We already knew that Uma Thurman declined to play Éowyn and Sean Connery to Gandalf. But which actor refused to step into the shoes of one of the beloved hobbits? We’ll give you a hint: he worked with Peter Jackson on ‘King Kong’.
After 20 years of seeing Vigo Mortense playing Aragorn, Elijah Wood as Frodo or Ian McKellen as Gandalf, we can’t imagine other actors in these roles. However, some of the big Hollywood stars rejected a character in the famous trilogy by Peter Jackson. We already knew the case of Uma Thurman who declined the role of Éowyn or Sean Connery who recognized that the role of the well-known magician was not for him. Now, we have learned that another well-known actor could have played one of the hobbits.
¡Adrien Brody almost goes into Middle-earth! Yes, as you read. The American actor told GQ in an interview that he had turned down a role in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of the successful film trilogy of The Lord of the rings. “I did not accept the offer”, declares the interpreter of the successful series Succession. The well-known actor did not fit the offer with his plans, since “at that time he was looking for something else.” And adds:
I don’t know what my character would have been precisely, but it was a Hobbit
If he had accepted, Brody has recognized that he would have gotten into the skin of one of the beloved hobbits. However, you don’t know exactly which one. Frodos? Sam? Pippin? Merry? Or Bilbo Bolson himself? The truth is that we do not imagine the actor of the french chronicle in none of these characters.
One thing is clear. Brody he immediately regretted his choice when he went to the cinema to see the classic of Peter Jackson on the big screen. “I remember seeing the movie in a theater with an ex-girlfriend,” he says. “He turned to me and said: ‘Did you refuse to do The Lord of the Rings?!’ I felt so stupid,” concludes the actor who played Salvador Dalí in Midnight in Paris.
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This missed rendezvous with Middle-earth was certainly a blessing in disguise for Brody. Shortly after, the American won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in The pianist and, as icing on the cake, he finally collaborated with Peter Jackson on King Kong. According to his own words, he probably would never have faced the mythical gorilla if he had been in The Lord of the rings.
What do we know about the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series?
One of the most anticipated fictions of 2022, and why not say of the decade, is the series of the fantastic trilogy. The first news that was had about it was in November 2017 and since then it has not stopped speculating about the details of the series. More and more details are known, so the expectation continues to grow among fans of the successful saga.
‘The Lord of the Rings’: Release date, time, details and everything we know about the Prime Video series
The series will be titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth. Its release date is scheduled for September 2, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video and will have eight episodes, the first directed by Juan Antonio Bayona.
Patrick McKay and JD Payne are the ‘showrunners’ in charge of the production and have already worked together on Star Trek: Beyond. The writing team includes Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad), Jason Cahill (The Sopranos) and Justin Double (Stranger Things). Ready to relive a new adventure in Middle-earth?
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