Some actors are associated by the audience with a very specific role. In some cases, however, someone else was intended for that role. The same applies in Lord of the Rings.
The idea of Nicolas Cage starring in The Lord of the Rings, especially in a prominent role like Aragorn’s, is fascinating. How different would the film have been?
Unfortunately, we will never know. Cage was offered the role back then, but he declined. The reason: He wanted to spend time with his family. In an interview with People magazine, he stated he didn’t want to go to New Zealand for three years, where Peter Jackson was filming the trilogy.
His son needed his presence at home. For the same reason, Cage also turned down The Matrix at that time. But it is fair to say that he didn’t need the popularity of The Lord of the Rings and Aragorn at all and became a popular and successful actor nonetheless.
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