Andy Serkis Reveals Viggo Mortensen’s Response to Jamie Dornan’s Aragorn Recasting in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ | Video

Andy Serkis revealed what Viggo Mortensen thought about being recast as Aragorn for the upcoming “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.”

While appearing on the “Happy, Sad, Confused” podcast Thursday, Serkis explained to host Josh Horowitz that there were no hard feelings from Mortensen when it was announced Jamie Dornan had been cast as Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” prequel. Serkis assured that Mortensen was “thrilled” about the casting.

“I really, really don’t want to go into it right now because I do want to save that for, you know, further down the line,” Serkis said. “I’m gonna save all discussion about casting. Other than that, we are thrilled that Jamie’s doing it. I mean, we’re, you know, we’re absolutely thrilled. And, by the way, so is Viggo.”

Serkis is pulling double duty for the newest film in the franchise—both directing and reprising his role as Gollum, whom he played in the three Peter Jackson classics from 2001–03. He isn’t the only original cast member returning for “The Hunt for Gollum.” Serkis is joined by Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood and Lee Pace.

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