Casting Awry

A fun little article from the Guardian about movies that were nearly so very different. Some (most?) of these stories you've probably heard before, and Mark King (surely not the old Bass Slapper) doesn't add a great deal to them. Linked to almost entirely for this bit:

[Stuart] Townsend [recently fired as Aragorn] told the Irish Times: "I'm glad because it left me free to do another big studio movie, Queen of the Damned, which was wonderful to do."

It also left him free to do the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, too.

Small personal note: Sorry about the brief posting hiatus, but I've been sick. Just a head cold, really, but I had to spend three days in bed.