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Okay I know we always go on about Marvel’s uncanny casting ability. 

But if you thought they were the only ones, let me draw your attention to this man:

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Viggo Mortensen, aka Aragorn son of Arathorn, aka Sexiest Ranger in Middle Earth

  • would hike, often for more than a day, to remote filming locations, in costume, for the sake of authenticity
  • was the best swordsman Bob Anderson (swordsmaster/instructor for LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc) says he has ever trained
  • occasionally writes poetry (more book!canon than film!canon but um hello)
  • does all his own stunts
  • lived all over and speaks about 23940209384 languages
  • you know that scene at the end of Fellowship when he’s fighting the Uruk-hai? And one throws a dagger at him and he hits it away with his sword? Yeah, the guy who threw it was supposed to miss, but accidentally threw it directly at Viggo. Who just casually Aragorned and hit it away. 

They actually cast Aragorn to play Aragorn

What a stud

Man crush all day

I totally miss read fighting as fucking and turned that entire last point into something completely different.

Another fun fact about the sword throwing Uruk-hai:

The stuntman they hired, no matter how much he tried, he couldn’t hit that blade away.

Viggo did that in one take. 

The stuntman got so pissed.

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l-o-t-r:

Viggo Mortensen: “We’re still working! Some odd takes and things like that.”
Sean Bean: “And we continue to talk about it… I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.”
Viggo Mortensen: “Yes.”
Sean Bean: “You keep the character and you can return to work and bring him out after some time. It’s there, within you.”
Viggo Mortensen: “Now, for example, I’m looking at you and some things come to me at once, like difficult scenes that we did, in which our characters worked closely together. They will remain in my memory forever.”
Sean Bean: “Yes, yes.”
Viggo Mortensen: “And when I see you in other films, I know that there are things that I have had the fortune to share with you which others have not.”
Sean Bean: “I agree.”

Sean & Viggo answer a reporter’s question (What’s it like working with the same character for so long?)