Viggo Mortensen reveals that he was approached to reprise the role of Aragorn in The Hobbit.
Gandalf, Frodo Baggins and Legolas are just some of the characters that we will see again in The Hobbit trilogy but Mortensen's Aragorn will not be one of them.
Speaking to The Guardian the actor said: "Before they started shooting, back in 2008, one of the producers did ask if I would be interested," the actor told The Guardian.
"I said, 'You do know, don't you, that Aragorn isn't in The Hobbit? That there is a 60-year gap between the books?'"
Aragorn was the role that proved to be the breakthrough for the actor back at the beginning of the noughties as The Lord of the Rings went on to be one of the most successful franchises of all time.
As for Mortensen he is back on the big screen this week as he stars in Everybody Has A Plan.
He has also completed work on The Two Faces of January as well as an untitled Lisandro Alonso film.
It was revealed last wee that Peter Jackson and the cast of The Hobbit has begun filming pick-ups in New Zealand.
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