Stuart Townsend was another would-be ‘Lord of the Rings’ star, but his original role of Aragorn was taken away from him by Peter Jackson himself after realizing literally one day into shooting that Townsend was too young and too ill-equipped as a physical actor for the part. –- he might’ve won it, but his self-proclaimed age limitations ultimately made him a better fit for Saruman. If it wasn’t for the physical requirements of the role -– horseback riding, the wizard fight scene, etc.
The first, which is the most understandable of the two, was the lengthy filming time frame of 18 months but it’s his second reason that’ll make you laugh –- “I didn’t understand the script.”Ĭhristopher Lee, the man who became Saruman the White, also wanted the part of Gandalf and in fact states in the commentary that it was a “decades-long dream” of his to play the wizard. If things had gone differently for ‘The Lord of the Rings’ casting, we would have had an extremely different “Fellowship of the Ring.” For one, Sean Connery was supposed to play Gandalf, but he turned down the role for a couple reasons.
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