5/29/2013

Why Viggo Mortensen Turned Down The Hobbit IGN All

As we all know, Peter Jackson has extended the children's book The Hobbit into a three-film opus. And that has meant adding new elements and bringing in characters who previously only resided in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, one character who we will not see in The Hobbit is Aragorn, and now actor Viggo Mortensen has explained why.



It's a no-brainer, really. While talking to The Guardian, Mortensen said the following: "Before they started shooting, back in 2008, one of the producers did ask if I would be interested. I said, 'You do know, don't you, that Aragorn isn't in The Hobbit? That there is a 60-year gap between the books?'"


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