Charisma?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

. . .I find Ian McKellen so mannered and hammy I could boil him for Christmas but Viggo Mortensen just became Aragorn (and I haven't found him anything like as impressive in other roles).....

I take it you read Book Aragorn as indecisive, unsure, ratty, possibly a prince if not king of ham...let--but without the philosophising of course? You must be a horse lover then.