I think Viggo is gorgeous both in the films and in real life - has anyone watched " a walk on the moon" , he does look very lovely in 28 days to! I think Stuart Townsend is really ugly. What happened with Viggo being chosen for the role of Aragorn is: the director saw some clips from other films he has done and decided he was the right man for the role. Just incase anyone wanted to know I am writing my own guide to Lord od the rings - places, races, characters and actors etc.
Viggo IS Aragorn, exactly as I pictured the Ranger/King in my mind when I first read the books long ago.
And the man is an excellent actor, long overlooked, perhaps because he refuses to play the hollywood game.
As for Hidalgo it's about Frank T Hopkins, a pony express rider and legendary endurance race winner who along with his mustang Hidalgo are invited to enter the Ocean of Fire a 3000 mile endurance race in the Sahara Desert, pitted against the finest Egyptian Arabian horses and the elements the mustang and Hopkins manage to win the race. It looks to be custom made for Viggo given his equestrian and swordplay skills.
Elen
Filmography:
Witness, Salvation, Fresh Horses, Prison, Tripwire, Young Guns II, Leatherface:Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, The Reflecting Skin, The Indian Runner, Ruby Cairo, Carlito's Way, The Young Americans, Boiling Point, Floundering, The Crew, American Yakuza, Crimson Tide, The Passion of Darkly Noon, The Prophecy, Daylight, Albino Alligator, The Portrait of a Lady, La Pistola De Mi Hermano, G. I. Jane, Vanishing Point, A Perfect Murder, Psycho, A Walk on the Moon, 28 Days, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, LOTR: The Two Towers, and coming soon Hildalgo and LOTR: The Return of the King. The first movie came out in 1985.