LOL! John Wayne in Lord of the Rings?! Two words: The. Conqueror.
I am aware
LOL! John Wayne in Lord of the Rings?! Two words: The. Conqueror.
Alec Guinness as Denethor or Theoden? He'd just recently have won best actor for The Bridge on the River Kwai and I think he'd be perfect for either such troubled characters. Maybe it's too small a role for him. Make the movie a few years later and he could play Gandalf instead of Obi-Wan.![]()
I thought about that, but I'm admitedly a huge fan of Kirk Douglas - plus, I wanted either him or John Hunt playing the ranger King Aragorn. I do agree that Richard Burton would be another great pick though.
What about Steve McQueen, Yul Brener, Charles Bronson, Audie Murphey, or dare I say, John Wayne? There are dozens of great Western actors - surely you aren't using all fo them?
So I take it you making it a single film, as opposed to a trilogy?
Also, another recommended casting - John Hunt as anyone.
I am awareI figure you cast him as one of the handmen of Theoden, one of the Riders of Rohan. Not too much of a stretch for a cowboy to play a horselord I would think.
Check Step by Step for tomorrow for Alec Guinness. I planning something for him.
I'd have to dig out the book, but there was a Tolkien compilation from the 70s that included a 1962 essay entitled 'No Monroe in Lothlorien' by Arthur Weir. He suggested Alec Guiness as Gandalf, Charles Laughton as Theoden and Greta Garbo as Galadriel.
I did not get to him yet. He appear as Gandalf in the 1970's Hobbit Live action film .