Viggo Mortensen Would've Returned as Aragorn for The Hobbit

Surprisingly Viggo Mortensen was approached at one point by producers to gauge his interest in returning to Middle Earth, and even more surprisingly he said, "sure."

At one point when Guillermo del Toro was working on The Hobbit with Peter Jackson there was talk of making a film that would bridge The Hobbit with The Lord of the Rings. Those plans were abandoned, but when Peter Jackson was discussing the "bridge film" in 2006 with Ain't It Cool News he had a way of bringing Viggo back. He said, "You could even get into Gollum's sneaking into Mordor and Aragorn protecting The Shire. That's what we'd do. Love to work with Viggo again."

Movies.com: Has Peter Jackson asked you to return to Middle Earth in the Hobbit movie in any capacity?

Mortensen: At one point, the producers asked if I would do it and I said sure if Aragorn is supposed to be in the bridge story because he's not in The Hobbit. I would rather do it than see someone else do it, but I've never been asked and they're shooting the movie. I'm not in it unless it there is some last-minute plan they have, but I thought I would have heard of it by now. Orlando Bloom and Cate Blanchett shot something, but they're elves and don't change as rapidly. As you know, Aragorn is half elf and also lives a couple hundred years or more and he could be in a bridge, but I have to assume it isn't going to happen. That was an important period in my life and I will always be grateful that the trilogy was so successful and gave me a lot of new opportunities. I never would have gotten A History of Violence, no matter how much David wanted me, had it not been for my newfound notoriety.

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