A Classic Era LOTR Movie - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 07-04-2010, 11:34 PM

Well I had to reach all the way back to the long-defunct but still hanging in there EZBoard incarnation of the Downs to find it, but I still think my late 60s era all-star action extravaganza cast is pretty good:

Bilbo -- Sir Alec Guinness
Frodo -- Peter O'Toole
Sam -- Gene Hackman
Merry -- Michael Caine
Pippin -- Donald Sutherland
Gandalf -- Sir John Gielgud
Aragorn -- Clint Eastwood (or you could go William Holden)
Legolas -- Robert Redford
Gimli -- Telly Savalas (or George Kennedy)
Denethor -- Yul Brynner
Theoden -- Carroll O'Connor
Boromir -- Charles Bronson
Faramir -- Steve McQueen
Wormtongue -- Robert Vaughn (or Dennis Hopper)
Arwen -- Raquel Welch
Saruman -- Henry Fonda
Gollum -- Don Rickles
Galadriel -- Jane Fonda
Éomer -- James Coburn
Orcs -- Eli Wallach, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Strother Martin

I note some overlap with previous posters -- great minds and all that.

Follow the link if you dare for other variations, including a black cast (Denzel as Aragorn

) and a made-for-TV cast (Hasselhoff as Aragorn

).

07-04-2010, 11:34 PM	#8
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Well I had to reach all the way back to the long-defunct but still hanging in there EZBoard incarnation of the Downs to find it, but I still think my late 60s era all-star action extravaganza cast is pretty good: Bilbo -- Sir Alec Guinness Frodo -- Peter O'Toole Sam -- Gene Hackman Merry -- Michael Caine Pippin -- Donald Sutherland Gandalf -- Sir John Gielgud Aragorn -- Clint Eastwood (or you could go William Holden) Legolas -- Robert Redford Gimli -- Telly Savalas (or George Kennedy) Denethor -- Yul Brynner Theoden -- Carroll O'Connor Boromir -- Charles Bronson Faramir -- Steve McQueen Wormtongue -- Robert Vaughn (or Dennis Hopper) Arwen -- Raquel Welch Saruman -- Henry Fonda Gollum -- Don Rickles Galadriel -- Jane Fonda Éomer -- James Coburn Orcs -- Eli Wallach, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Strother Martin I note some overlap with previous posters -- great minds and all that. Follow the link if you dare for other variations, including a black cast (Denzel as Aragorn ) and a made-for-TV cast (Hasselhoff as Aragorn ).