“I think they’re just worried about shooting the first part of that movie which doesn’t involve my character,” Viggo Mortensen told ComingSoon in an interview for “The Road.” “My character is around at times — in the middle, but it would only be if they made a second movie or connecting movie that connected ‘The Hobbit’ to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ that I might appear, which would be great.”
Hmm, but the filmmakers — director Guillermo del Toro and producer Peter Jackson — have already said that they’ve dropped the idea for a “connecting” film between “The Hobbit” and ‘LOTR’ and instead are simply just breaking the ‘Hobbit’ into two films. Does that mean no Aragorn/Viggo at all?
Surely, even if they can’t place him in there organically, they’ll still find a place for him and many of the others to at least cameo briefly. Though fans surely want more concrete storylines for some of these beloved characters. As much as we too dig some of the characters, story first, people. Would be nice if they returned, but it’s not the be all end all. Filming on “The Hobbit” is supposed to start March 2010. We’ll see if that date sticks.