Jamie Dornan is a stroke of genius The Lord of the Rings reboot needs

Jamie Dornan has been confirmed as the new ‘Strider’, I’m pleasantly surprised (Picture: New Line Productions, Inc./James Shaw/Shutterstock for CSA)

No one else could play Aragorn other than Viggo Mortensen.

That’s how I felt when I first heard the news that the King of Gondor, the son of Arathorn, and one of the biggest heartthrobs in cinema history – was going to return in the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hunt for Gollum.

But now that Jamie Dornan has been confirmed as the new ‘Strider’, I’m pleasantly surprised. And I even think his casting coul...