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Chen G.
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Mar 7, 9:12pm
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Leo Woodall possible cast as young "Strider" in The Hunt for Gollum
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This according to the largely reputable Caleb from Knight Edge Media: https://knightedgemedia.com/...the-hunt-for-gollum/
Notice that Woodall is 29 years old: Viggo Mortensen was 42 while shooting The Lord of the Rings. It therefore remains entirely possible - in spite of rumours to the contrary - that Viggo should play the mature Aragorn seen in Fellowship of the Ring, with Woodall playing a younger "Strider" in scenes set earlier in the timeline: the Martin Freeman approach, as it were.
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Otaku-sempai
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Mar 8, 2:06am
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If I remember correctly, I think that Leo might have made one of the audition videos that was looked at two or three weeks ago on TORn Tuesdays. Feep free to correct me if I'm wrong. If so, I think the audition was alright but maybe not the one that impressed me the most.
Given Viggo's age and appearance these days, I think I'd rather see him, if he should return, portray Aragorn as King Elessar later in the Fourth Age than see attempts to digitally de-age him.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella
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Chen G.
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Mar 8, 8:27am
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I don't belive that was Leo's tape
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TORn showed just one audition tape - I've since found another, but I find it distatesful o share online - of what I thought was quite a robust young Strider from a 30 year old Australian actor. The other two were basically just people cosplaying for camera: they didn't have the audition scripts, and basically just hoped to get attention. Andy had met a few other prospects in their early thirties in November.
I'm not a fan of Old Elessar: it creates a big continuity hiccup, and if this is to be considered a "bridge movie" with any rigour than you don't want to "spoil' the ending of the series, as it were.
The filmmakers clearly have no compunction about using deaging tools. But it may be that they saw right to "split" the part (as I hope they're doing) to keep the deaging contigent somewhat at bay.
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Mar 8, 6:20pm
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There was a recent TORn Tuesday where 3 or 4 audition tapes were shown in a row. Maybe you missed that one.
I see an older King Elessar either as a narrative device, telling the tale to his own children (or something along those lines), or as a character in a story of the Fourth Age, though it might be set late in Elessar's reign. If Viggo should return for a film set in the early years of the Fourth Age, he would likely still need to be digitally de-aged.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella
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OldestDaughter
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Mar 9, 2:51pm
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I can see Viggo coming back for some scenes
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Much like how they handled Ian Holm and Martin Freeman, I can see Viggo agreeing to return as an older Elessar, while this younger actor plays a younger Strider.
I thought I saw where Viggo did express interest to come back if it was done right, I think him coming back as Elessar recounting the story would work perfectly.
I mean, even for War of the Rohirrim (Yes it was animated) but Mirando Otto did come back to lend her voice to the narration of the film, and the Middle-earth films have a tendacy to have people narrate, so I can see Viggo coming back for that reason.
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Chen G.
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Mar 9, 3:46pm
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Hopefully it's not "Old Elessar"
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Look at the Ian Holm example you cited: it's not Ian Holm playing Bilbo in Valinor years after it was all over. It's Ian Holm playing Bilbo on the eve of Fellowship of the Ring.
We know Elijah's Frodo should be in this film, and this could hardly make sense unless we're dropping the audience back into the Farewell Party, which after all is an important incident for this story. My guess is we'll see the events from Frodo's standpoint: in the movie, he somehow only manages to arrive at Bag End - in a noticeable huff - after Gandalf and Bilbo concluded their argument.
Either way, after that, Gandalf goes to convene with Aragorn: hopefully, Mortensen's Aragorn. This can be used as a framework, flashing back to scenes with a much younger Aragorn, possibly joining ranks with the Silvan Elves in looking for Gollum years prior.
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OldestDaughter
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Mar 9, 4:03pm
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That's actually a much better point
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I much like your idea better haha.
I was only trying to think of how it could work since they are adding a younger actor to play Strider, so I was trying to think of how they could bring back Viggo, but I think this is much better, and I would much prefer if they added Viggo back in this way.
I wonder if they will bring Orlando back. I know he's also older, but he has said recently in the last few years that he would love to come back again.
But yes, if they could include Viggo this way, it would work much better than Elessar.
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Mar 9, 8:15pm
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Look at the Ian Holm example you cited: it's not Ian Holm playing Bilbo in Valinor years after it was all over. It's Ian Holm playing Bilbo on the eve of Fellowship of the Ring.
We know Elijah's Frodo should be in this film, and this could hardly make sense unless we're dropping the audience back into the Farewell Party, which after all is an important incident for this story. My guess is we'll see the events from Frodo's standpoint: in the movie, he somehow only manages to arrive at Bag End - in a noticeable huff - after Gandalf and Bilbo concluded their argument.
Either way, after that, Gandalf goes to convene with Aragorn: hopefully, Mortensen's Aragorn. This can be used as a framework, flashing back to scenes with a much younger Aragorn, possibly joining ranks with the Silvan Elves in looking for Gollum years prior. How would that work exactly? Aragorn didn't even begin his search for Gollum until after BIlbo's eleventy-first birthday. In fact, in the legendarium it didn't really take off until the year 3009. Are you suggesting that the film flashes back to the years between 2944 and 2957, before Aragorn begins his period of great journeys and errantries, when Gollum was searching for the Ring in the Anduiln Vales and the rebuilt Lake-town?
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella
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