Chen G.
Mithlond
May 12, 3:32pm
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The other actors you mention were respectable CHARACTER actors: but they weren't bankable. People wouldn't have said in 2001 "Let's go see that 'Lord of the Rings' movie, IAN MCKELLEN is in it."
Peter's two biographies go into some detail about how they mentioned to the studio that they thought Liv Tyler could be a good Arwen and how suddenly it became very important to have her in the movie. She was seen as a good substitute for not having managed to entice Sean Connery to join the movie: she was THAT famous, both in the US and especially in Japan. There was even a newspaper article that militated against casting her in much the same spirit that the OP does here: because she was TOO famous.
Notice, too, how prominent she is on the posters and in the trailers - and how high she's billed - in spite of how small her role is. Again, the biographies go into some detail, too, towards how much they tried to accomodate her, being that she was a celebrity of some repute. For instance, when they replaced Stuart Townsend, it was a real worry about whether she'd get along with Viggo and they had to call her and see that its fine by her.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on May 12, 3:34pm)
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