> > > Apparently, Keanu Reeves has expressed an interest in playing the role of Aragorn in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings movies.
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> > The rumor I heard was he wanted the role of Strider. Almost made me sick when I read that. He's foolish to think he can play the character.
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> > On the other hand, Sean Connery is in New Zealand right now, or was a couple weeks ago. He might have just been on vacation; then again, Jackson might have been considering him for Gandalf or somebody. And that would be a wonderful idea.
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> I hate to nit-pick, but you do know that Aragorn and Strider are the same character...right??? I always envisioned Aragorn being played by an older actor (well...older than Keanu Reeves at any rate). Some friends and I were talking about this and we came up with Harrison Ford, Timothy Dalton, and Nicholas Cage as our choices for Aragorn. I'm sure that I'm opening this up for continuous debate, but those were our choices.
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> Another actor rumored to be interested in playing Gandalf is Christopher Lee. That would be interesting. But I think Sean Connery would do a much better job.

Connery as Gandalf. God, if anything would put me off Tolkein forever, that'd be it.

Diane