Peter Jackson had a hiccup in the casting process because another actor had been cast in the role of Aragorn. We just came to the realization that we had cast the role a little too young.
It caused us a lot of headaches because we were now shooting the film; we couldn't stop shooting it and we only had a very limited number of days that we could shoot without the character of Aragorn.
I remember being called at the last minute with a very immediate need to fill the role of Aragorn. It was a whirlwind of emotions.
Stuart Townsend trained for months for the role, but Peter Jackson had a breakthrough realization that the actor was too young and had to make a hard decision.
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