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Russell Crowe is opening up about The Lord of the Rings.”

Russell Crowe has explained why he turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.The Oscar-winning actor was among those considered to play the iconic character in Peter Jackson’s trilogy, though the part eventually went to Viggo Mortensen – who himself replaced original casting Stuart Townsend.Speaking for a fan question segment for British GQ, Crowe was asked whether he regretted turning down the franchise, the star replying: “I don’t actually. I was a big Tolkien reader when I was a kid, so I got quite excited by the idea of Lord Of The Rings.“But I very much felt the studio were making that decision, not the film director,” he added.

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Russell Crowe has been in a lot of big films. So many that he can sense when something fits, or not.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Russell Crowe has no regrets when it comes to “The Lord of the Rings.” The Oscar-winning actor met director Peter Jackson to play the role of Aragorn in his film trilogy, but their conversation apparently turned off Crowe from wanting to move forward with the movies. Jackson’s “Rings” trilogy would go on to gross $2.9 billion worldwide and remains one of the most acclaimed film trilogies ever made. Still, Crowe knows it was the right call to let it pass.

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Viggo Mortensen needed just the right sword. Then he realized he had the perfect one at home.

Viggo Mortensen opened up about all things Lord of the Rings related in a series of recent interviews.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Viggo Mortensen revealed in an interview with GQ UK magazine that he used Aragorn’s iconic sword Andúril from “Lord of the Rings” in his latest movie, “The Dead Don’t Hurt.” Mortensen wrote and directed the 19th century Western, in which he stars as a Danish immigrant separated from his love (Vicky Krieps) during the Civil War. For one fantasy sequence in the film, Mortensen asked his “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson if he had his permission to use Aragorn’s sword again on screen. Mortensen played the character in Jackson’s original “Rings” trilogy and kept the sword after production wrapped.