The Wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Merlin from Arthurian legend and Odin from ...

Peter Jackson’s LOTR missed Aragorn’s most epic moment — one that proved he was a god among men. Here’s what never made the ...

The actor originally cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings was fired on the first day of filming and replaced by an ...