@@wudipest🙁👌 one does not simply rugby tackle Sean Bean.

[@BenColletti]

@@wudipest G

[@sofiadelphin14]

I just freakin love this guy

[@dylanstacey3514]

I mean just imagine it. You’re standing by yourself, not a care in the world and then suddenly, out of nowhere, Viggo rugby tackles you to the ground, stares you in the face and wildly laughs. I’d be in Heaven.

[@shizukagozen777]

💀💀💀

[@morganseppy5180]

And now i want to see a movie with Vigo Mortensen, Henry Cavill, Jason Mamoa, and Keanu Reeves. The most cool bros movie full of funny pranks and surprise bear* hugs.

[@dylanstacey3514]

@@morganseppy5180 Zak Snyders Justice League Ultra Secret Directors Cut Deluxe

[@Mr.Chicken815]

"I'd be in heaven" sounds like fan fiction for ya or then you mean you got your neck broken

[@dagan8659]

@@morganseppy5180 never heard of those girls, you name after Vigo.

[@MarshallStrider]

Viggo was perfect as Aragorn, I couldn't imagine someone else playing him. My cousin always said he was the wrong choice, he was such a "laddie", but I think there couldn't have been a better Aragorn. The whole cast from LotR was just perfect, even Sir Christopher Lee praised Viggo and the whole crew as it was the best he ever worked with and that coming from a guy with a tremendous experience and movies he played in. I think he is an very underrated actor with a great experience, fluent in several languages... I just love him in Captain Fantastic.

[@ImrahilToChaos]

I wouldn’t call him perfectly cast - he’s a great Aragorn but I feel like you have to know very little about the character in the books to think the ever scruffy, unshaven five o clock shadow suits him throughout the trilogy.

[@Xiroi87]

Captain Alatriste

[@BButcher-hg4nr]

Your cousin would've cast some turd

[@sindri1447]

@@ImrahilToChaos I've read the books and still think Viggo is perfect. I think the movies did Frodo dirty at several points and Faramir was also done extremely dirty. I also kind of dislike Gollum's arc since in the books there is never any doubt that there's just no saving him. Frodo in the books never really trusted Gollum but in the movies he even went so far as to send Sam home in a weeping mess because of misplaced trust. I love the books but I also love the movies. Both have something great that the other lacks. For example there are several pieces of dialogue that I absolutely adore in the movies. Sam's little speech at Osgiliath and Boromir's send off for example are both masterfully written and performed. In terms of Viggo as Aragorn though? He's perfect in my eyes. He moves with such grace that it's hard not to find him kingly. And when first we see him he absolutely looks like a dirty, weary traveler. Really, I don't have a single complaint about any of the casting. They're all pretty much perfect... except for Elijah Wood. I don't know even know if that's a hot take or not. He's just not the hobbit we read about in the books at all. He's terribly miscast. Did he do a good job with what he was given? Sure, I guess. He just looks way too boyish. He's supposed to be in his early 50's. Sure, he's a hobbit so he should look a bit younger... but at least make him look like someone in his 30's ffs.

[@morganseppy5180]

​​@@sindri1447preach. They gave gollum conflict to give him depth. They gave aragon conflict, again for depth. Real ppl doubt themselves, and directors know that crafted tension is super poweful when the resolution comes.

[@the_dead_man]

The entire casting of LOTR was perfect. Each actor owned their role, from the leads down the line to supporting actors, stunt actors and background performers. Best trilogy of all time.

[@UserJWR]

I think LotR actually undersells Viggo's ability and talent as an actor. While his portrayal of Aragorn was obviously great, he is surrounded by some many phenomenal actors in this movie that he has relatively little space to shine. I recently watched The Green Book for the first time and that movie really brings him into the spotlight and gives him the opportunity to show what he can do in full scale. Truly an amazing actor, and very underappreciated by Hollywood.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Good point, I think he did a phenomenal job in Green Book!

[@elwiseguy69]

I recently watched the green book and I agree with everything g you said. I’m still a huge Viggo/Aragorn fan but man Green Book really brought it out.

[@storytsunami]

The only other movie I remember seeing Viggo in was Hidalgo. Don't remember how good or bad the movie was, only that Viggo was the main character.

[@CalamityCain]

The Lord of the Rings, Green Book, The Road, A History of Violence, Appaloosa, Captain Fantastic, Eastern Promises... These are all are amazing movies and Viggo Mortensen always delivers - *always!* The only movie with him in the lead role that I saw and didn't like was Crimes of the Future and that sure as heck wasn't _his_ fault.

[@cadabanban5382]

Those movies, in their entirety. Pretty close to perfect, watched all the bonus in the extended editions, 24 hours of them, didn't yawn a single time, damn fine work 👏👏👏

[@LankanLatino]

That tackle is because Viggo is also one of the lads, and he knows Sean Bean can handle some fuckery between mates

[@straightjacket308]

It's amazing to think that he plays such a calm character but in reality is an adult with the heart of a child who just wants to have fun but also has a huge heart!!!

[@keleziz76]

From Viggo’s first scene, I was mesmerized. In the movie theater, I thought, who is this intriguing stranger? He was mysterious and you weren’t sure yet what his intentions were.

[@afropunkx]

They better not try to remake this trilogy. You cannot top these movies. The cast, acting, writing, effects, music are all 10/10, absolutely perfect.

[@michaelnewzealand1888]

It's very rare when you have a great cast like that and an awesome plot and each character has something special about them. And it was also good that the flaws in the characters exposed them, and the strength of some of the characters elevated them which made it a very good story.

[@mcdiamond2463]

this is why typecasting in hollywood is ridiculously underrated and overlooked at the exact same time

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

He'll of an actor and a Montreal Canadiens fan.....😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@jugemujugemugokounosurikirekai]

Aragorn is always my favourite since the first time I watch the LOTR trilogy when I was a child 👌👌👌👌👌

[@bernlin2000]

Seems impossible to imagine anyone else doing that role, like so many actors in the films. But he's character NEEDS to be a "guiding shepherd" and it's just delightful that Viggo took that on in real life, it's very appropriate. Frodo wouldn't have made it far without "Strider".

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

"I would have followed you, my brother; my captain.; my king," - Boromir, before he dies. ''The men have found their captain'' - Eowyn, before the siege of Helm's Deep. Where, in movies today, do we have lines like those anymore?! 😞

[@davidmaltais2912]

He really was the perfect cast

[@cjkalandek996]

Can you believe they once considered Nicolas Cage to play Aragorn?

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Bro what

[@cjkalandek996]

​@@MiddleEarthUpdatesI read about it in a "Actors who were nearly cast in _LOTR_ roles" post.

[@AliasSchmalias]

Also Vin Diesel :DD

[@rabronin]

I could just imagine that: "We're gonna be heroooessss!!!"

[@2PHatchwork]

@@cjkalandek996Bro, Nicolas Cage was nearly cast for every movie. Ahah

[@dave55ides]

Viggo was a perfect Aragorn - both as a Ranger and as a Commander in battle. Once the war was won and Aragorn became King he was less convincing - he almost seemed smaller in the scene where he tells the Hobbits “you bow to no one.” Bernard Hill’s Theoden was a more convincing King. Nonetheless for all but the last half hour of Return of the King, Viggo was perfect. As we’re pretty much the entire cast.

[@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676]

Agreed,he looked too puffy in the coronation scene,it was because it was shot during reshoots at 2003 so he got older and probably gained weight

[@brandonwoeldike2084]

I’d follow Viggo or Aragorn into battle anytime

[@Malaysian_GenXer]

I loved Viggo in Green Book, also

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

He’s great!

[@jessicapinto3817]

I read somewhere that he IS Aragorn, playing Viggo Mortensen playing Aragorn and I couldn't agree more

[@facundomoralesdiorio3802]

Let's be honest he is also pretty handsome.

[@MoralesAlex805]

They all were supposed to make this movie together. They are all special

[@FluffyKittenofMordor]

"There's a wildness in his eyes" LOL

[@louel9272]

Even the orcs were great! GOAT fantasy movie!

[@NAJILife]

Very small role in Carlito's Way but his acting was phenomenal.

[@RohitKumar-dq8fb]

He was amazing in eastern promises

[@jessicatennis5318]

Viggo comes from one of the humblest parts of the country, but also plenty of opportunities to hunt and fish. Graduated 11 years before I did.

[@AliasSchmalias]

Absolutely. In scandinavia is a peace like hardly anywhere else in this world.

[@jessicatennis5318]

@@AliasSchmalias My friend, Hollywood loves to tell tales about actors to make them exotic and worldly. Viggo was born in a small city of about 30 thousand in Northern New York USA. When he young, his family moved to South America for a time. At some point they moved back to this small city and his parents divorced. Viggo went to High School and college in Northern New York. His Father is from Denmark, but his mother is from upstate New York. His parents met I believe when his mother was working at the USA embassy in Norway. Both of his parent died in Northern New York of a disease that took away their mental abilities. 😢 Watch the movie Viggo directed, it has to do with this subject matter.

[@Xiroi87]

He basically grew up in Argentina, which is why he speaks Spanish with his siblings, and also lived in Denmark. He's the opposite to the typical American who's never been abroad and is cluless about other cultures. And unless it's changed recently, he's been living in Spain for several years, so he's more connected to Europe than you seem to be willing to realise.

[@yakkattack]

For Frodo

[@RikkeDK1996]

well imo LotR had a perfect cast for all characters. There isn't a single character in the trilogy movies that i think underperformed or did bad. contrary to the hobbit, where 90% of the cast is atrocious. Granted, considering the writing they had to work with i understand how they were bad. Nobody could lift the hobbit movies cus they were just to badly written in comparison to LotR. wish they would have given Peter Jackson more time and money to make the hobbit movies. If they had been given the same level of love and passion as LoTr im certain they would have been epic.

[@sonofculloden2]

He’s amazing

[@christmasham4312]

Sean bean die after this interview?

[@amyrakoff5839]

He must only look like that all the time❤

[@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips]

Why does Elijah Wood look younger here than in his 90s movies?

[@leoistari]

Mi capitán...!! Mi Reeeeey!!!!!

[@enigmaticparadox354]

Aragorns name was Mortenson in the books, right?

[@logger589]

Sharpe surely missed his rifles.

[@hothotheat3000]

He’s a dreamboat.

[@unwrought9757]

This LOTR abbreviation seems so ridiculous to me whenever I see it, since “lotr” in my language means a villain. The character that fits perfectly to the “lotr” rank is Saruman.

[@scottwarren4998]

@Middle-Earth Updates WE CAN'T SEE THE LAST PICTURE OF ARAGORN IN THIS VIDEO THANX TO THE ADD.

[@Guanjyn]

I was surprised when I first found out he was American.

[@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676]

Danish ancestory

[@DeepbloodFang]

WE RIDE!

[@MrFirefox]

he got those wild genes from vikings or something

[@michaelanderson2881]

Perfect look and temperament, but at least six inches too short.

[@KINGMANJARO_343]

If sean bean was Aragon i wonder if they would KO him early on as they do most of the characters he plays.

[@geekwithabs]

Vigo had a weird voice for the role.

[@theMatch111]

Imagine Russell Crow, he was the 1st choice, but he knew peter jackson wanted another so he turned it down

[@zjjohnson3827]

Here now that Hunt for Gollum has been announced, and hoping either Viggo or perhaps Sebastian Stan or Adam Driver is cast as young Aragorn

[@VashTheStampede4K]

*He's Aragorn. Viggo was perfect for this masterpiece character.*

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

For only 1 minutre?> He's much better than that.

[@SimonStewart75]

So, Viggo is a cat.

[@TheEggroll4321]

Watch them pass up Viggo for a random black guy in the next Hunt for Gollum movie 🙄

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

This video is a re-tread.

[@christopherquinn5899]

Sean Bean would have been better as Aragorn, and Mortensen would have made a pretty good Boromir.

[@timotheematos44]

Hell no

[@FullMetalSunbro]

And Wizards of the Coast made him, Gandalf, Boromir, Faramir, and a few other characters black.

[@marcelozjasz721]

The numenor was fallen after second age so they were technically black numenorians

[@danielviets4427]

He is an actor. He plays a role. The literal point is that the actor doesn’t have to be the character. I think it’s genuinely unhealthy to look at actors this way. In truth, he’s just a person like anyone else. Truthfully, he’s probably a Hollywood lib like the rest. Don’t look up to actors for their moral guidance or anything, that’s really not healthy

[@mrinalini9112]

He's NOT a Hollywood lib or a conservative racist misogynist douche. He's a mind of his own, something way beyond normal HW, and that remains the reason why he chose to pursue other projects than dumb HW movies. Or do things just for the sake of it.

[@speak_your_truth.]

Way too short. Aragon was 6 foot 5.

[@benmcandrew7969]

As soon as I heard his voice, I said nope.

[@primmoore6232]

You were not alone. His voice is higher pitched than I expected. Then I watched him bring the character from the books to life. 🥰 Who could have done it better?

[@benmcandrew7969]

I know it wouldn’t be possible because of his age, but Henry Cavill would’ve been perfect. After seeing his Witcher @@primmoore6232

[@primmoore6232]

@@jonber9411 over 20 years ago?? Lloyd Owen is about 8 years younger than Viggo. He played Dr. Jones Sr. in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure around the time they were making LotR. Maybe they could have made him look a bit older and more rugged.

[@stephensmith6599]

Viggo and John Rhys-Davies were terrible casting decisions ... Viggo was not nearly as noble or intimidating as Aragorn and Mr. Rhys-Davies could barely move given his age and lack of athleticism.

[@dmaxwell910901]

Ok bub

[@itachi4761]

If your opinions are this atrocious then just keep them to yourself

[@Carfilliot]

Everyone has an opinion and everyone has an asshole and both of yours stink.

[@alexf.6521]

@@itachi4761 yeah what a cuck

[@alphatrion4365]

This seems like a weird and unique attempt at trolling. Like by somebody who's never trolled before.