Aragorn Star Viggo Mortensen’s Biggest Doubt About Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy Was Main Thing Fans Hated About It

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Peter Jackson clearly failed to recreate hisLord of the Ringsmagic withThe Hobbittrilogy. Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in the earlier film trilogy, had no role inThe Hobbitfilms. However, prior to the release of the Martin Freeman-starring first film, Mortensen expressed his one doubt about Jackson’s second film series in J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe.

Mortensen’s doubt turned out to be valid as that one thing became the trilogy’s biggest enemy. Jackson tried to emulate the success ofThe Lord of the Ringsbut made a big misstep when he tried to follow the three-film format of the earlier film series to these prequel films.

Viggo Mortensen had doubts about Peter Jackson’s misstep inThe Hobbittrilogy

Before getting into wherePeter Jacksonwent wrong withThe Hobbittrilogy, you should know about J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth books.The Hobbitwas Tolkien’s first book, which was marketed as a children’s book. The book was a huge success, becoming one of the best-selling books of all time, and it prompted Tolkien to write a sequel.

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The Lord of the Ringswas his sequel series and it was much longer than the publisher had hoped for. For economic reasons, it was published in three volumes over the course of a year. It was this sequel work that caught Jackson’s attention in the first place and he made it into a movie series. The three volumes became a trilogy of films that gained international acclaim.

Years later, Jackson saw the scope for a film in Tolkien’s first work in the Middle-earth series,The Hobbit. While the book was considerably shorter, Jackson tried to use the successful trilogy format ofThe Lord of the RingsforThe Hobbitas well. It was not a well-thought-out idea, as he struggled with finding enough material and the pacing of the series.

Viggo Mortensenhad this exact doubt even before the first film, as he shared withThe Guardian,“I’m interested in seeing how he’s managed to make three movies out of a relatively slim volume.”However, he kept his hopes high for Jackson’s creative genius. Mortensen shared:

I’m interested in seeing that world again, and seeing what Peter Jackson’s done, how he’s made use of the improvements in special effects and cameras and the different way of shooting, which will probably enhance the visual aspect of the experience, the sound also.

Guillermo del Toro was initially attached to the firstHobbitfilm and intended to split it into two films. When Jackson took over, he added a third film. The lengthy installments drastically affected the pace of the story.

Andy Serkis’The Hunt For Gollumcould bring back Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn

Andy Serkiswill take over as the director for thenewLord of the Ringsfilm,The Hunt for Gollum. Peter Jackson will serve as a producer of the film alongside his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The film is expected to follow Aragorn’s journey to capture Gollum and bring him to Mirkwood for Gandalf to question him.

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It could mean that the film could possiblybring back Viggo Mortensen and Ian McKellenin their respectiveLOTRroles. MoreLOTRalums returning might be what hardcore fans of this film need now after the lukewarm response to Prime Video’sThe Rings of Power.During an interview withThe Playlist, Boyens confirmed that Mortensen was approached for the role. She said:

Honestly, that’s entirely going to be up to Viggo, collaboratively and we are at a very early stage. I’ve spoken to Viggo, Andy [Serkis] has spoken to him, Peter [Jackson] has spoken to him, we’ve all spoken to each other and honestly, I cannot imagine anyone else playing Aragorn, but it will be completely and entirely up to Viggo.

The Lord of the Ringstrilogy is now available for streaming on Max.The Rings of Poweris now available for streaming on Prime Video.The Hunt for Gollumwill be released in 2026.

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