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    Viggo Mortensen Would Love to Return as Aragorn for 'The Lord of the Rings' TV Series

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    The ‘Crimson Tide’ actor is keen to return to the J.R.R. Tolkien universe and reprise his role as King Aragorn in the upcoming television adaptation of the classic story.

    Feb 17, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Viggo Mortensen would be up for a return to “The Lord of the Rings”.
    The 62-year-old actor played Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s fantasy trilogy based on J.R.R Tolkien’s novel and admits that he would be keen on a return to the franchise – which is being adapted for a new TV series.
    Asked if he would consider coming back to “the Lord of the Rings”, Viggo said, “Yeah, why not? Tolkien, that’s a universe. There are so many influences. The foundation of his stories is Celtic mythology and history, and Nordic mythology and history, and languages. That’s fascinating.”
    The “Green Book” star admits that he doesn’t know much about the Amazon TV series but is looking forward to seeing the finished project.

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    Viggo told the website Collider, “There are endless amounts of things you can learn and have fun adapting to the big screen or the little screen.”
    “I don’t know much about what they’re doing. I know there’s shooting in New Zealand, so I assume they’re taking advantage of the people there that have gone through it, especially Peter Jackson and his team.
    “I know it’s (J.A.) Bayona who’s shooting it, and he’s a very good director. That’s all I know. I don’t even know who’s in it. I don’t know what angle they’re taking on Tolkien, or what the Tolkien estate is allowing them to shoot. I don’t even know. I don’t know anything about it, but I’m looking forward to seeing it.”
    Viggo recently explained how turned down the chance to play Wolverine in the “X-Men” movies as he didn’t want to commit to the part in “endless” sequels.
    He said, “The thing that bothered me at the time was just the commitment of endless movies of the same character over and over. I was nervous about that.”

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      Elijah Wood Reacts to Title of Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Series: I Find It Very Bizarre

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      Though admitting that he has issues with the title of the show, the Frodo Baggins depicter in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy admits that he is ‘super fascinated’ by what the company is doing.

      Feb 16, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Elijah Wood has urged Amazon bosses to find another title for their upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series so as not to confuse fans.
      The actor, who starred as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s epic the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, insists the new project has very little to do with J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy series.
      The new series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth before the events of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
      “I find it very bizarre that they’re calling it ‘Lord of the Rings’ as a shorthand, because it’s not Lord of the Rings!” he tells Empire. “It takes place in the Second Age of Middle-earth.”

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      He goes on explaining, “I am super fascinated by what they’re doing with the show. They’re calling it ‘The Lord of the Rings’, but I think that’s slightly misleading. From what I understand, the material they are working on exists chronologically further back in history in the lore of ‘Lord of the Rings’ or Middle Earth than any characters represented in ‘Lord of the Rings’.”
      “It sounds more Silmarillion era. Not to get nerdy, but it’s the Second Age of Middle Earth,” he insists.
      But, despite his quarrel with the title, Wood admits he’d love to play a part in the series.
      “If there was a world where that made sense and was organic to what they’re doing, then yes,” he says. “Look, any excuse to get to go to New Zealand to work on something, I am absolutely there.”

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