New Aragorn Jamie Dornan says he’s “not trying to outdo” Viggo Mortensen in ‘The Hunt For Gollum’

Jamie Dornan has admitted that he feels “pressure” in succeeding Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings. Dornan will portray the iconic fantasy character, a close confidant of the wizard Gandalf, in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which is due in December 2027. The new movie is set before 2001’s The Fellowship Of The Ring, in which Mortensen made his debut as Aragorn. “There’s pressure when you’re trying to follow in those footsteps. I’ve been asked to play a super-iconic role, and I’ll do my best,” Dornan told L’Officiel. “But for me, Aragorn will always be just Viggo. His performance is one of my all-time favourites, and I feel honoured to try to recapture at least some of the energy he originally brought to the character. There’s no part of me that’s trying to outdo him.” Set for released in December 2027, The Hunt for Gollum stars original cast members Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood alongside newcomers Dornan, Kate Winslet, and Anya Taylor-Joy. The film’s director Andy Serkis has recently addressed the lack of diversity among the film’s confirmed members. This continues a running criticism of both the Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit trilogies, which featured pre...