Top 3 Best Cast Characters Thread...

[Dúnedain]

Ok, I've been thinking about this for a while now. Now that we have all 3 movies completed, list your top 3 Best Cast Characters for each film and then overall. This would obviously include your favorites as well:

The Fellowship of the Ring:

1) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen
2) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen
3) Sam - Sean Astin


The Two Towers:

1) Gollum - Andy Serkis
2) Aragorn - Viggo
3) Wormtongue - Brad Dourif


The Return of the King:

1) Theoden - Bernard Hill
2) Sam - Sean
3) Aragorn - Viggo


Overall:

1) Aragorn - Viggo
2) Gandalf - Sir Ian
3) Sam - Sean

For me Aragorn, Gandalf and Sam were all cast perfectly. Some people say Aragorn should be older, but I never read him as looking old, even though by age he was. I pictured him just as Viggo was, with a few grey hairs in his beard and weather worn, just as he was in the movie. You can't say enough about Sir Ian, I mean he is practically dead on with Gandalf, from the voice and demeanor all on down to the persona. I think Sam was the best cast hobbit as well. He was simple in nature and yet conveyed his hard-nosed love for Frodo.

I'd also like to give some honorable mentions to Theoden, if it weren't for the Two Towers he would have been in my top 3 overall. He stole the show in RotK. I also think Saruman was cast pretty damn perfectly as well. Andy Serkis did an awesome job with Gollum, especially after knowing how much work actually went into that character, simply amazing.

Of course I think overall everyone was cast well. I don't think there was one weak link throughout this whole trilogy. It's just those listed above stick out to me the most...

*edit* I also want to give honorable mention to Boromir. I thought Sean Bean was awesome as well. I especially liked his scene, though small, in the TTT EE...