Viggo Mortensen reveals which actor he replaced in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy: 'I felt awkward'
![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....
![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/4uxkaa2tvyb81.jpg?auto=webp&s=a78f43c596acb50a40a6858a04fa2ea9ee75879b)
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 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://i.imgur.com/sEfaNxr.jpg)
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
![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-daylewis1.jpg?fit=800%2C%209999&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C458px)
The King That Might Have Returned: Five Actors Who Almost Played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings | Tor.com
The forgotten story of Irish actor Stuart Townsend being fired from Lord of the Rings - Independent.ie
![Stuart Townsend was hired to play the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before principal photography began. - 9GAG Stuart Townsend was hired to play the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before principal photography began. - 9GAG](https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a6V3dVq_700b.jpg)
Stuart Townsend was hired to play the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before principal photography began. - 9GAG
![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)