Andy Serkis Says Viggo Mortensen Is "Thrilled" Jamie Dornan Was Cast as Aragorn in The Hunt for Gollum

Andy Serkis has said that archetypal Aragorn histrion Viggo Mortensen has fixed his blessing for Jamie Dornan to instrumentality implicit the relation successful The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.

Serkis, who famously played Gollum successful the archetypal Lord of the Rings trilogy and is tapped arsenic manager connected the caller prequel film, spoke astir the determination to recast an iconic quality during a caller speech connected Happy, Sad, Confused with Josh Horowitz. When asked however Dornan landed the part, helium teased that the unit is "not acold disconnected shooting" and doesn't privation to springiness excessively overmuch distant astir the cast.

However, Serkis was capable to corroborate that, contempt fans calling for Mortensen to prime up his sword backmost up, the archetypal histrion believes Aragorn is successful harmless hands.

"Other than that, we're thrilled that Jamie's doing it," Serkis added. "I mean, you know, we're perfectly thrilled, and by the way, truthful is Viggo."

The travel to the announcement of a caller king has mostly unfolded successful the past month. Although Mortensen said helium would beryllium funny successful reprising his relation successful The Hunt for Gollum backmost successful 2024, Serkis spilled the beans that Aragorn would beryllium recast during an interrogation with Screen Rant astatine the opening of April.

It was a head-scratcher for fans, to accidental the least, arsenic it was announced soon aft that overmuch of the archetypal The Lord of the Rings formed would beryllium returning for the caller movie. While Serkis, Elijah Wood, and Ian McKellen had been tapped to reprise their roles arsenic Gollum, Frodo Baggins, and Gandalf, respectively, it was revealed that Dornan would instrumentality implicit arsenic Strider.

"There was a tendency for a bid of instrumentality to Middle-earth movies, and this seems to beryllium a large mode in," Serkis said elsewhere during the interview. "To beryllium capable to bring immoderate of the formed back, but also, this is simply a overmuch much intimate story, and a deep-dive and intelligence probe into a quality who has go benignant of absorbed into the nationalist conciousness successful alternatively a ample way. So, it feels similar determination is simply a existent relevance."

The details regarding wherefore precisely Mortensen won't instrumentality person not been disclosed. Other actors confirmed for the lineup see Kate Winslet arsenic Marigol, Lee Woodall arsenic Halvard, and Lee Pace arsenic Thranduil.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is presently acceptable to travel to theaters with a December 17, 2027, merchandise date. While we hold for much updates, you tin work astir wherefore we deliberation it mightiness beryllium clip for The Lord of the Rings to person a Harry Potter-style reboot.

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