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The 'Lord of the Rings' Cast Still Hangs Out, and That Makes Us So Damn Happy. You know those old friends you've been meaning to catch back up with?
Actors like Viggo Mortensen and Cate Blanchett have become award-winning darlings since their time in New Zealand ended, and other actors, such as Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom, have garnered immense fame and fans from iconic roles in trilogies outside of The Lord of the Rings, such as the X-Men and Pirates of the ...
In 2010, Wood co-founded a film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom.
Irish actor Stuart Townsend (born 1972) was originally contracted to play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (film series) movie trilogy. He was replaced by Viggo Mortensen after just four days of shooting because director Peter Jackson felt that he was too young to convincingly portray the character.
Very well apparently. remember they were all, with the exception of Viggo Mortensen, relatively big names already. Everyone except John Rhys-Davies got the number “9” tattooed in Tolkien's Elvish script. Even if they weren't best friends, they all definitely tolerated and respected each other.