A year earlier he had starred in Gladiator and now he had the opportunity to appear in Peter Jackson's trilogy

Russel Crowe was able to play an important character in The Lord of the Rings.

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Russell Crowe He is one of the most important Hollywood stars of recent decades. After her memorable performance in Gladiator (2000)whose second part will arrive at the end of the year, the actor got a Academy Award and he began to be sued by all the directors who had a project underway. Exactly one year after the blockbuster of Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson took the novel to the cinema J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

Russell Crowe en Gladiator (2000)

Twenty years have passed since Jackson completed his trilogy of films and they are still making headlines. The Lord of the Rings had a very significant impact on the careers of the leading actorsleaving an indelible mark on their trajectories.

stars like Elijah Wood (Frodo), Orlando Bloom (Légolas) , Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgge) o Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) They propelled his professional path. However, as is common in large productions, this was not always the final cast and no, we are not referring to the Beatles' proposal. You can watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.

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A year earlier he had starred in Gladiator and now he had the opportunity to appear in Peter Jackson's trilogy

The character of Aragorn required a tough actor who could play the brave leader who would become king of the Unified Kingdom. It is clear that Mortensen has proven to be the perfect Strider, but he was not the only one on the list of candidates for the role. In an interview of Howard Stern, Russell Crowe confessed that he spoke with Peter Jackson to play the character, but he passed up the opportunity since he did not see the director as very convinced. Crowe stated:

I think they forced him to talk to me, at that time everyone wanted me for their films.

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It is evident that having the opportunity to participate in The Lord of the Rings and not having always done so is a mistake, even more so when the role offers to play one of the protagonists of the trilogy. Although Crowe already had a career of success, Aragorn could have been the icing on the cake of a brilliant career, however, the actor decided not to accept the role.

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