![TIL this guy was originally cast as Aragorn, actually started filming, and then was cut for Viggo Mortenson after four days. What a career killer. : r/movies TIL this guy was originally cast as Aragorn, actually started filming, and then was cut for Viggo Mortenson after four days. What a career killer. : r/movies](https://external-preview.redd.it/UDeUJP0e0_pfw2T4_bAfm7ZBQV8DHtbFijogCY4KjYg.jpg?auto=webp&s=a8ceeab4f1c6a6c3681dd63ccead97732efbb20f)
TIL this guy was originally cast as Aragorn, actually started filming, and then was cut for Viggo Mortenson after four days. What a career killer. : r/movies
![Stuart Townsend (27) was in his second day of filming The Lord of the Rings when director Peter Jackson replaced him with Viggo Mortensen (41). : r/lotr Stuart Townsend (27) was in his second day of filming The Lord of the Rings when director Peter Jackson replaced him with Viggo Mortensen (41). : r/lotr](https://preview.redd.it/stuart-townsend-27-was-in-his-second-day-of-filming-the-v0-4uxkaa2tvyb81.jpg?auto=webp&s=f13b9f44cb66a5411609dd8ff3dc2ec8e5bc7d76)
Stuart Townsend (27) was in his second day of filming The Lord of the Rings when director Peter Jackson replaced him with Viggo Mortensen (41). : r/lotr
![What Aragorn would have looked like if they stuck with Stuart Townsend who was originally cast for the part.... What Aragorn would have looked like if they stuck with Stuart Townsend who was originally cast for the part....](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/cf/6a/e8cf6a26f968178eb82a2941dcbd34f9.jpg)
What Aragorn would have looked like if they stuck with Stuart Townsend who was originally cast for the part....
![The forgotten story of Irish actor Stuart Townsend being fired from Lord of the Rings - Independent.ie The forgotten story of Irish actor Stuart Townsend being fired from Lord of the Rings - Independent.ie](https://www.independent.ie/incoming/22b80/37667224.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/lotr%20main.jpg)
The forgotten story of Irish actor Stuart Townsend being fired from Lord of the Rings - Independent.ie
![Ezpoiler | 'El Señor de los Anillos': ¿Qué paso con el actor que despidieron un día antes del rodaje? Ezpoiler | 'El Señor de los Anillos': ¿Qué paso con el actor que despidieron un día antes del rodaje?](https://cdn-e360.s3-sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/el-senor-de-los-anillos-que-fue-de-la-vida-del-actor-que-despidieron-un-dia-antes-large-vHjn7QMqpi.jpg)
Ezpoiler | 'El Señor de los Anillos': ¿Qué paso con el actor que despidieron un día antes del rodaje?
![The King That Might Have Returned: Five Actors Who Almost Played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings | Tor.com The King That Might Have Returned: Five Actors Who Almost Played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings | Tor.com](https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lotr-viggo1.jpg?fit=800%2C+9999&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C589px&ssl=1)