Viggo Mortensen looks set for a return to his role as Aragorn son of Arathorn. Once confirmed, he joins Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis who have already agreed to reprise their roles from The Lord Of The Rings movies.
We can only assume (or hope) that Del Toro wants Viggo on board for the second Hobbit movie.
If she has anything to do about it he may yet be joined by Arwin AKA Liv Tyler. When asked if she would be interested if she gets the phone call, Tyler is reported to have told IGN
“Oh, are you kidding? In a heartbeat! I’ll buy my own ticket and be on the plane in a second. I mean, that was a magical experience and it was just a once in a lifetime, amazing thing. Because it was so like… we knew and we didn’t know that it was sort of something that had never been done before, and there was this feeling that was really gung-ho. Like, ‘O.K., let’s go off together!’ And we just rolled our sleeves up. It really was this amazing, crazy, special thing.”
I think she is saying she would be interested. It’s hard to imagine anyone who had a major part in the LOTR who would turn down a chance to return should they get the call apart from perhaps Christopher Lee.
Lee has never understood (and perhaps never forgiven) Peter Jackson cutting the scene showing the fate of Saruman from Return Of The King. Lee is a true Tolkien scholar and was the only person involved in the making of the movies who actually new the author. He saw the cut as nothing more than an attempt to make yet more money by saving it for the extended dvd release.
Apart from Mr. Lee though, I’d guess everyone else is hoping to get the call from Del Toro.
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