no one else can capture this specific vibe

and before anybody starts with “someone else has to play the role eventually.” yes! of course! but 1) cast a relatively unknown actor 2) don’t recast EVERY role with the same actors except aragorn 😭

It wasn't just Viggo, the whole cast and crew had so much passion and love for each other and the movies. Watching the making-ofs is just heartwarming. Thats why there will never be something like the LotR trilogy. It's the lightning in a bottle.

Lightning in a bottle casting.

When the horse cuddles to him and he looks back with a serene expression while the wind blows his hair, oh my god.

He’s indeed the King of Gondor.

brb gotta take a break from fishing, snowballing, orc-hoisting and horsing to learn my lines

The perfect Medieval actor man

I can't believe it was pure luck that they ended up casting him.

LoTr's Newzealand team crew did Haka for Viggo on last day of shoot in Respect for him as the King. No one can replicate that authenticity to the character ever again. Period!

I never saw bts footage but the character was a role model for me as a child. He then had a massive impact on me as a late teen with The Road. Not many actors I can say that for.

Put like this it kinda give male Bjork vibes

Some vibes aren’t acted, they’re inhabited and that’s why Aragorn feels real when Viggo Mortensen is on screen. He graced us like none other would.

Bro be doing anything except accepting the Throne of Men and being King to his own people.

peak gentle masculinity

Bro has no enemies

In an alternative universe, they have Stuart Townsend's Aragorn.

Now I'm depressed again lol

Men who cry rule hard as fuck

A multifaceted, genuinely beautiful human being. Love me some Viggo!

Whole trilogy is a miracle

You can see why Peter Jackson was so ready to tell Stuart Townsend to take a hike lol. Viggo was perfect in every sense of the word

Getting that bland bore to replace this man is insane

He brings me to tears sometimes

Viggo is so underrated

Sigh men like this don’t exist anymore

A good horse really does make the best friend 💛

Watching the behind the scenes of LOTR Rings film trilogy isn’t just bloopers it’s a whole world on its own.

Long live Viggo Mortensen

Viggo fishing reminds me of Bob Ross

It's like the walked into the woods and they just found him

"He doesn't just act the character, he has to somehow become part of the character" * 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ • 。* 。° 。* 。 • ˚ and those words sums up why Viggo Mortensen was, is and always be the perfect Aragorn* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ • 。* 。° 。* 。 •

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My first ever sex dream was about him

Quite literally the perfect casting