Chen G.
Mithlond
Mar 9, 3:17pm
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Old comments of Peter's are worth keeping in mind
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with regards to smaller roles like Galadriel and, quite possibly, Arwen. First, in 2006 when talking about The Hobbit, already conceptualized as two films of which the second will function largely as a bridge film:
You could even get into Gollum's sneaking into Mordor and Aragorn protecting The Shire. That's what we'd do. Love to work with Viggo again. [..] I would love to! If I was doing THE HOBBIT I'd try to get as many of the guys back as I could. I mean, there's actually a role for Legolas in THE HOBBIT, his father features in it, obviously Gandalf and Saruman should be part of it. There's things that you can do with THE HOBBIT to bring in some old friends, for sure. I have thought about it from time to time... Elrond, Galadriel and Arwen could all feature. Elves have lived for centuries. Part of the attraction would be working with old friends. I wouldn't want to do it unless we could keep a continuity of cast. I have zero interest in directing a Gandalf who wasn't Ian McKellen for instance.
In 2008, with Guillermo del Toro, again talking of two films of which the second is primarily a bridge:
Guillermo del Toro: As all of you know, Gollum has a rather fascinating arch to go through and his alliance to Shelob or his period of imprisonment in Thranduil's, etc but it is early still- so early in fact that to reveal more would tie our hands and be counterproductive. [..] Unequivocally, every single actor that originated a role in the Trilogy will be asked to participate and reprise it. If Health, availability or willigness become obstacles – and only in that case recasting would be considered.
Peter Jackson: Like Guillermo says, apart from extreme circumstances, we would never recast a character who appeared in the LOTR trilogy.
In 2009, while discussing an earlier interview in which Viggo - who was perfectly game to reprise Aragorn - talked about hearing they were looking for other actors:
I remember reading in your interview with Viggo was that he said he'd hate for somebody else to be cast as Aragorn, and we would never do that to Viggo. If we wanted Aragorn to play a role in these films, it would be Viggo playing it, or we'd just write the character out and make him somebody else. There's no way that we'd ever recast anybody that we'd used in the trilogy.
While I'm at it, I'll also link the Viggo interview. There are other interviews in this spirit, as well:
People ask me about it a lot, and I say, obviously, “Nobody’s come to me,” but I won’t be surprised if they do, if I’m right for it in their eyes. Obviously, as an actor who originated on film that role, I’d rather finish the job, all things being equal, meaning, Is it a good script, and do they have their shit together, than see another actor do it.
So yeah, they'd probably prefer to write around Galadriel and probably also Arwen, rather than recast.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Mar 9, 3:24pm)
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