Leo Woodall Rumored For The New Aragorn
A brand new report over at DanielRPK is claiming that rising British actor Leo Woodall is in talks to play a youthful model of Aragorn within the upcoming “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.”
Two years in the past got here the information that the movie was within the works, the primary live-action Middle-Earth movie since “The Hobbit” trilogy resulted in 2014, with the likes of Andy Serkis, Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood reprising their roles whereas Serkis will direct.
The movie reportedly takes place within the twenty years previous to ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ performing as a bridge between the 2 trilogies, and so having 67-year-old Viggo Mortensen enjoying a thirtysomething Aragorn would require some main (and dear) de-aging results.
Mortensen was requested to return, however declined, leading to a months-long casting course of to seek out somebody appropriate to interchange him. This report seems to recommend he is been discovered.
The 29-year-old actor is on a really fast rise following his debut within the Tom Holland-led “Cherry” and the second season of HBO’s “The White Lotus.”
He actually broke out final yr, although, with main roles in “Nuremberg” and “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” in addition to the lead function in sequence “Prime Target.” He at the moment seems as the item of Rachel Weisz’s affection within the just-released “Vladimir” on Netflix.
This follows experiences through the previous week through Knight Edge Media which indicated two key feminine characters are being solid for main roles within the movie, one in every of them being a mom of both Smeagol or Aragorn’s characters. Another one is rumored to be a youthful model of Liv Tyler’s Arwen.
Production on “The Hunt for Gollum” is reportedly concentrating on a May begin in New Zealand.
